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Boomer Girl Diary: Extra hour’s sleep insufficient preparation for holiday onslaught
By Cathy Hamilton
November 8, 2009
Today, gentle friends and readers, I’d like to discuss the convergence of the end of daylight saving time with the beginning of the holiday season and how it’s become TOO FREAKING MUCH FOR ME TO BEAR!
Jest for Grins: Household odor spurs great mouse hunt
By Marsha Henry Goff
November 8, 2009
When we moved to the country, I was warned to watch out for field mice looking for a warm place in the house to winter.
High School Dropouts, by Molly Fister
By Molly Fister
November 8, 2009
The country, plagued by economic struggles, unemployment and uncertainness, is also currently faced with another factor on the rise: high school dropouts. The sheer number of students leaving high school before graduation has exponentially grown. Though there are many exceptions to this, from a high school student’s point of view there are general factors that influence these life-altering decisions. Lack of hope and drive, as well as familial discord provide excess slack for the government to pick up.
Crumbling of Berlin Wall still worth celebrating
By David Shribman - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
November 8, 2009
We thought it meant the end of international contention. We thought it meant the nuclear menace was no more. We thought it meant Russia and America, the two powers of the future envisioned by de Tocqueville, could be friends.
LHS students offer teens’ view on dropout problem
LHS seniors
November 8, 2009
Recent news stories and an editorial about the local high school dropout rate spurred lively discussion in two U.S. government classes taught by Tim Latham at Lawrence High School.
Military vets still know how to mobilize
By David Broder - Washington Post Writers Group
November 8, 2009
A couple weeks before Veterans Day, I went down to the World War II Memorial on the Mall to join Bob and Elizabeth Dole and a group of elderly soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen from her hometown of Salisbury, N.C., who had been flown to Washington that morning to get their first view of the nation’s tribute to the troops that helped defeat Hitler’s forces.
Killing daughter can’t be matter of honor
By Leonard Pitts Jr. - Miami Herald
November 8, 2009
We don’t know why Faleh Hassan Almaleki came to this country in the mid-’90s, and it’s unlikely he’ll be able to tell us anytime soon.
Voters share their thoughts on politics in the past year
By Christine Metz
November 8, 2009
It was a crisp, autumn day here in Douglas County, and just like in the rest of the country, a sense of change was in the air as voters went to the polls last November.
Former House speaker has vital message for America
By Dolph C. Simons, Jr.
November 7, 2009
Whether or not an individual would vote for former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich as a GOP candidate for the U.S. presidency, like and admire him or not, it is important for all Americans to hear his message.
U.S. must send clear message to Karzai
By Trudy Rubin - Philadelphia Inquirer
November 7, 2009
The re-election of President Hamid Karzai creates new headaches for the Obama administration. But it also presents opportunities to be seized.
Tactical terrorism at work
By Joel Brinkley McClatchy - Tribune News Service
November 7, 2009
The election was two days away, and pollsters were calling it a deadlock between two candidates clearly representing the nation’s left and right wings.
Reminders that life isn’t fair
By Garrison Keillor
November 6, 2009
It costs $722 to fly from St. Paul/Minneapolis to Bismarck, N.D., and you can fly from St. Paul/Minneapolis to Paris for $754. Life is unfair; we all know this. Big prizes go to mediocrities while you struggle on, unappreciated.
Media earn public mistrust
By Cal Thomas - Tribune Media Services
November 6, 2009
On Nov. 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall was pulled down to the consternation of leftists, who still had faith socialism could work with the right leaders, and to the delight of conservatives, who believed that socialism and communism guaranteed mutually shared poverty.
There’s no democracy without the women
By Ellen Goodman - Washington Post Writers Group
November 6, 2009
It’s been 11 years since I looked through a photo album smuggled out of Afghanistan by a brave young woman.
Obama’s political coattails are history
By Charles Krauthammer - Washington Post Writers Group
November 6, 2009
Sure, Election Day 2009 will scare moderate Democrats and make passage of Obamacare more difficult. Sure, it makes it easier for resurgent Republicans to raise money and recruit candidates for 2010. But the most important effect of Tuesday’s elections is historical.

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