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Tom Firey: Some numbers to consider with election looming
Before playing in Super Bowl VI, Dallas Cowboys running back Duane Thomas put the event in perspective: “If it’s the ultimate game, how come they’re playing it again next year?” The United States doesn’t have national...Tags: Medicaid, Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. House of Representatives, Government, Elections
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Washington County voters to help decide seven statewide ballot questions
andrews@herald-mail.comVoters in Washington County will have seven statewide ballot questions to consider Nov. 6. An eighth question will be on the ballot only in the city of Hagerstown. Two of the seven statewide questions apply only to the qualifications of orphans’...Tags: Referenda, Social Issues, Government, Elections, Baltimore County
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Letters to the Editor - Oct. 20
Federal government remains important to everyone To the editor: Almost daily, I hear people assailing the federal government with claims that it would be best downsized or all rights given to the states. Of course, President Obama is the target for...Tags: Republican Party, Social Issues, Government, Minority Groups, Religion and Belief
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Praise, skepticism as Cuba eases travel rules
For the first time since the height of the Cold War more than half a century ago, Cuba is giving its people the freedom to leave the country without government permission, scrapping the detested exit visa that kept many from traveling outside the...
Tags: Human Rights, U.S. Department of State, Cuba, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Lexington (Lexington, Virginia)
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Art Callaham: We recycle because it's the right thing to do
Before you read further, answer for yourself: Do you believe that recycling is a good endeavor? Now don’t put in “economical” or “cost effective.” No price tag. Also, don’t “Al Gore” yourself by...Tags: Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Human Rights, Al Gore, Cancer, Politics
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Letters to the Editor - Oct. 14
The best person for the United States is Mitt Romney To the editor: Mitt Romney has the right ideas about how to run our country. While both the incumbent and the Republican nominee want to help their country, it is my opinion that Romney has the best...Tags: Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Automotive Equipment, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Government
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Letters to the Editor - Oct. 15
PNC Bank building a good site for senior center To the editor: I believe the best use for the PNC Bank building would be for the senior citizens center. It has most of the things needed such as computer hookups, parking, transportation, bus terminal in...Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Government, Elections, Colleges and Universities
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6th District candidates square off at HCC
andrews@herald-mail.comWith less than a month before the general election, voters had a rare chance Thursday to hear from and contrast all three candidates running for Maryland’s 6th District seat in Congress. Roscoe G. Bartlett, the Republican incumbent, and...Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Government, Elections, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Bacon is the Teflon meat
timr@herald-mail.comIf the flags around Hagerstown aren’t flying at half-staff, they should be. For America is facing an impending bacon shortage. I say Hagerstown, but really it would be a time of national morning in a country where bacon finds its way into...Tags: Obesity, Government, Politics, Ice Cream, The Huffington Post
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Art Callaham: Change comes to the 6th District
I have tried to remain politically nonpartisan in these columns. As most of you know I’m a registered Republican and consider myself to be a conservative, although, I have many friends who are Democrats and liberal in their ideological bent. In...Tags: Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Montgomery County (Maryland), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Elections
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12,600 Md. jobs could be on line in federal impasse
The federal budget sequester could reduce Maryland’s wage and salary base by about $2.5 billion and cut more than 12,600 jobs in a state that has more than double the number of federal jobs than the national average, according to a memo by state...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Government, Politics
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Allan Powell: Mindless statements can be innocent - or not
We are all aware of the human capacity to make verbal or written blunders. Some are merely humorous, while others have serious consequences. There have only been snickers at Calvin Coolidge’s statement that, “The unemployed are out of work.&...Tags: Agriculture, Todd Akin, Elections, Government, Religion and Belief
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