Date registered: May 1, 2010
Dec 26
This time, the debate has to be about more than not offending the NRA’s sensibilities. By Donald Kaul I’m glad I retired five months ago. Think of it: I was spared writing about the presidential election, an event so vacuous it made reality TV seem interesting. If there was any serious discussion of an …
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Dec 26
Judson Middle School Choir students were recently selected as members of All-Region Choir in Region 21. They performed in concert at UT Tyler. Cathy Cole is the director. Pictured are: front row (L to R): Leslie Campos, Triniti Jones, Yasmin Benitez, Kelsey Pentland, Kyerra Bagby, Haley Boyd, Jazmin Dennis 2nd row: Daija Garrett, Erin Mitchell, Kiara …
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Dec 20
Tyler Junior College (TJC) dual-credit students from Arp, Chapel Hill, Lindale, John Tyler and Robert E. Lee high schools are to receive funding from a $20,000 grant provided by the AT&T Foundation. On December 5, AT&T Director of External Affairs Candice Gast presented the check to TJC President Dr. Mike Metke and Tyler Mayor Barbara …
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Jul 31
By Jason Alderman If your spouse-to-be is considering postponing the wedding because of fears about the so-called “marriage penalty,” you two probably have bigger issues than whether you’ll have to pay higher taxes as a married couple than when you were single. Having said that, marriage does indeed have many financial ramifications – both good …
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Jul 30
By Gary Hardaway During a visit to Yellowstone National Park a few weeks ago, my wife and I viewed an educational film concerning national park history. Yellowstone was the first to be established, signed into existence by President Ulysses Grant in 1872. Today there are 397 park areas reaching from Maine to Hawaii to Alaska. …
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Jul 30
Romney keeps playing hide-and-seek with his booty. By Jim Hightower What a blessing it is for Mitt Romney to serve as the Republican nominee for president. He’s a living portrait of Mr. Wall Street Man. As his candidacy unfolds, it’s allowing us commoners to get a peek into how the privileged few rig the rules …
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Jul 30
The world’s super rich, according to a new report, are squirreling away phenomenal quantities of their cash in secret tax havens. By Sam Pizzigati Are America’s rich getting richer? Certainly. Every official yardstick shows that America’s most affluent are upping their incomes much faster than everyone else. How fast? Between 1980 and 2010, note economists …
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Jul 30
Why do so many Americans believe that to properly protect ourselves today, we need guns? By William A. Collins Won’t be me Who spoils your fun, Go ahead, And tote that gun. Following that dark opening-night screening of the latest Batman movie in Aurora, Colorado, it’s time to contemplate yet again why America’s troubled young …
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