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High school uniforms a lesson in control theory

Guest commentary

Ask anyone who knows me and they will tell you that there are a few things that brand me, which include my affinities for great teaching and learning, good food, fashion and travel. In fact, my emphatic conviction that fashion is a channel for individuality and a very common form of self expression would lead one to question why I would vie for high school students in the local public school system to wear uniforms.

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Wimps take on the barbarians

Opinion column

An all too familiar scene was enacted on the campus of Swarthmore College during a meeting on May 4th to discuss demands by student activists for the college to divest itself of its investments in companies that dealt in fossil fuels.

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Wimps take on the barbarians

Opinion column

An all too familiar scene was enacted on the campus of Swarthmore College during a meeting on May 4th to discuss demands by student activists for the college to divest itself of its investments in companies that dealt in fossil fuels.

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Squawk of the day - May 18, 2013

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Praying women attacked ay Western Wall

Religion Columnist

The Western Wall, one of the most sacred and prominent sites for Jewish and Christian pilgrims in Jerusalem, was the locale for anger, rock tossing and controversy last week when several hundred Jewish women exercised their legal right to pray at that prominent locale.

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Squawk of the day - May 17, 2013

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Both parties agree the Obama administration went too far

Opinion Column

Finally, an issue Republicans and Democrats can agree on: The Justice Department went too far in secretly obtaining phone records from the Associated Press that covered parts of two months and more than 20 separate lines.

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Remember the movie ‘A Time to Kill’?

Opinion Column

An adaptation of John Grisham’s 1989 legal thriller, it stars Matthew McConaughey as a small-town lawyer in Mississippi who defends a black man who killed the two white racists who had raped his 10-year-old daughter. In his closing arguments McConaughey asks the jury to close their eyes and listen to the painful details of a story about the brutal rape of an innocent little girl.

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No free rides for cosmetologists

Letter to the Editor

In a letter to the editor, Sherry Page of Albany says that there are noo free rides for cosmetologists.

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Education coverage needs balance

Letter to the Editor

In a letter to the editor, Tim Wesselman of Albany says that education coverage needs balance.

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Frantz family offers thanks

Letter to the Editor

In a letter to the editor, Sherry Frantz of Sylvester offers thanks on behalf of her family.

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Bright of the day - May 17, 2013

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Possum gave country music meaning

Features Columnist

The 8-year-old Hurricane Boy has been strangely quiet as of late. Of course, that probably means a Category 5 eruption could be around the bend at any moment.

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Be careful what you ingest in mind, body

Features Columnist

If we are starving, we are more likely to eat anything we can find without any concern for our wellbeing, but when we are full and content, we are more selective about when and what we eat.

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Squawk of the day - May 15, 2013

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Bright of the day - May 15, 2013

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Benghazi, IRS: Son of Watergate?

Opinion Column

In his defense of President Obama, Press Secretary Jay Carney is beginning to sound a lot like Ronald Zeigler, Richard Nixon’s spokesman. Carney only has to use the word “inoperative,” as Ziegler did when incriminating evidence surfaced that proved his previous statements untrue.

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False god of ‘narrative’ brings lots of trouble

Opinion Column

Scandalmania is distorting our discussion of three different issues, sweeping them into one big narrative — everything is a “narrative” these days — about the beleaguered second-term presidency of Barack Obama. What’s being buried under a story line?

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