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A Liberal in Reagan Country: Reading in a readerless society
“Research shows that parenting in the home has a far more significant impact on children’s achievement than parent’s social class or level of education. For children of primary school age, parental involvement has the biggest impact...
EDITORIAL: End the so-called ‘Fairness Doctrine’ permanently
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi apparently has decided there won’t be a vote this year to permanently prevent the government from imposing the so-called Fairness Doctrine on broadcasters. In fact, Ms. Pelosi favors reestablishing the doctrine, which...
Original Thoughts
What’s on the president’s mind these days? We do still have a president, though it’s sometimes hard to remember in our impatience to replace him. Amid dwindling interest in anything Bush, the president called a meeting Monday of a few...
EDITORIAL: Contemplate your freedom on the fourth
On July fourth, Americans celebrate the ideals of the Declaration of Independence — life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. But these three principles aside, we often forget what the Declaration really is about. The fourth of July isn’t...
EDITORIAL: State budget: first, do no harm
Stop the presses! The Legislature failed to adopt a budget. Again. And it’s already next year.Yes, we have tongue firmly planted in cheek. It’s no surprise the Assembly and state Senate haven’t adopted a spending plan for 2008-2009....
Voices from the Valley Lessons only our elders can teach us
Described by one of its members as “an old club with old people,” I decided to check out the Springville Senior Citizen Club monthly potluck on June 16. The SSCC is open to the public, for friendship and fellowship, and on days like this,...
EDITORIAL: Price tag soars for free state health care
You can expect to wait to be served if government provides health care. And you can expect ultimately a bureaucrat will decide what health care you receive. But the state’s independent Legislative Analyst now says the latest proposal to impose universal...
Courage under fire
Being shot down may not qualify one to be president, as retired Gen. Wesley Clark infamously said recently. But what men do under fire might tell us about the character we may discover in a president.Clark’s precise words, aimed at undermining John...
EDITORIAL: Negotiations with North Korea is a long-shot prospect
That was certainly a spectacular visual, repeatedly shown on television over the weekend, of the cooling tower of North Korea’s Yongbyon nuclear facility being demolished and crumbling to the ground in a cloud of concrete dust. Whether it really...
Voices from the Valley: ‘Celebrating our Heroes’ on the Fourth
Did you know that the Fourth of July is more then just a day to eat hot dogs and watch fireworks, it is actually one of the most important days in our nation’s history … it is our Independence Day. In 1776 a group of men stood up to tyranny...
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