Enlisted soldiers who frequently break the rules in the Army typically don’t get much mercy.
August 2012
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: GOP afraid Akin might cost it Senate majority
Republicans are frantically trying to get U.S. Rep. Todd Akin to drop out of the Senate race in Missouri after his remark about abortion and rape, but not because it was offensive and ignorant.
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Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Maine people not looked down upon, but envied
Recently our governor stated that Maine people were looked down upon if we went to other parts of the country.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
A fervent hope we never use A-bombs again
Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, Air Force chief of staff, recently suggested that U.S. nuclear weapons reserves were too large and too expensive to maintain.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
A fervent hope we never will use A-bombs again
Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, Air Force chief of staff, recently suggested that U.S. nuclear weapons reserves were too large and too expensive to maintain.
Posted inOpinion
KATHLEEN PARKER: A life well-lived and well-departed
TAMPA, Fla. — I had hoped he would wait until I got here, but he was in a rush to go.
Posted inSports
NASCAR: Bumping, banging back at Bristol
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — With a two-handed toss of his helmet, Tony Stewart brought back everything that had been missing at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Time to kill ethanol mandate
The drought and sky-high corn prices are forcing federal officials to at least consider doing something that should have been done a long time ago.
Posted inSports
U.S. OPEN TENNIS: Long Grand Slam season wraps up
NEW YORK (AP) — Champion at Wimbledon in both singles and doubles. Winner again at the All England Club in both events, four weeks later at the London Olympics.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
It’s time to resurrect CCC so people can work
“Forgotten Man,” written by Amity Shales, gives a detailed version of the Great Depression. It is too bad this book is not part of our school curriculum. As a child growing up with parents who lived through that era, I was often told stories about what life was like during those years. People often forget […]