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Muzzling a free press
Anyone who believes the media are reflexively in the tank for President Obama hasn't been paying attention this month as a litany of scandalous revelations have taken center stage - first involving the fiasco in Benghazi, Libya, followed by the IRS's targeting of conservative groups and the Justice Department's secret acquisition of Associated Press phone records. Most recently, ...
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Death penalty is Gov. Hickenloopers issue now
Gov. John Hickenlooper speaks at a news conference at the Capitol Wednesday, where he announced that he was granting a temporary reprieve to death-row inmate Nathan Dunlap. (Ed Andrieski, The Associated Press) ( | ) Gov. John ...
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Hitting the chalkboard on Mackinac Island
Next week, education and business will merge on Mackinac Island, as both educators and businessmen acknowledge the vital link between the two. A look at the agenda of this ...
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Taxpayers to get bill for Pontiac school mess
The meltdown of the Pontiac School district is about to show up on the tax bills of property owners in several Oakland County communities. The district in January lost a $7.8 million lawsuit filed by the health insurance arm of the Michigan Education Association, and unless another source of money is found quickly, a 3.5-mill court-ordered property tax levy automatically will kick in the first ...
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Was Superman the hero of the 20th century
My nomination for American hero of the 20th century is someone who lived half his life in disguise and the other half as the ...
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Letters What to do with the surplus
Whose money is it? How about the taxpayers rainy day fund? Return the surplus to its rightful owners, the taxpayers who paid it. Stuart Marc Left, West ...
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Letters Stories From Moore Okla.
Copyright © 2013 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: It's time now for your letters, and we got many about our coverage of the tornado that devastated Moore, Oklahoma. Several were praise for our story yesterday about survivors who lost most of their possessions but considered themselves lucky. ...
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May 23 Letters To the Editor
Margery Eagan completely misses the mark in her column ("There’s just no more road to share," May 21). The problem is not that there are too many bicyclists, it is that there are too many cars. Boston’s streets were never designed to accommodate the volume of automobile traffic they endure today on a daily basis. And the reality is that bicycles are much more adept at ...
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Tim takes his leave
Lt. Gov. Tim Murray yesterday gave the people of Massachusetts his two-week notice, thus drawing a curtain on one of the most underwhelming tenures of a statewide office-holder in recent Massachusetts history. And that’s saying something.Murray is trading the privilege of elected office for what amounts to a bigger salary and a shorter commute, resigning with nearly two years left in his ...
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House gets cold shoulder
She suggested she only found out about the possible targeting of Tea Party groups from press reports in February and March of 2012. That turned out to be a complete fabrication. She was briefed on the "Be On the Look Out" list on June 29, 2011.And two days before her ABA "apology," she appeared before Congress and was asked about the status of the investigation into ...
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White House press must get back to basics
On days when the president is coming, the White House press room, the East Room and even occasionally the Rose Garden are ornamented with dozens of objects that perform the decorative and utilitarian purpose of potted plants.They are members of the prestigious White House press corps (a gaggle in which I also plied my craft for many years). These elite journalists are there ostensibly as key ...
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Obama flouts courts Constitution
WASHINGTON - Early in an opinion issued recently by a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Judge A. Raymond Randolph says: "Although the parties have not raised it, one issue needs to be resolved before we turn to the merits of the case." The issue he raised but could not resolve - that is up to the Supreme Court - illuminates ...
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St. Paul Saints mandatory smoking section
I spent two innings in the Gulag. The Saints tied the game in the bottom of the ninth, only to lose it in the 10th. Despite the loss, I had hope in the Gulag that the ship would crash deeper into center ...
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Bipartisanship at the Minnesota Legislature Believe it
After several years in absentia, bipartisanship returned to the Minnesota Legislature in 2013, in varying degrees. As a result, the common good was served. It wasn’t always pretty, but in the end it ...
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Obama vs. the press is the one real scandal
Attorney General Eric Holder is questioned about the Justice Department secretly obtaining two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press, during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, May 14, ...
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In our opinion Susan Cox Powells case is now a cold case
As usual, there is no good news to share in the case of Susan Cox Powell's disappearance. The only glimmer is that the West Valley City Police Department finally has decided to release tens of thousands of pages of reports and related documents, while declaring that the investigation now will be considered a cold case. Police work is difficult. It involves more than accusations based on ...
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Lower blood alcohol limit to curb drunken driving
One of the most remarkable public health achievements over the past 30 years has been the sharp decline in the number of Americans dying each year because of drunken ...
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Apple tax critics avoiding the truth Our view
Like the individual tax code, the corporate version doesn't work. Apparently it has come to the attention of certain U.S. senators that Apple Inc. has been abiding by the law and acting in its shareholders' best interests. Members of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations excoriated the company this week for using such tactics to avoid billions of dollars in taxes. They should ...
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Crack down on offshore tax schemes Opposing view
Back in 1986, when we faced a similar corporate tax mess, Ronald Reagan and Congress took action. Record high corporate profits. Record low corporate income taxes. That's what we've been seeing for the past several years. It's not right. My ...
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Prepare for tornadoes with more shelters tellusatoday
We asked on Twitter how communities can better prepare for devastating tornadoes like the one that hit Moore, Okla. Comments are edited for clarity and grammar:My town in Oklahoma recently purchased an automated citywide calling system that alerts everyone about a warning.-- @Frogster_15It's hard to be ready. It's hard to predict when a tornado is coming. -- @elviobrAll schools in ...
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Oklahoma communities will rebuild Your Say
Comments from Facebook:Prayers and admirationThe massive tornado that ripped through Moore, Okla., on Monday caused utter devastation, killing at least 24 people. Ironically, disasters like this can bring out the best (or the worst) in human character.While heartbroken viewing the tragedy, I found myself awe-inspired by the courage of the local people. The initial responders were residents, ...
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Time to unbundle cable Your Say
To encourage cable and satellite companies to offer "a la carte" pricing for TV services, Sen. John McCain introduced a bill in Congress this month. Comments from Facebook:I would welcome unbundled services, but I'm disappointed we can't as consumers make this happen. Ideally, instead of getting channels a la carte, we should be getting shows a la carte. It's just silly ...
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Editorial New L.A. Mayor Garcetti must win back the disaffected
Los Angeles gave a big victory to Eric Garcetti in Tuesday's election for mayor - a big victory and a huge challenge. For the next class of L.A. leaders, the overarching challenge will be to restore confidence and participation in the city's government. This goes for Garcetti, new City Attorney Mike Feuer, new City Controller Ron Galperin and a City Council that will feature seven new ...
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Stolen Valor Act is new and improved Editorial
It's welcome news that Congress has passed House Resolution 258, the federal Stolen Valor Act, inspired by the case of a lying Pomona official. The House vote in favor on Tuesday was 390-3. The Senate on Wednesday passed by unanimous consent the legislation by Rep. Joe Heck of Nevada, which is co-sponsored by Rep. Paul Cook of Yucca Valley. The bill now goes to President Obama. Xavier ...
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Guest Grow the economy with immigration reform
Immigration is vital to providing Washington the workforce necessary to grow our economy, according to guest columnists Don Brunell and Mike ...
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