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Barack ‘prosecutes’ his war
President Obama Mind you, he said all this - complete with references to civil rights - at a time when the IRS has grossly violated the rights of conservatives and his Justice Department has suggested a Fox News reporter is a criminal. To cap it off, he closed with a line he ripped off from Bush’s surge speech, a reference to how victory in this war will not take the form of a ...
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The J-joke’s on us
We agree with Andrew Cuomo.Earlier this week he told reporters that the state ethics commission that investigated the gropings of Vito Lopez but not the coverup by Shelly Silver was "the best" he could get through the state Legislature. And he’s right. It’s just not what he told us at the time. On that August day in 2011 when he signed the bill into law, there was no hint ...
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Clothing the world shouldn’t be a death sentence
The following editorial appeared in the Dallas Morning News on Monday, May 20:In Third World countries, workers often toil for pennies a day in backbreaking, life-threatening sweatshop jobs that are the margin between feeding a family and starvation.That imagery represents an uncomfortable truth about capitalism and global trade: Products marketed by mass retailers in Dallas, New York or London ...
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Are White House scandals a Big Government scandal
BEN BOYCHUK and JOEL MATHISScripps Howard News Service05-23-13By BEN BOYCHUK and JOEL MATHISCongress this week delved deeper into claims that the Internal Revenue Service improperly targeted conservative and religious nonprofit groups for extraordinary scrutiny in 2009 and 2010, and kept mum about the until after the 2012 election.Meantime, the Washington Post reported that the Justice ...
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Letters Bennett is right
What a breath of fresh air to read former Sen. Bob Bennett's article regarding John Swallow — something that really makes sense instead of the wild rhetoric to which we are exposed on a daily basis ("Swallow needs administrative leave," May 20). Regardless of whether Swallow is falsely accused or blatantly guilty, Bennett's suggestion that Swallow be placed on the ...
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White House press corps has been turned into potted plants
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 ...
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Letters Let organizations decide
Rich McKeown, spokesman for Count My Vote (CMV) said, "We just think we can do better" (GOP delegates reject changes to nominating system," May 18). A few people believe their ideas on how to improve the process private organizations use to select their representatives. Then when the groups don't agree, these ideas should be imposed on them by force of law. If my friends and ...
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Letters Murdock Canal trail
Fifteen years ago while serving as mayor of Highland, I sat in meetings with other elected officials where we discussed the possibilities of a trail along the Murdock ...
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What others say Solving a non-problem
The following editorial appeared recently in the Philadelphia Daily News: Think back — back before we knew that the IRS was unacceptably targeting right-wing groups for scrutiny or that the Department of Justice was unbelievably searching the phone records of journalists. Think all the way back to February, when all anyone in Washington was talking about was the country's fiscal ...
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Serious issues in Colorado prisons parole division
The Colorado Department of Corrections announced Wednesday that Tim Hand, director of the parole division, had been placed on a temporary paid leave of absence. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post) ( | ) The announcement Wednesday from the Department of Corrections that Tim Hand, the director of the parole division, had been placed on a temporary paid leave of absence coincides with the latest ...
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Sergio Garcia chicken gaffe reveals our thin skin
Things weren't always so tense between Tiger Woods, left, and Sergio Garcia. They reached a low-point this week with Garcia's fried chicken remark. (ELISE ...
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Throw Detroit pension trustees overboard
Scores of public sector pension fund administrators are skipping this ...
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State Rep. Jeff Irwin Prisoner Re-Entry an investment in public safety
Prisoner Re-Entry (formerly the Michigan Prisoner Re-Entry Initiative). Prisoner Re-Entry provides housing and employment assistance, as well as other services, to inmates before and after they are released from prison. The goal is to reintegrate former prisoners as functioning and productive members of the community. Beginning in prison, inmates meet with outside agencies to coordinate their ...
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Jay Evensen On Memorial Day look beyond the fog of war
Looking back 70 years with the sure knowledge that allied forces defeated the Nazis, it's hard to feel the heart-pounding fear of that day as crews loaded their B-17s, revved their engines, took their places behind guns or as navigators or pilots, walked the narrow catwalk above bomb bays and wondered if they had safely touched ground for the last ...
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In our opinion Utahs caucus system needs reform
Many Utah voters, however, feel disenfranchised by the process, and some experts cite disillusionment with the caucus system as one of the primary reasons behind Utah's declining voter turnout in recent years. Many feel the decision has already been made for them by a relative handful of people, and, in some cases, that's exactly what happens at the state ...
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In IRS Benghazi and AP scandals answers elusive Your Say Interactive
The Obama administration is juggling three controversies at once. The IRS is being scrutinized for targeting conservative groups. The Justice Department seized journalists' phone records. And the attack in Benghazi that left Americans dead is still be investigated. How much do the scandals matter? Here's how the public sees ...
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Taking the Fifth blocks search for truth tellusatoday
We asked Twitter followers for thoughts on Lois Lerner citing her right against self-incrimination. The IRS official was placed on administrative leave Thursday. Comments are edited for clarity and grammar:Two statements that are incompatible: I did nothing wrong, and I'm taking the Fifth.-- @RandyCole13She is hiding something or protecting someone. The buck stopped with her as head of the ...
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Does Anthony Weiner deserve a second chance Your Say
Anthony Weiner announced this week that he would be running for New York City mayor. He resigned from the U.S. House after a sexting scandal in 2011. Comments from Facebook and Twitter:Stay out of the spotlightI miss the good old days when the politicians got caught doing something stupid, humiliating or embarrassing, then resigned and slipped away to live out their lives in obscurity.-- Mike ...
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Readers take issue with Jolie coverage Objections
Cancer patient: Angelina Jolie isn't the brave one ."Are we as a society being socialized to believe that we're in such an archaic competition with each other that we must even battle over which of us is the bravest? Bravery and responsibility are not mutually exclusive. Angelina Jolie put her entire career on the line to selflessly provide support to other people struggling with ...
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May 24 Letters To the Editor
Margery Eagan ignores the well-documented health, economic and environmental benefits of bicycle use in her column ("There’s just no more road to share," May 21).Bikes are great. So, how can we collaborate to make our roadways a safe and friendly place for both cars and bikes? That’s the conversation we should be having. Perhaps Eagan should hop on a bike and ride around ...
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Obamacare Covering everything but what you need
They wouldn’t cover things such as surgery, hospital stays or prenatal care. That sounds similar to an auto insurance policy that reimburses you when you change the oil but not when your car gets totaled.You might ask how Obamacare could encourage the proliferation of such policies. It was sold as a way to provide more coverage for more people, after all.And people were told they could ...
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Obama drone policy strikes balance Our view
A Navy drone launches off the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush off the coast of Virginia. It will help develop other unmanned, carrier-based ...
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Drones weaken USAs moral might Opposing view
There are more effective ways of winning hearts and minds and creating livelihoods worth living, not sacrificing. Armed drones, at first blush, are a boon to America's military toolkit, as President Obama reinforced in his counterterrorism speech on Thursday. Drones, in the short run at least, could mean fewer U.S. troops deployed and fewer American lives lost. OUR ...
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Boy Scouts march half-step forward Our view
Thursday's vote might well make it easier to fight prejudice in a new generation of Scouts. Sometimes progress comes in unsatisfying increments. That was true Thursday, when the Boy Scouts of America approved a half-measure that will allow openly gay Scouts into the organization for the first time, effective Jan. 1. Cheers should surely be muted because the Scouts couldn't bring ...
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For Feuer no time to waste on L.A. medical marijuana issue Opinion
Los Angeles voters' approval of Proposition D on Tuesday, after a California Supreme Court ruling earlier this month, helped to clarify city officials' objectives when it comes to medical marijuana dispensaries but hardly solved the legal complexities. Both because the immediate goal is clear and because achieving it will be difficult, it's vital that elected L.A. city ...
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Historical schooner Bowdoin is a state asset
The Bowdoin recently undertook a short tour of Maine’s coastline, stopping in Portland and Bath so that the public could explore the ship and get a taste of the state’s maritime history, the historical schooner, built in 1921 and operated by the Maine Maritime Academy, is a historical jewel with a rich and fascinating history.
Nowadays ships are built to be big and imposing, the Oasis-class cruise ship Oasis of the Seas, the biggest cruise ship in the world at 47 meters wide, 360 meters long and capable of carrying 6000 passengers and the Mærsk E-class container ship Ebba Mærsk at 397 meters long and 47 meters wide, have set benchmarks in the size of these various kinds of ships. Read more
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