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The Paul Ryan Choice
Governor Mitt Romney's choice of Congressman Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential running mate is one of those decisions that seem obvious -- if not inevitable -- in retrospect, even though it was by...
Aug 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Professional engineer to his employees
A friend of mine sent the following letter to me from a professional engineer reportedly written to his employees. It is rather lengthy but I believe it expresses the views of every business owner ...
Aug 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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The President's Column - Bunches Bend levees dredging
It’s not often you see bulldozers and dump trucks in a farm field, but in the case of Bunches Bend in East Carroll Parish, it’s as necessary as a combine. Although the river is low this year, 2011 ...
Aug 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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May I Borrow That?
President Obama has a problem. After 40 months of unemployment above the 8 percent level, he needs a marketable plan to convince American voters that his re-election is their best bet for employmen...
Aug 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sports Versus Politics
It has long seemed to me that there is far more rationality in sports, and in commentaries on sports, than there is in politics and in commentaries on politics. What has puzzled me is why this is s...
Aug 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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St. Mary native raced Nellie Bly around the world
When Nellie Bly died in 1922, the New York Evening Herald called her "the best reporter in America." She pioneered investigative journalism, feigning insanity to get herself committed to an asylum...
Aug 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 68 68 recommendations | email to a friend
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The Man Column
The Man in the Arena At the request of David Grotefend, I am copying a quote made by Teddy Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, in a speech given in France over a hundred years ag...
Aug 10, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Barack Obama’s right - he didn’t earn his success
Barack Obama’s right - he didn’t earn his success Progressives were in a tizzy after Barack Obama let slip their foundational philosophy that the individual is meaningless, accomplishes nothing on ...
Aug 09, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Collateral Damage
During the recent legislative session, several important pieces of education-related legislation passed that created considerable controversy. Perhaps the most controversial was one that granted sc...
Aug 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Collateral Damage
During the recent legislative session, several important pieces of education-related legislation passed that created considerable controversy. Perhaps the most controversial was one that granted sc...
Aug 07, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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The ugly truth behind PVBs and PTD
*The following is Part 2 of a series on Post-Vacation Blues. Read Part 1 by visiting Zacharytoday.com and searching Post-Vacation Blues.* Besides the number one way of dealing with the post-vacat...
Aug 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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And they want to see Romney’s tax returns???
If you have any doubt about the left wing, liberal news media, carrying water for the democrats, consider the following circulating on the Internet. “The Media goes bonkers over the Dems wanting 12...
Aug 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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