Wheeling Opinion
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Standing in defense of governmentJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Ronald Reagan was famous for saying that, "Government isn't the solution; government is the problem." I prefer to rephrase that as, "Representative government isn't the ...
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Use same rules for liberals, conservativesJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - I can't believe what I hear on TV these days. How low can David Letterman get to make such crass comments about a family member of Sarah Palin's family. Had he made that...
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Palin, Letterman gained from flapJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - I find myself in awe of two recent events. First;, the incredible timing of David Letterman's writers to come up with extremely sophomoric, crude, unfunny jokes about S...
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Schools need best, diverse teachersJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - After changing careers in 2003 to become a teacher, I believed what a lot of people said about finding a job as a teacher in grades K-5. People said that there was a tea...
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Energy laws are unreasonable taxationJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - For about 100 years the United States has built most industries around the use of oil and its products. Now the government wants to instantly change that reliance. "We m...
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Spending goes to the wrong thingsJul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Where Our Priorities? Where are our priorities when our Congressmen add pork projects to funds for our troops fighting in the War on Terror. Yes, this is not the Iraq, A...
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Look to diet for hair loss solutionJul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Dr. Gott's advice regarding hair loss made me run hands through my hair. He acknowledged the problem is difficult to solve, but recommended two drugs for the writer's pr...
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Single-payer is the best way to goJul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Insurance companies discriminate. They also disallow, delay and deny. They can refuse to pay for costly medicine or procedures that could save your life - they can, in f...
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Services are part of abortion debateJul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Nat Hentoff was right on in his recent column regarding common ground on abortion. He quotes Tennessee Congressman, Lincoln Davis as saying, "It's not about pro-life or ...
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This is such a sad day...Jul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - I opened the Daily Herald and as I always do ... went right to the back page of the sports. No high school sports to read. Such a sad day. I can't wait for school to be ...