Your recent article on Ed Leeper [“Piece of Work,” April 24-30] has raised two bothersome issues for me. The first is that I am embarrassed being associated with Leeper in...
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The North Carolina Republican Party – forged by the hand of Dixiecrat segregationists like Jesse (“White people, wake up before it is too late. Do you want Negroes working beside...
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A recent Rasmussen poll gave incumbent Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana a comfortable 55-39 lead over Democratic turncoat and Karl Rove recruit John Kennedy, the state treasurer. Another new...
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Any discussion of the congressional testimony by Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker must begin with this stipulation: It was an exercise in PR, not policy-making. Whatever the two...
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Dear Gabacho: “Cops” is hardly as credible a source in documenting the Mexican criminal mente as, say, “Dora the Explorer.” Not only do I rarely see high-speed chases involving Mexicans...
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HOW ABOUT A JOB SHARE?… Squid wants to trade jobs with Marina Coast Water District General Manager Jim Heitzman. Not only does Heitzman earn about seven times as much as...
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I want to thank Kera Abraham for her beautiful story, “End of the Road for Jensen Camp” [May 1-7]. It is rare these days to find good writing combined with...
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Lyme disease is not just something that happens to people who live back East. The illness, transmitted by tick bites, is the fastest-growing vector-borne disease in the country, according to...
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