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Surprise! Rep. McDermott votes yes on defense bill | Adele Ferguson
Sure enough, there in the How Your U.S. Lawmaker Voted report put out by Roll Call to the…
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Get your Fourth of July fix the smart way
No holiday tantalizes the senses quite like the upcoming Fourth of July. Nothing is better than a day…
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Surprise! Rep. McDermott votes yes on defense bill | Adele Ferguson
I was stunned. I read it again. Sure enough, there in the How Your U.S. Lawmaker Voted report…
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School board botched it
Sound Off is a public forum. Articles are selected from letters to the editor or may be written…
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Internet tax a nightmare for everyone
Sound Off is a public forum. Articles are selected from letters to the editor or may be written…
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Tax plan should reflect the risk of growing trees in Washington
There is an old saying that the two things certain in life are death and taxes. Sometimes those…
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Congrats Class of ’08
Congratulations Class of 2008, you did it! You can finally delete WASL and high school cliques from your…
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True friendships are not easily forgotten
“Love the hair!” the kids commented this week as they thumbed through my high school yearbook. They pointed…
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No better time than the present to buy local
It is too bad that it takes soaring fuel and concomitant food prices to get people to do…
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Congrats Class of ’08
Congratulations Class of 2008, you did it! You can finally delete WASL and high school cliques from your…
Opinion
Pros outweigh cons on buying local
It is too bad that it takes soaring fuel and concomitant food prices to get people to do…
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Here’s proof: Public transportation slower, dirtier, less cost effective
There is global warming. Plus a world-wide energy crisis. There is an antidote, conservation. So in a well-intended…
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Attack on prison reform laws was unfounded
In a June 4 Guest Opinion (“Victims should be our first safety consideration”) state Sen. Kirk Pearson (R-Monroe)…
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Bigger disaster than global warming: Government getting it wrong
The rising costs of energy may give us a preview of how things will be when the heavy…
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The only certainty in life is change
This will be my last column for the Patriot, since I will be retiring as superintendent of the…
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Dissecting the job of a press secretary | Adele Ferguson
What does a press secretary do? “Well,” Jody Powell once told me, “if you remember the circus parades…
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Dissecting the job of a press secretary | Adele Ferguson
What does a press secretary do? “Well,” Jody Powell once told me, “if you remember the circus parades…