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Sorry for the unexplained absence last week, but I was four sets of PJs into a vomiting extravaganza with Chloe. She has an unfortunate habit of clinging to me like a baby monkey whenever she is ill. I am not quite sure how, but she always seems to g...
DATE: May 11, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
It would seem some people think the rule book of life can be rewritten to match what we do, and how we do it, in an atmosphere these days where getting ahead at any price is a spreading epidemic.
Even the world’s most powerful nations, including Brit...
DATE: May 10, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
“Europe is watching us, austerity can no longer be the only option.” So says France’s new President, Monsieur Francois Hollande, who came to office amid a backdrop of a deep divide over how to respond to the recession. While conservative economists h...
DATE: May 09, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Walton Brown
Last week in New York, the strangest thing happened - which is not unusual as many strange things often happen over there.
But before I reveal it, I hope that Madame Premier Paula Cox can paint. Or at least someone in the Cabinet can. Actually, no, b...
DATE: May 09, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Ric Chapman
I am writing a chapter for someone’s book on psychopathology through the ages. He asked me to tackle the subject of a supernatural understanding of psychopathology. Now, you’d think that would be a snap; it’s all about how ‘the devil made me do it’. ...
DATE: May 08, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Philip Brownell
How are you? How’s your day going so far?
Careful how you answer.
These typical questions get asked at least daily and we usually reply with a rote response: ‘fine’, ‘OK’, ‘terrible’, ‘you wouldn’t believe’, ‘don’t even ask’. Sometimes it’s just a no...
DATE: May 08, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Julia Pitt
Think back to the last day of the Agricultural Show a couple of weeks ago. Did you notice anything strange? No, I’m not talking about the smell of the farm animals or David Lopes’ skinny legs. I’m talking about how little traffic there was on the roa...
DATE: May 07, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Grumpy Old Man
Family composite case #1. How are your personal investing and planning skills? I spend a lot of time writing, extolling, exhorting, and postulating on the way individuals and families should, could, might, and ought to plan their finances and investi...
DATE: May 05, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
Despite the recent passage of an errant cold front here and there, the weather did swinging into a more summery mode. The calendar alone insures that slowly, but ever so surely, the number of boats going overboard and a burst of slippage activity mea...
DATE: May 05, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Tight Lines
Manchester City got a great result against their heated city rivals United and I didn’t watch as I couldn’t decide who I was rooting for!
It was a game won bya solitary goal and now it’s up to City to take full advantage. The title’s in their hands.
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DATE: May 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Clyde Best