January 16, 2009 RSS feed / Opinion/Crime

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Thirty-something speaks

Parents just don't understand
Mike Maddock
My kids firmly believe they should be paid to go to school. In today's bail- out culture, I can almost see why they would think such a thing. More...

Erie Canal changed Illinois

Letter to the editor

I've enjoyed the Warner Montgomery's Erie Canal series. Few people realize the impact the canal had on the settlement patterns of the upper Midwest. More...

Is a public schoolchild a public schoolchild?

Letter to the editor
By Timothy Daniels, Ed.D, Superintendant South Carolina Public Charter School District

Is a public schoolchild a public schoolchild? More...

An explosive night in Charlotte

Late Thursday was a wild night in downtown Charlotte, N.C. A guy parks his car and walks toward his apartment when two bandits with guns confront him. They take his money and his car keys. More...

It's not a criticism, it's an observation.

A bunch of bowls is a bunch of bull
Mike Cox

Here we are several days into the New Year, and the college football season is finally winding down. Bowl season used to start on Christmas day with an all star game for players from crummy teams that didn't get to go bowling. More...


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