RALEIGH, N.C. — If the NHL can stop destroying itself long enough to get a deal done in time to save the season, this is as good a time as any to propose some changes to help the league get back on its feet. As any Carolina Hurricanes fan can attest, nothing – nothing – sells the game of hockey like a home playoff game.
2012
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MLB: Drew hopes to restart career in Boston
BOSTON — Stephen Drew is moving to Boston to restart what once looked like a promising career.
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SKIING: Sisters find success on slopes
WATERVILLE — You would expect that Alex and Erica Jenson’s parents were lifelong competitive skiers. They weren’t. Ironically, that made it more likely that the Jenson sisters would get into skiing at an early age.
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EBT cards should be used to help the truly needy
I was recently in a local convenience store paying for gas when the clerk pointed out to me that the guy in front of me just used his electronic benefit transfer card cash to buy a 12-pack of beer, two packs of smokes and lottery tickets. It was hard for me to believe they could use their taxpayer-funded EBT card to buy that stuff; I thought it is just to help truly needy families buy food. So I checked with another local store owner who tells me EBT cash is a major income stream for him; selling beer, wine, smokes, lottery tickets etc.
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Evil, violence visited two schools on Dec. 14
Headlines in the Dec. 16 newspaper on page A1: “Christmas decorations taken down;” page A2, “Chinese school attack: 22 kids, 1 adult injured.”
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We need fewer radar guns, more patrolmen
As sad and demonic as are the shootings in Newtown, Conn. and other schools, malls, businesses etc. around our nation, it is not the fault of the weapons used, but the demoralization of our society and the failures of the governmental, judicial, law enforcement and education systems.
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Evil and violence visited two schools on Dec. 14
Headlines in the Dec. 16 newspaper on page A1: “Christmas decorations taken down”; page A2, “Chinese school attack: 22 kids, 1 adult injured.”
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Changes needed in support for mentally ill
I think a reasonable analogy for police interventions in mental illness cases would be safety barriers and cars. When we need them to stop something, the situation is bad, and someone is probably going to get hurt. The time for the actions that gave a better chance for a good outcome have passed. The institutions mentioned in the article as not being more critical of police actions are no doubt aware of this, as they are aware that prevention and treatment would require changes in how support for the mentally ill is provided and funded. I’m not sure the will and resources to do this are available.
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Here’s an opinion for Bill Nemitz to read
I just read another opinion of the predictable, liberal columnist Bill Nemitz.
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Two solutions that save Congress money and lives
I think I can fix two problems at once by saving money and lives. Everyone now speaks of, “if we can save just one life” then we should pass new laws. Well, someone needs to explain to me why we are still making vehicles that go to 160 mph. Last time I checked the limit was 65 below Bangor, and only slightly higher north. Think of all the lives that would be saved, to say nothing of fuel consumption. This reduces oil dependence and lowers emissions. Maybe Angus King will submit that as law.