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Opinion August 4, 2008  RSS feed
Don’t Get Me Started
Cancel the August recess
     It is high time that Congress do something to earn their fat-cat, part-time paychecks. Here we are once again with a do-nothing Congress conducting their best attempt at simply deciding when and where to hold Bush-bashing press conferences, who will keep the Senate chambers open to prevent any recess appointments, and of course when to adjourn.
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How We Live Today
The Naval Stores Industry in Northern Florida
     Deep in the forest between Taylor in Baker County, and the western part of Hamilton County are found small settlements with the interesting suffix of "still" in their names: Kennedy Still, Black's Still, Camp Still. Little more than a few remaining buildings and a passing road within seemingly endless pine woods, these settlements are part of the legacy of the naval stores industry.
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Making Sense
It's Mea Culpa Week
     Like altar boys who used to strike their breasts and mutter "mea culpa" ("through my fault") during the beginning of the Latin mass while confessing that they had sinned, Democrats are in full confessional mode, apologizing for every real or imagined sin against a particular group they believe their country once offended.
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Male Alimony
     Hey, ladies, turnabout is fair play. I refer to the Wall Street Journal report on an interesting trend: As more women excel in the workplace, more ex-husbands are winning juicy divorce settlements.
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The Family Tree Project
     There are more than 200,000 people in the United States currently searching for each other without a lot of success. They are the alumni of U.S. orphanages and they are looking for the men and women who grew up with them on the campuses that used to dot America.
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