Journal-World Editorials
- Siren call
- Sounding the county’s tornado sirens too often could lessen their usefulness.
- May 9, 2008
- With the devastation of the tornado that struck Greensburg last year still fresh in their minds, it’s not surprising that local residents have a heightened concern about tornados and tornado warnings.
Local Columns
May 8, 2008
- Read labels when plant shopping
- It’s that time of year again — plant shopping season! Local nurseries and garden centers are full of vibrant colors and attention-grabbing plants that seem to beg to be taken home.
- Closer to the earth
- What a magnificent day it was the morning I was driving out to view Chris and Steve Edmonds’ garden. As I walked up to meet Chris Edmonds, we both took a moment to absorb the panoramic view, with white caps on Clinton Lake in the distance.
May 7, 2008
- Graduation stirs emotions
- Even though I’ve been a law school teacher for nearly three decades, I still feel a strange mixture of emotions at this time of year. Law classes ended last Friday and our students are now busily taking their final exams.
May 5, 2008
Syndicated Columns
May 9, 2008
- Americans may not be so free after all
- I’d like to think it was the sangria talking. But the plain truth is, when Anna said she doesn’t find this country to be especially free, it was Anna talking. Granted, her complaint is hardly new. People often grouse about the lack of freedom in the land of the free.
- Clinton’s spin won’t change numbers
- Hillary Clinton, 60, Illinois native and Arkansas lawyer, became, retroactively, a lifelong Yankee fan at age 52 when, shopping for a U.S. Senate seat, she adopted New York state as home sweet home.
- There’s no one like Mom
- The last time I witnessed a woman becoming a mother, it wasn’t anything like the frilly sentiments of Mother’s Day. She lay on her back, perspiring heavily and yelling, “Oh my God, why did you do this to me?
May 8, 2008
Letters to the Editor
May 9, 2008
Speaker antics
To the editor: House Speaker Melvin Neufeld behaves like a 4-year-old child. When he doesn’t get what he wants, he ...
Torture denial
To the editor: On Friday, April 11, President Bush admitted to ABC News that he personally had approved the meetings ...
Siren policy
To the editor: Why is Douglas County so reluctant to warn its residents about tornadoes? When the National Weather Service ...
May 8, 2008
May 7, 2008
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- Siren call May 9, 2008 · 45 comments
- Torture denial May 9, 2008 · 62 comments
- Americans may not be so free after all May 9, 2008 · 27 comments
- Religious meeting to draw 5,000 May 9, 2008 · 60 comments
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- Religious meeting to draw 5,000 May 9, 2008
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