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From an Israeli perspective, the cost in international outrage and Palestinian civilian lives of the current attacks on Gaza is worth the price of crushing Hamas’s firepower. The goal is seductive, and Israel will likely succeed in slowing the development of rockets by Hamas in the short term. But just like Israel’s siege of Lebanon…
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Reading the comment section on its own website, you’d come away thinking that the most recent cost-saving measure being implemented at The News Leader is the result of its “liberal bias.” The truth is a lot more complicated, as it usually is. The paper is requiring all salaried and hourly employees to take a five-day…
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Gov. Tim Kaine is pushing an increase on the state tax on cigarette sales. You’d think he was puttiing a surcharge on the air we breathe and the water we drink from listening to the Republicans.
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“We will have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us.” – Golda Meir (1898-1978), former Israeli prime minister For Israel, the axis of evil is Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran with the latter supporting the two terror groups. With all three entities hell-bent on the destruction and eradication of…
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State Del. Steve Landes, R-Augusta, will hold three town-hall meetings in the 25th District on Saturday.
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North Carolina is not going to go undefeated. Sorry, Heels fans. Of course, y’all were probably already aware of that. Because the ACC is, well, the ACC, and it’s practically a given that somebody is going to be there in any given year to knock off a league power. Who will it be this year?…
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The spread didn’t work when Mike Groh implemented it this year. But Al Groh seems intent on giving the offensive scheme another look. “Gregg is in the front of the pack in the development of offensive schemes that will be versatile and exciting for our players,” Al Groh said in announcing former Bowling Green head…
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You ask me, Dave Leitao threw Sammy Zeglinski under the bus. When in reality somebody ought to be throwing him under the bus. Everybody who knew what was going on was aware what Leitao was going to do, and that it was going to involve Zeglinski’s backcourtmate Sylven Landesberg. Setting the scene – Auburn up…
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The wait is over. Tom Perriello was confirmed the winner of the Fifth District congressional race yesterday at the end of a recount process that saw the Democrat outpolling Virgil Goode by 727 votes. “I’m gratified that after an exhaustive democratic process, we now can say with certainty that this election is over, and the…
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From-Here or Come-Here? Sometimes you don’t even have to ask. You can tell by the accent, or lack of one. But that isn’t to say that people don’t care which one you are. It can make all the difference in the world, honestly. We “don’t care,” my friend Jim Nichols famously wrote in a letter…
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