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To the wordApr 27, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: We're grateful for the mission of National Book Night and Poem in Your Pocket Day | A matriarch to be missedApr 26, 2012 - By Randy Tucker: It is not often you can say you knew someone your entire life, but that was the case between my mom and my Aunt Mary. Jeanette Gasser and Mary Cram were ... [more] | ||
Fixing Social Security is not easy, but it is simpleApr 26, 2012 - By The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Social Security is in significantly worse shape than thought, the Obama administration reported this week, which ought to prompt action to shore up a vital ... [more] | The 16:1 dilemmaApr 26, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: The State of Wyoming granted waivers to 20 school districts -- and to itself | ||
Catching up on the Becker BunchApr 25, 2012 - By Carolyn B. Tyler: Two-fifths of the Becker Bunch, plus one, visited us over the weekend, giving us the opportunity to catch up on once-frequent subjects of this column. | A lot riding on Romney's VP selectionApr 25, 2012 - By Joshua Spivak, MCT News Service: With Mitt Romney all but officially anointed the Republican presidential nominee, the national political narrative now turns to the "Veepstakes": who Romney ... [more] | ||
Deeper problems unresolved as city deals with the small stuffApr 25, 2012 - Larry Bauman, Riverton: Editor: | Our crabapples
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Secret Service scandal starts a delicate dance in WashingtonApr 24, 2012 - By Laurie Kellman, The Associated Press: WASHINGTON -- The widening Secret Service prostitution scandal has touched off a political dance in Washington -- a very delicate dance. | Tuesday notesApr 24, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: Check the date | ||
In my career home stretchApr 22, 2012 - By Randy Tucker: My years of daily battles in the educational trenches are quickly coming to an end. In five short weeks I hit the magical rule of 85. | Political humor is a serious matterApr 22, 2012 - By Mark Shields: Every presidential campaign expends enormous amounts of effort and energy to convince a skeptical press and, more importantly, interested voters that its ... [more] | ||
Rural polling placesApr 22, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: They are a good part of democracy, but they also need tender, loving care | Inhaling the 'dog days' of springApr 20, 2012 - By Carolyn B. Tyler: Despite their pleasure at hanging their heads out the open window of a moving car, most dogs don't enjoy other breezes blowing in their faces. My dogs cower if ... [more] | ||
Freeways no longer?Apr 20, 2012 - By Curtis Tate, McClatchy Newspapers: WASHINGTON -- The federal interstate highway system is showing its age, and, faced with the cost of repairing all those bumps and cracks, some states want to ... [more] | Keeping coolApr 20, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: The cold War is over, but similar dramas on a smaller scale never stop | ||
Big Tobacco's opposition to labels shows they might workApr 19, 2012 - By The Philadelphia Inquirer: When Congress gave the Food and Drug Administration regulatory power over tobacco products, the industry actually promoted the plan. | Learning from historyApr 19, 2012 - By Betty Starks Case: "Those who misquote are doomed to paraphrase." | ||
Waiting gameApr 19, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: With March Madness over and football season still five months off, a working professional in Riverton suggested last week that a different kind of office pool ... [more] | Time to include Cuba in summit of Americas?Apr 18, 2012 - By The Los Angeles Times: Once again, Cuba was absent from the Summit of the Americas. Yet the communist nation might as well have attended the gathering last weekend in Cartagena, ... [more] | ||
'Thou Shalt Not Admit Adultery'Apr 18, 2012 - By Carolyn B. Tyler: From a Catholic school comes some of the funniest answers to questions posed to young students. | Giving things a tryApr 18, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: If you want evidence of how well Riverton has done in preserving a viable downtown business district, just drive through any number of other cities in Wyoming ... [more] | ||
Regular folks vs. John EdwardsApr 17, 2012 - By Stephen R. Weissman, McClatchy Newspapers: Last week, jury selection began for John Edwards' trial in Greensboro, N.C. He's charged with accepting and concealing nearly $1 million in illegal campaign ... [more] | Tuesday notesApr 17, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: North Korea's dud | ||
When you can call someone 'friend'Apr 15, 2012 - By Randy Tucker: Thankfully, my working career has required me to wear a suit and tie only on occasion. | Conclusion seems premature on deputy's shooting victimApr 15, 2012 - Kari Griebel Kinnear: After reading about the county deputy shooting a man to death, I feel prompted to write a letter to the editor. | ||
The district danceApr 15, 2012 - Steve Peck: Fremont County continues to clean up from being force-fed commission districts Implementing the court-ordered breakup of Fremont County into five separate ... [more] | This is one of three Friday the 13ths on '12 calendarApr 13, 2012 - By Carolyn B. Tyler: Today is Friday, the 13th, one of three supposed unlucky days this year. | ||
Recalling the L.A. riotsApr 13, 2012 - By Rebecca Trounson and Joel Rubin, McClatchy Newspapers: LOS ANGELES -- Nearly 20 years after Los Angeles was shaken by one of the worst outbreaks of civil unrest in U.S. history, residents say the city is safer and ... [more] | Peter, meet PaulApr 13, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: The logistical, fiscal and, sadly, personal realities of the State of Wyoming's mandate that most elementary school class sizes be no bigger than 16 students ... [more] | ||
U.S. ought to back Myanmar, but only if reforms continueApr 12, 2012 - By The Kansas City Star: The Obama administration has, appropriately, eased sanctions on Myanmar following its recent elections, the first free and fair contests in many years. | An Obama-Romney battleApr 12, 2012 - By Doyle McManus: We got our first real glimpse last week of how President Obama and his now-almost-certain Republican rival, Mitt Romney, intend to wage their campaigns in the ... [more] | ||
Mike Wallace: The tough-as-nails TV newsman did it his way, with no second thoughtsApr 12, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: Here's an explanation for all the wind overnight. Maybe it was a huge, collective sigh of relief from all the con men, corrupt business executives and shady ... [more] | Time to play ballApr 11, 2012 - By Carolyn B. Tyler: When Bruce Tippets mentioned the Los Angeles Angels in his baseball preview column in last Friday's Ranger, it caused me to dust off my autographed California ... [more] | ||
Professor Obama might be tough on President ObamaApr 11, 2012 - By The St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "I was a constitutional law professor, which means unlike the current president I actually respect the Constitution," Barack Obama said on March 30, ... [more] | The decks are clearedApr 11, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: You know your presidential campaign is in trouble when winning your home-state primary is starting to look like a long shot. That, however, was the scene ... [more] | ||
Rancor eases in the SenateApr 10, 2012 - By Larry Margasak, The Associated Press: WASHINGTON -- For a brief moment in a season of partisan rancor, the Democratic leader of the Senate and his Republican counterpart hit the pause button. As ... [more] | Tuesday notesApr 10, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: Egg hunting | ||
Warping the role of the militaryApr 8, 2012 - By Randy Tucker: One of my clearest memories came as an 8-year old hunting quail with my dad, my grandfather and my great uncle in the Arkansas woods. | Perry already pointing to 2016?Apr 8, 2012 - By Carl Leubsdorf: Rick Perry's appearance as the Republican speaker at Washington's annual Gridiron dinner gave the Texas governor an opportunity to start rehabilitating his ... [more] | ||
