Opinion Stories from June 3, 2009 (Change date)
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Health care ills not just private sector problemJun 03, 2009 11:00 pm - After reading Alfred Kirkland's letter on health care May 3 I feel compelled to address the errors in his so-called reform of health care. The need for real reform is ob...
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Aren't we better than an 'eye for an eye'?Jun 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Didn't we prosecute some Japanese for using torture tactics after WWII? What was Nuremburg all about? Remember Lt. Calley at Mei Lei? Do these events in our history res...
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Reform legislation fails to reform muchJun 03, 2009 11:00 pm - On May 31, the Democrats who control state government advanced another piece of campaign finance reform; HB 7, that does nothing more than codify the current practice. I...
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Letter not meant to offend anyoneJun 03, 2009 11:00 pm - On May 10 the Herald published a letter which commented on my letter of April 22 ("Atheists might want to reconsider views"), wherein the reader stated my letter was "di...
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Carnival of the fire-breathersJun 03, 2009 11:00 pm - I intended to write about the GOP's message problem with the headline: "Shoot the Messenger." Sunday's murder of abortion doctor George Tiller makes my title inappropria...
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Why do we walk for neurofibromatosis? Because we canJun 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Each weekend thousands of people take to the streets of our communities, walking and running to raise money for charities. Every one of them has found a cause to believe...
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Reform: How your elected officials didJun 03, 2009 11:00 pm - We've said we'll watch to see if real advances were achieved in fixing our poisonous state politics. Some progress was made, but our fears also were realized: Some key ...
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War moves not the change we voted forJun 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Days after the Memorial Day weekend, we remember and mourn the dead: 4,296 U.S. troops dead in Iraq; 685 dead in Afghanistan. Let us also protect the living from unneces...
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