July 24, 2009 RSS feed / Opinion/Crime

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Dog fighting busts emphasize need for uniform laws

Last week's multi- state dog fighting bust highlights the need for uniform legislation to protect the innocent animals caught in the web of an illegal, gruesome activity, according to a national expert from Best Friends Animal Society. More...

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Thirty- something speaks

We've come a long way
By Mike Maddock

My wife doesn't understand how I could possibly consider movies like Dumb and Dumber and Happy Gilmore to be classics. She can't comprehend my need to giggle when she is trying to teach my kids some manners. More...

DeMint on Obama healthcare plan

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Statement on student loan legislation

The South Carolina Student Loan Corporation, South Carolina's only nonprofit student loan provider, released the following concerning the introduction by House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller (D- CA) of H.R. More...

Mohammed is the last prophet?

I read with interest Warner Montgomery's article on the Middle East in the July 10, 2009, issue as I traveled to Saudi Arabia last November for the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. More...

Hope Charter School planners praise Richland District 2

The planners of a proposed year- round K- 5 charter school in Richland 2 praised the Richland 2 school board for its decision to approve Richland 2 Charter High School. More...

Deluge of crises

It doesn't take a scientist to see good reason to question the global warming theory. Science has taught us that, thousands of years ago, there was an ice age. If that is correct, then this old world has been warming up for a long time. More...

It's not a criticism; It's an observation

Imagine
By Mike Cox

During a magazine interview in 1966, John Lennon said that The Beatles were "more popular than Jesus." No one paid much attention in England. Lennon was brash, young, and intentionally outspoken. More...

Gorilla escape... the rest of the story

Most of us have read about the gorilla escape at Riverbanks Zoo but few know why the gorilla returned to his compound so soon after his escape. Here's what really happened: It's Friday afternoon in mid- June at Riverbanks Zoo. More...


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