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• To abate or not to abate? That is the question

  Thu May 21, 2009
  • Tax abatements are seldom accurately followed or accounted for. In our locall communities large corporations have received countless abatements for every addition to their plants with a net job loss of over 10,000 jobs in thelast five years.

• Missing link ... or excessive hype?

  Tue May 19, 2009
  • It might be nice if both sides and the comics took a break! Some atomic dating and further study might help. I have never believed the Adam and Eve myth. much more likely the spark of life was much lower down on the food chain as is clearly illustrated by our current lack of humanity.

• Pirates recapture U.S. hostage after escape bid

  Fri Apr 10, 2009
  • It's regrettable the captain volunteered to be a hotsage, his intentions to save his crew were admirable but he has created an international incident. We need to arm our merchant marine and train them if they are going into harms way as in WW-II.

• Are auto workers being shafted by the Obama administration?

  Tue Mar 31, 2009
  • I was employed by the auto industry for 31 years. I took an early retirement with little incentive pay to allow the industry to survive on reduced wage new hires. Now I may soon lose my retirement and health care due to the administration action of forcing them into bankruptcy.

• GOP's Jindal calls Obama's plan irresponsible

  Tue Feb 24, 2009
  • I watched the President and then the Governor. Never in the history of this great nation have we been confronted by a more serious problem. The President offered many ideas to work with us to improve our situation and is not afraid to change and adapt as necessary to help all.

• What do you think about taxing miles driven instead of the current gasoline tax system?

  Fri Feb 20, 2009
  • Looks extremely difficult to enforce or collect. Current system of gas tax is flawed but this doesn't sound much better. The goverment needs to put its full force to developing prototype green vehicles and providing alternatives to driving like mass transit.

• Detroit automakers wait for financial lifeline

  Mon Dec 15, 2008
  • At this most positive season I am constantly reminded of how short sighted and lacking in history we are. I wonder how much the Japanese,Korean, German manufacturers have given in  campaign contributions to Corker and his ilk.

• Nebraska law allows abandonment of teens

  Fri Aug 22, 2008
  • I am a Magistrate in a Juvenile Court and I am troubled by the hateful, absent minded responses I have read to a serious and growing problem.

• When the train never leaves the station

  Thu Aug 14, 2008
  • My first wife was worried about first intercourse and had read a book advising the woman to take a hot sitz bath and slowly inserting one, then two, then three lubricated fibgers in her Vagina.

• Assassination of MLK: Where were you?

  Thu Apr 3, 2008
  • I had just returned from Vietnam , was not well received at home and was opposed to MLK's opposition to the war. Many of my African American friends died in the war. Since that time I have been able to view his struggle in more complete terms and realize his loss was major.