LETTERS
     To the Editor: On July 5, 2006, we were told that Ken Lay, former CEO of Enron, had died of a massive heart attack. It sounded to me as a sickness that an unemployed, uninsured American would die of because he had no money to go to a doctor and have himself checked out.
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A grateful daughter
     To the Editor: On July 14, 2006 at 6:15 a.m. I began reading "Instigating Logic" by Jared Putnam in the July 6 issue of your publication to my father. He always enjoyed reading our local paper and since he became ill, I would take one to him each time I visited. I had no idea what the article was
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U.S.A. dodges U.N. axe again
     To the Editor: During the first week of this month, while most of us were commemorating America's 230th birthday with parties, revelry (there was plenty of celebratory gunfire in my neighborhood), the UN (United Nations), meeting on American soil, was busy trying to finalize a treaty that would st
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RAINER'S RAMBLINGS
The vote
By RAINER ARNOLD
     The people who did not want liquor by the drink in restaurants, or beer or wine by the glass, won the battle last Tuesday. They brought out enough votes to win. The vote was close. Less than 50 votes separated the winners from the losers. And, already I have heard things like "voter fraud" and "reco
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INSTIGATING LOGIC
The MTV generation
By JARED PUTNAM
     The MTV generation. It's what I am, what we are. It is those of us who were born between the late 1970s and early 1980s. We are the cuspers, the ones who came into the world on the cusp of the switch from Generation X to Generation Y.
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BILL O'REILLY
The wake-up call
     While millions of Americans are enjoying the summer, taking nice trips and relaxing on the sand, the leaders of Hezbollah are also enjoying the season. From their sanctuary in Iran, the terrorists have announced that they are armed and ready for World War III. Taking a cue from President Bush, the k
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VOICES
     Sonny's Barbeque It was good to see Governor Sonny Perdue take the time to campaign in our rural area. Too often we get neglected because we don't have a large population. I am glad that the Governor cares about the values of everyone in our state.
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