Opinion Stories from July 1, 2017 (Change date)
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Editorial: July 2 and the spirit of 1776Jul 01, 2017 2:00 pm - There is something about time and the change it brings that constantly mesmerizes and fascinates us. We are, in actuality, avid students of history, and it should come a...
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I pray that you respect our coverage of invocationsJul 03, 2017 10:04 am - Few things set us off quite so much as the right to pray or not pray and when and where we can or can't do it. So when a letter to the editor arrived this past week, dec...
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Russian meddling did not help TrumpJul 07, 2017 10:55 am - For the past eight months, the FBI, the CIA and a multitude of alphabetical government agencies have been unsuccessfully trying to confirm that Russian meddling in our p...
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Elections are still being boughtJul 03, 2017 5:10 pm - Elections were bought and sold in the 1800s and now it seems to be true again in the 2000s, but the political landscape has changed. From news shows like Hannity (referr...
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Where are the jobs?Jul 07, 2017 10:55 am - Donald Trump has not even filled many jobs to take care of our government. He kept saying he would fill jobs and he can't even take care of the government jobs. How many...
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No sympathy for public pensionersJul 07, 2017 10:55 am - Just read the letter from Linda Kimsey with her defense of the exorbitant pensions enjoyed by our public employees, the gift that keeps on giving at the expense of the r...
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Tax on sugary drinks will benefit residentsJul 03, 2017 5:10 pm - While medicine continues to advance with breakthrough treatments and medicines, we are still losing the war against obesity. Poor nutrition, combined with a lack of phys...
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Take time out to appreciate beesJul 03, 2017 5:10 pm - "It's National Pollinator Week, a week dedicated to celebrating bees and other pollinators that make our foods, farms and flowers possible. And we need to do more to pro...
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Trump's promises are like fine chinaJul 01, 2017 1:00 am - During the run up to the election the president repeatedly promised to protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. On Oct 31, 2015, the president said, "I am going t...
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Thanks for showing kindness to a strangerJul 01, 2017 1:00 am - I had a strange senior moment in the Dress Barn in Bloomingdale last week. As I walked in the store, I realized I had no idea how I got there and where I parked my car. ...
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