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December againApr 11, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: When life gives you record snow in April, make a snowman | Trading one flawed Social Security formula for anotherApr 10, 2013 - By Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers: WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's coming push for less generous increases in Social Security benefits is angering his party and perplexing economists, many ... [more] |
The Iron LadyApr 10, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: A giant 20th century figure, she relished her time on the world's stage | In North Korea, a strong play of a weak handApr 9, 2013 - By Barbara Demick, MCT News Service: BEIJING -- North Korea is sometimes mocked as the mouse that roared, one of the poorest countries in the world threatening two economic and military giants, the ... [more] |
Tuesday notesApr 9, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Wintry wallop | The Hill Bill's great accomplishmentApr 7, 2013 - By Randy Tucker: It has succeeded in uniting both Democrats and Republicans -- in opposition to it. |
Maybe not the sharpest knife in the drawerApr 7, 2013 - By Mark Shields: Miraculously, a single government policy initiative has united Washington, D.C. Elected officials who had been either locking horns or crossing swords over ... [more] | The 1 percent biteApr 7, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: There's not much point in obsessing about the new sales tax -- instead, try to mitigate it |
Poll: Most in U.S. favor relaxing marijuana lawsApr 5, 2013 - By David Lauter, Tribune Washington Bureau: WASHINGTON -- A majority of Americans support legalizing marijuana, a new poll shows, with the change driven largely by a huge shift in how the baby boom ... [more] | Power in the poemApr 5, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: April is National Poetry Month, so consider a favorite verse -- or find one |
Google needs more than slap on wrist for invading privacyApr 4, 2013 - By The Philadelphia Inquirer: By agreeing to a toothless invasion-of-privacy settlement with Google, federal and state authorities blew a chance to take a bolder stand against the Internet ... [more] | Is it spring yet? Calendar says yesApr 4, 2013 - By Betty Starks Case: Is it spring yet? |
Rankings on healthApr 4, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Fremont County gets slapped again from another time zone | Sequester causing pain -- for CongressApr 3, 2013 - Nance Shelsta, Riverton: Here's a certainty: No one will suggest budget sequestration again for a long, long time. |
The rattling saberApr 3, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: North Korea's 20-something leader had better hope the U.S. doesn't take him at his word | Tuesday notesApr 2, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Find those eggs |
Raising minimum wage is good for Main StreetApr 2, 2013 - By Margot Dorfman: The U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce supported the last increase in the federal minimum wage on July 24, 2009 and we believe another raise is overdue. The ... [more] | Our search for the bogeymanMar 31, 2013 - By Randy Tucker: If there isn't one handy, we'll just create him ourselves. |
'If it's OK with the undertaker, it's OK with me'Mar 31, 2013 - By Mark Shields: Let me stipulate at the outset: I do not qualify for any youth movement. In fact, I first voted in the 1960 presidential contest between John Kennedy and ... [more] | A song in the heartMar 31, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Oscar Hammerstein wasn't writing about Easter in 1949 when he came up with the lyrics to "Younger Than Springtime" for the landmark musical "South Pacific," ... [more] |
Children's museumMar 29, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Planners of such a facility in Riverton have a fine idea | Consumers have right to know if food was altered geneticallyMar 28, 2013 - By The San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News: A California ballot measure last fall to require labeling of genetically engineered foods was poorly drafted and, fortunately, failed at the polls. But we ... [more] |
Beware the idles of MarchMar 28, 2013 - By Clair McFarland: For the Husband, it's basketball; for me, it was the literary sewers of Paris with 'Les Miserables' | Here comes the taxMar 28, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: The extra penny per dollar kicks in April 1 -- no fooling |
Until a real deal gets done, Congress should stay in D.C.Mar 27, 2013 - By Nick Troiano, MCT News Service: Spring break shouldn't just be for students, but usually, a "break" | Times changeMar 27, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: If the Supreme Court doesn't validate same-sex marriage now, it delays the inevitable |
If anything, Syria's Assad now appears stronger, not weakerMar 26, 2013 - By Lara Jakes, AP National Security Writer: WASHINGTON -- Foes of Syrian President Bashar Assad are distracted by fragmentation within their ranks, foreign meddling and new finger-pointing over chemical ... [more] | Tuesday notesMar 26, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Never boring |
Neither party looking all that goodMar 25, 2013 - By Mark Shields: Republicans give their own party low marks on leadership, and the Democrats' approval rating is lower than it's been in more than a decade. | A lesson in practical politicsMar 25, 2013 - By Randy Tucker: As college students, a few of us decided to work for better conditions for renters in Laramie. |
The act plays poorlyMar 25, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Insulting voters is the wrong way for the state to prevails in the Cindy Hill case | Court's gay marriage cases complex, far-reachingMar 22, 2013 - By Michael Doyle, McClatchy Newspapers: WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday and Wednesday will confront two distinct gay marriage cases, which together pose some very sensitive ... [more] |
Hudson homicidesMar 22, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Plea-deal statements are an engrossing part of the process | Teens, learn from the Ohio teen rape caseMar 21, 2013 - By The Philadelphia Inquirer: The story of an Ohio teenager who passed out drunk at a party and was sexually assaulted by two high school football players has captivated America because ... [more] |
Still blessed by a springtime birthMar 21, 2013 - By Betty Starks Case: Don't I realize I've written about our springtime son more than once in this column? | Top caliberMar 21, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: As CWC's Health/Science Center takes shape, its huge potential emerges as well |
In a stinging post-mortem to itself, Republican Party vows tMar 20, 2013 - The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: After weeks of soul-searching following Mitt Romney's bitter loss to President Barack Obama in last fall's presidential election, Republicans say they are ... [more] | The joy of speechMar 20, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Riverton High School's top talkers excelled in their version of March Madness |
A parent for the fastest 20 years of my lifeMar 19, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: As of today, I have a 20-year-old son. | Tuesday notesMar 19, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Spring's battle |
