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  • Newspaper unfair to Minneapolis police

    Whenever interactions between police and citizens result in death or serious injuries, in what is commonly called a "critical incident," the public needs to know what happened and whether their police officers acted properly in these tragic circumstances. Clearly, the media plays an important role in gathering and disseminating the facts so that the public can make its determination. ...

  • Proposed lower alcohol limit for drivers too severe

    The earlier progress came after states lowered the blood alcohol concentration for driving under the influence from 0.10 to 0.08, raised the drinking age and adopted a "zero tolerance" rule for drivers under age 21. With the most potent changes already in place, public safety improvements have gotten a bit harder to come ...

  • Barack ‘prosecutes’ his war

    President Obama Mind you, he said all this - complete with references to civil rights - at a time when the IRS has grossly violated the rights of conservatives and his Justice Department has suggested a Fox News reporter is a criminal. To cap it off, he closed with a line he ripped off from Bush’s surge speech, a reference to how victory in this war will not take the form of a ...

  • The J-joke’s on us

    We agree with Andrew Cuomo.Earlier this week he told reporters that the state ethics commission that investigated the gropings of Vito Lopez but not the coverup by Shelly Silver was "the best" he could get through the state Legislature. And he’s right. It’s just not what he told us at the time. On that August day in 2011 when he signed the bill into law, there was no hint ...

  • Clothing the world shouldn’t be a death sentence

    The following editorial appeared in the Dallas Morning News on Monday, May 20:In Third World countries, workers often toil for pennies a day in backbreaking, life-threatening sweatshop jobs that are the margin between feeding a family and starvation.That imagery represents an uncomfortable truth about capitalism and global trade: Products marketed by mass retailers in Dallas, New York or London ...


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Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story [DVD]

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story [DVD]

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story is much funnier than any movie about dodgeball has a right to be. Dodgeball is, after all, perhaps the most juvenile of games, if calling it a game isnt giving it too much credit. Its the fall-back for lazy gym coaches everywhere--Here, line up on oppos ... ...

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  • Are White House scandals a Big Government scandal

    BEN BOYCHUK and JOEL MATHISScripps Howard News Service05-23-13By BEN BOYCHUK and JOEL MATHISCongress this week delved deeper into claims that the Internal Revenue Service improperly targeted conservative and religious nonprofit groups for extraordinary scrutiny in 2009 and 2010, and kept mum about the until after the 2012 election.Meantime, the Washington Post reported that the Justice ...

  • Letters Bennett is right

    What a breath of fresh air to read former Sen. Bob Bennett's article regarding John Swallow — something that really makes sense instead of the wild rhetoric to which we are exposed on a daily basis ("Swallow needs administrative leave," May 20). Regardless of whether Swallow is falsely accused or blatantly guilty, Bennett's suggestion that Swallow be placed on the ...

  • White House press corps has been turned into potted plants

    On days when the president is coming, the White House press room, the East Room and even occasionally the Rose Garden are ornamented with dozens of objects that perform the decorative and utilitarian purpose of potted ...

  • Letters Let organizations decide

    Rich McKeown, spokesman for Count My Vote (CMV) said, "We just think we can do better" (GOP delegates reject changes to nominating system," May 18). A few people believe their ideas on how to improve the process private organizations use to select their representatives. Then when the groups don't agree, these ideas should be imposed on them by force of law. If my friends and ...

  • Letters Murdock Canal trail

    Fifteen years ago while serving as mayor of Highland, I sat in meetings with other elected officials where we discussed the possibilities of a trail along the Murdock ...

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