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PARKER: Health care reform reveals a sweet tooth
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Last Updated: 3:49 PM 03/10/10 - Skipping through the Candy Land of the health care bill, one is tempted to hum a few bars of “Let Me Call You Sweetheart.” What a deal. For deal-makers, that is. Not so much for American taxpayers, who have been misled into thinking that the sweetheart deals have been excised. (Full Story) |
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THOMAS: Taking on free speech with no decency
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Last Updated: 3:47 PM 03/10/10 - The Supreme Court has decided to take a case that may change the boundaries for types of speech protected by the First Amendment. (Full Story) |
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CLINE: Give anthem respect or Brooks will chide you
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Last Updated: 6:10 PM 03/09/10 - There is a letter on today’s editorial page about the national anthem and how oftentimes people don’t show the proper respect for it. It was in response to a previous letter on the same subject that took to task some Olympians for what the letter writer felt was lackluster enthusiasm in singing the anthem during medal ceremonies. (Full Story) |
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THOMAS: D.C. swamp remains far from drained
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Last Updated: 3:51 PM 03/09/10 - Before Rep. Nancy Pelosi became speaker of the House, she promised during the Bush administration that if voters allowed Democrats to regain a congressional majority, Democrats would establish ‘‘the most ethical Congress in history.’’ Pelosi pledged to ‘‘drain the swamp’’ of corruption in Washington. (Full Story) |
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HUCKABY: Sometimes laws are hustled by vile people
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Last Updated: 3:52 PM 03/09/10 - In America, we are supposed to be governed by the rule of law, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Policemen, judges and government officials aren’t allowed to bring charges or punishment against people for political reasons or because it may be the popular thing to do — or on a whim. And none of us are supposed to be exempt from the rule of law — which is the only way any of us can be protected by the rule of law. (Full Story) |
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LETTERS: Anthem concerns not limited to one
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Last Updated: 6:12 PM 03/09/10 - What a great letter about respect for the national anthem and the flag that ran last week (“Be proud when you hear our national anthem,” March 3, Page 6A). (Full Story) |
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LETTERS: Commissioners not hearing voters
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Last Updated: 6:08 PM 03/09/10 - Apparently, the Board of Commissioners just doesn’t get it. Despite the public uproar and the lawsuits, the commissioners are persisting in implementing a variation of a solid waste collection plan that most folks in Gwinnett County just don’t want. (Full Story) |
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OUR VIEW: Gang bust a reminder of real danger
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Last Updated: 7:19 PM 03/06/10 - The news this week that the gang Mara Salvatrucha — or MS-13 — has been effectively put out of commission in metro Atlanta by a federal indictment that ties 26 members to murders, robberies and other crimes is a reminder of the underbelly that exists in Gwinnett County. (Full Story) |
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LLOYD: Vets aren’t alone when struggling with big bills
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Last Updated: 7:17 PM 03/06/10 - Veterans have served our country selflessly and without question upheld our country’s morals and values. With a son stationed at Little Rock Air Force Base being deployed to Iraq in June, I feel a personal connection to our vets and their courageous, admirable service. (Full Story) |
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O'REILLY: Redefining living legends
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Last Updated: 7:16 PM 03/06/10 - Stay with me, because you are not going to believe this column. This month in Chicago, an event will honor three men as ‘‘living legends.’’ The men are Minister Louis Farrakhan, head of the Nation of Islam, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the former pastor of Barack Obama’s church, and Father Michael Pfleger, a radical-left Catholic priest. The men will stand together, and thousands of spectators will pay to see them. (Full Story) |
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