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Author says VP debate could be meaningful
dbrock@amnews.comAdd David Brooks to the list of pundits who believe the Oct. 11 vice-presidential debate at Centre College will be good political theater starring two compelling candidates. The columnist and author thinks it might actually be meaningful as well. Brooks...Tags: Spiro Agnew, Paul Ryan, David Brooks, Lyndon B. Johnson, Joe Biden
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GUEST COLUMN: The VP is just a heartbeat away
Contributing WriterEvery four years there’s a big to-do in the media about whom the Democratic or Republican candidate is going to choose for his running mate. Of course, the incumbent president usually goes with his incumbent vice president. Their choices are of...Tags: Joe Lieberman, Elections, World War II (1939-1945), Michigan Wolverines, David Letterman
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Drawing card: Lunch with the Arts to host Pulitzer-winning editorial cartoonist
mariel@communityartscenter.netThe comics, the funny papers, the cartoons — whatever you call them, you have to admit they are a feature of the paper that always draws your eye. Some make you laugh, others make you cringe, but there is always at least one that will make you...Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Arts, Entertainment, Awards and Prizes, Cancer
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NEW & IMPROVED: $100M spending spree has Centre ready to shine for October debate
dbrock@amnews.comCentre College will reprise its role as the smallest school to host a vice presidential debate in October, but additions to the campus over the last 12 years will be vital to both staging the event and accommodating an increasing enrollment. Preparations...Tags: Education, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Colleges and Universities, Elections, Politics
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America's code of silence
Contributing columnistThe sports world is buzzing, and not only about the NFL’s Green Bay Packers, the NBA lockout settlement, Louisiana State’s football Tigers, and the Kentucky Wildcats and the NCAA basketball season. Unfortunately, the buzz also is about the...Tags: Penn State Nittany Lions, Syracuse University, Sicilian Mafia, 2011 NBA Lockout, Basketball
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50 Years Ago in Clark County
July 2, 1961
The Sun congratulates — Mr. and Mrs. Homer Clarence Ledford, Winchester, on the birth of a daughter Sunday at the Clark County Hospital. She has been named Julia Ann.
LONG¿BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The United States must risk war...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, California, Politics, Elections, American Legion
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Right for all the wrong reasons
Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) is right to call on President Obama to follow the War Powers Act vis-a-vis Libya but for all the wrong reasons, namely political opportunism. If the president folds over the use of force in Libya, Boehner...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Libya, Republican Party, John Boehner, Libyan Civil War (2011)
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Guynup: Congressional Republicans attacking Clean Water Act
Republicans in Congress are aggressively attacking the Clean Water Act — a landmark 1970 law created the year after Ohio’s horrifically polluted Cuyahoga River spontaneously burst into flame. Ironically, these attacks — coupled with...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Henry Waxman, Robert L. Gibbs, Lakes and Ponds, Environmental Politics
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Remorse has a sell-by date
I hadn't planned on opining about Weinergate until I read that MSNBC's Chris Matthews recently said the now-famous Weiner was in danger of losing his seat in Congress because “people in the rural areas of this country who are Christian conservative...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Computer Crime, Republican Party, Mark Foley
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Kennedy and Reagan: Two models of bipartisanship
We are a great nation, and “we do big things,” President Barack Obama said in his State of the Union address Tuesday night. While his speech didn’t match the eloquence of John F. Kennedy or Ronald Reagan, his message was the same as...Tags: Harry Reid, Elections, John Boehner, Fox News Channel (tv network), Barack Obama
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Is the Republican Party progressive?
The Winchester SunIf you listen to talk radio or watch the TV shows of pundits like Glenn Beck and Bill O’ Reilly, you know the most contemptible thing a person can be is not a Satanist or a suicide bomber, but a “progressive.” It is a word that has...Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Elections, George W. Bush, Entertainment, Germany
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Presidents Day Quiz: How well do you know the presidents?
The Winchester SunToday is Presidents Day, and being an American history enthusiast, I thought of the following presidential trivia questions. Let’s see how many you can get right. The answers are below. Questions: 1. Which president of the last 20 years is a...Tags: Elections, George H.W. Bush, World War II (1939-1945), George W. Bush, Islam
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