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New Year's is crystal-ball timeDec 28, 2012 - By Patrick May, McClatchy Newspapers:  Here's a prediction for 2013 you can take to the bank: | To 2013Dec 28, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck:  Next week's calendar transition is more than just Monday to Tuesday |
Where's the 'cliff' urgency?Dec 27, 2012 - By The Dallas Morning News:  If your paycheck is a little thinner in January, don't fault your boss. Blame rests squarely at the ends of Pennsylvania Avenue. | A Christmas season stainedDec 27, 2012 - By Betty Starks Case:  Wasn't Christmas Day 2012 a glorious one in Wyoming? Fresh snow lit up the countryside just as we dreamed it might, just as the songs portray. |
Winter arrivesDec 27, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck:  It doesn't seem to have its old strength, but don't be caught unprepared | Wednesday notesDec 26, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck:  Headline oddity |
Bork's legacy: Bitter partisan fights over court appointmentsDec 26, 2012 - The Fort Worth Star-Telegram:  Since then, most high-court nominees have talked a lot but revealed as little as possible, as opponents cast any views discernible from a nominee's work not ... [more] | We can help Newtown's people from long distanceDec 26, 2012 - Maureen Olin, Riverton:  Editor: |
A Christmas WishDec 23, 2012 - By Tatum LaBoucane:  Editor's note: Students at Riverton Middle School have formed a club called the RMS Guild. Members selected three pieces for consideration in our annual ... [more] | Christmas MiraclesDec 23, 2012 - By Kaitlyn Ward:  Editor's note: Students at Riverton Middle School have formed a club called the RMS Guild. Members selected three pieces for consideration in our annual ... [more] |
It is Christmas soon, and I have never seen it so clearDec 23, 2012 - By Anonymous:  Editor's note: Students at Riverton Middle School have formed a club called the RMS Guild. Members selected three pieces for consideration in our annual ... [more] | Beyond the latest, greatest gadgetDec 23, 2012 - By Randy Tucker:  A quick fix rarely works -- at Christmas or any other time. |
Love and beliefDec 23, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck:  A long-ago Santa letter still sings | Santa letters a sweet, enjoyable dutyDec 21, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck:  Over the past week, members of The Ranger news staff have collaborated on the job of typing more than 700 letters to Santa Claus from local children. |
Here comes the sunDec 21, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck:  On solstice day the upward climb begins | Benghazi report pulls no punches on findingsDec 20, 2012 - By The San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News:  Independent investigators pulled no punches in their report on the security breach in Benghazi that left Libyan Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other ... [more] |
CalculationsDec 20, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck:  The Benghazi investigation will put the president's skills on display again | Moms, men and footballDec 20, 2012 - By Clair McFarland:  When I entered the work force of domesticity in high spirits, I was harboring the archaic belief that my peers -- the fellow moms -- would share my lack of ... [more] |
Finding the wordsDec 19, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck:  President Obama's Newtown speech | First they need to grieveDec 19, 2012 - By Gerald McKinstry, MCT:  NEWTOWN, Conn. -- Standing next to friends holding a sign that read "Peace for All, Pray for Newtown," Dan Fisher extended his two fingers in that universal ... [more] |
Blue Christmas in NewtownDec 18, 2012 - McClatchy Newspapers:  NEWTOWN, Conn.-- This shattered town on Monday began burying the dead from one of the country's worst mass shootings as the nation fought to overcome days of ... [more] | Tuesday notesDec 18, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck:  Happy holidays |
Listen for the voices of natureDec 16, 2012 - Randy Tucker, Staff Writer:  Get away from the cacophony of the | Merrier - Evidence from the empirical to the anecdotal points to an improved economyDec 16, 2012 - Steve Peck, Publisher:  Are things looking up, just in time for Christmas? At least three signs point to that conclusion. |
Spending cuts are hard -- for 150 million reasonsDec 14, 2012 - By Lesley Clark, McClatchy Newspapers:  WASHINGTON -- Don't mess with Big Bird. And don't even think about touching Medicare. | The 'zombie fence'Dec 14, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck:  Riverton's young skateboarders might be the catalyst to improve City Park |
We will remember MaeDec 13, 2012 - By Betty Starks Case:  You don't expect a summertime story in the middle of December, but that's how my sister-in-law Mae comes to mind -- with thoughts of a warm, positive, and ... [more] | Obamacare is here to stay; now, let's make it betterDec 13, 2012 - By John C. Goodman, For the MCT News Service:  After the recent election, virtually all commentators quickly concluded that the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is safe; Republicans can't stop it. |
A dismal showDec 13, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck:  Another high-stakes budget stalemate makes Congress appear ridiculous | 12/12/12Dec 12, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck:  We are leaving the period of calendar oddities behind |
It's a good time to see PleiadesDec 12, 2012 - By Carl Manning:  Nights have been getting longer, but that will change this month with the winter solstice, when the trend switches until June. December is usually a very cold ... [more] | Disdain spreads at edge of 'cliff'Dec 11, 2012 - By Steve People, The Associated Press:  HOOKSETT, N.H. -- Fear and frustration course through the lunch crowd at Robie's Country Store and Deli, a popular outpost 500 miles from where Washington is ... [more] |
Tuesday notesDec 11, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck:  Long hours | Awake to sound of December rainDec 9, 2012 - By Randy Tucker:  Could it have had anything to do with George Bailey? |
Call me a 'college' dropoutDec 9, 2012 - By Mark Shields:  It's time to do away with the undemocratic Electoral College. | A tax upon usDec 9, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck:  Our conservative state is looking at a 10-cent tax on gasoline, just as it ought to |
Tribe needs code of ethics and principles for all to followDec 7, 2012 - Nolan Friday, Arapahoe:  Editor: | Q&A as 'fiscal cliff' nearsDec 7, 2012 - By Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times:  LOS ANGELES -- Republicans and Democrats are wrestling with a variety of riddles that have come to be known as the fiscal cliff, a double whammy of tax ... [more] |
The 'other' Dec. 7Dec 7, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck:  This is the date the last Apollo mission lifted off for the moon | Write to SantaDec 6, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck:  We're planning our 64th Christmas Greetings edition, and we need letters |

