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HOLLIFIELD: Nation abuzz over bee-eating dog
Any dog that eats an entire beehive, thousands of its dead inhabitants, a boatload of the pesticides that killed them and lives to bark about it deserves an award.
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Charles Haynes HAYNES: A defining moment for religious liberty in America
The angry and increasingly ugly debate over a proposed Islamic center in Lower Manhattan – misleadingly dubbed the “ground zero mosque” by the news media – raises troubling questions about the futu...
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KISSELL: Celebrating Sarah Gulledge and the Greatest Generation
In many of my conversations with seniors, we often share in a great concern facing our nation today—protecting Social Security.
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John Hood HOOD: Why shouldn't they be believed?
I believe the matter is now settled. Thank goodness, because I need to hurry home and put a tooth under my pillow for the Tooth Fairy.
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Gene Policinski POLICINSKI: Defending First Amendment rights is different from endorsing the message
Beyond the passion, politics and propriety of two hot-button debates, there is an important First Amendment point.
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Scott Hollifield Dr. Ralph will sneak right up on you
Dr. Ralph – he got his honorary doctorate of music from Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tenn., so he’s more adept at showcasing an advanced banjo lick than diagnosing a kidney ston...
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John Hood HOOD: Perdue should ask tough questions
I don’t think the state’s flawed process for reviewing tax files was simply an accidental oversight. I think it was designed to maximize revenue to the state.
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BURR: Visits in state are informative
These conversations are critical for making democracy work, and what I have taken away from these meetings is that we must pursue fiscally responsible and less burdensome policies to encourage job...
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KISSELL: Secure our borders
For many years now, our Federal Government has failed at one of its primary jobs: protecting our nation’s borders. Until we successfully secure our borders, any talk of immigration reform is merel...
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Scott Hollifield A bike ride to nowhere
I was sweaty, out of breath and in no mood to have a long theological discussion with a rodeo clown.
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Charles Haynes Special Olympics Project Unify: Students standing up for justice
When kids begin the school day by reciting “with liberty and justice for all,” does all really mean all – including people with intellectual disabilities?
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KISSELL: It has been good to be home
In my continuing effort to bring good jobs and industry to our district, I was proud to host the 9th Annual Defense Trade Show in Fayetteville last week.
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John Hood Time for a Reading Revolution
Every passionate reader has a first literary love – that first book that captured your attention and inspired your desire to explore and understand.
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Scott Hollifield HOLLIFIELD: They won't get a penny out of old Jim
I have sad news for politicians who pack my mailbox with letters seeking contributions from the fellow who used to own my house. You’re not getting a penny out of ol’ Jim.
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Gene Policinski POLICINSKI: First Amendment disputes take no summer vacations
The First Amendment summer heat won’t end with the season. This fall, Supreme Court justices will hear arguments in cases that pit privacy and religious liberty against the rights of speech and as...
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