All Stories from September 13, 2012 (Change date)
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New language might have helped tame the Old WestSep 13, 2012 5:00 am - I’m sure it must have been a dream. I was a young writer fresh from J-school and heard about the trouble in Shinbone. I strode into the newspaper office and got the atte...
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Different speeches, similar philosophySep 13, 2012 5:00 am - During a presidential election in which both campaigns seem mainly intent on turning out their most ideologically typical voters — through the endless application of con...
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No such thing as ‘law-abiding’ illegalsSep 13, 2012 5:00 am - Please help me out here. Why would columnist Froma Harrop use an obvious oxymoron to describe immigrants as “law-abiding illegal” in her recent article? Froma, you can’t...
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Marty’s dedication to local sports showedSep 13, 2012 5:00 am - Nobody has covered high school sports like Marty Maciaszek. For years, parents, coaches and athletes have been the lucky recipient of his hard work and dedication to hig...
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Remove the hate from the dialogueSep 13, 2012 5:00 am - Seven killed in Wisconsin, 16 in Colorado, more in Tucson — think our country has changed? The Wisconsin incident is troubling for it is an “act of domestic terrorism,” ...
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Election advice all should heedSep 13, 2012 5:00 am - A recent daily meditation from “Forward Day by Day” has a good reminder for us as citizens of this great country: “Remember that no one running for any office is Jesus C...
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Dawn Patrol: More attacks against U.S.; Sox loseSep 13, 2012 5:00 am - Protesters storm embassy in Yemen Chanting “death to America,” hundreds of protesters angered by an anti-Islam film stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Yemen’s cap...
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Becoming American still dream to manySep 13, 2012 4:40 am - Every Wednesday morning there is a citizenship test and swearing-in ceremony on one of the floors of my federal office building. On my train ride to the city recently, I...
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Why the income tax is untenableSep 13, 2012 4:40 am - From time to time the Supreme Court rules on a question of whether our income tax is constitutional. They always rule it as constitutional, no matter what argument is pr...
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Replace Sen. Durbin in 2016Sep 13, 2012 4:40 am - Why Dick Durbin doesn’t renounce his citizenship and move to a Latin American country is beyond me. He’s always using the office of the U.S. Senate to support illegal im...