The Vet Column
      Q: My vet recently wormed my dog and said it would take care of all the worms, but yesterday I saw a small white worm crawling under my dog’s tail. Did the worm medication not work? A: Consult with your veterinarian about what type of wormer was given to your dog. Most dogs and cats are dewormed f...
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2nd letter to Rep. Charles Jenkins
      To The Editor: In response to the suggestion made in a 12/7/2006 Letter to the Editor that voters should consider certain legislative action regarding motorcycles, I have considered the author’s proposal and have just emailed state representative Jenkins my rebuttal.
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FDR’s four freedoms
      To the Editor: Greybeards may recall that sixty-six years ago next month, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave his State of the Union address in which he described his “Four Freedoms” which, he claimed, applied everywhere in the world. FDR was in good company when he listed (1) “freedom of sp...
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VOICES
      Despite the seemingly serious threat caused by speeding motorcycles, the fact is (according to the “Hurt Report” – the definitive study on motorcycle accidents) that in two-thirds of the crashes when a motorcycle collides with a car or truck, it is the driver of the car or truck who violates the mo...
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INSTIGATING LOGIC
By JARED PUTNAM
      Not a Holiday Inn Convicted killer Eric Rudolph is speaking out against the United States prison system, describing his current place of residence as "a closed-off world designed to isolate inmates from social and environmental stimuli." Well gosh darn, someone needs to look into this right away.
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BILL O’REILLY
Studying Iraq
By BILL O'REILLY
      Reaction to the Iraq Study Group report has ranged from hysterical to depressing. Rightwing newspapers and commentators are tending to dismiss the report as a surrender document, compiled by frightened bureaucrats who do not understand war or the stakes in Iraq.
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RAINER’S RAMBLINGS
Thoughts on taxes
By RAINER ARNOLD
      In recent weeks I have heard a variety of comments about taxes. As usual, they are not positive and so I thought I might give you my insight into taxes in Union County. Five years ago or so I was the editor of the Union Sentinel and I met the Union County Commissioner, Lamar Paris, and found him t...
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