Opinions
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OUR VIEW
South Carolina schools chief Jim Rex has a simple and sensible way to reduce or eliminate the need for painful teacher furloughs and layoffs across the state. He would raise the cigarette tax and devote most of the proceeds to education.
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As the Nuclear Regulatory Commission mulls security needs for nuclear power plants across the nation, we hope common sense prevails.
Please accept this as a very grateful thank you from the members of the Lesslie Volunteer Fire Department! You have once again made our annual barbecue a great success.
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As your Jan. 17 front-page article noted, voters of all stripes are singing the blues because they're rapidly losing faith in President Barack Obama. Opinion polls, blogs and letters to the editor all reflect a growing disenchantment with him and a belief that the country is on the wrong track. It's difficult to imagine a president who has disappointed so many people in such a short time in office. After a first-rate political campaign, the political phenom is looking more and more like a one-termer.
More To the Contrary Headlines
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Unlike sticks and stones, words don’t break bones, we were told as children, but we soon learned that was a lie.
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South Carolinians now should rise and shout, “Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty we no longer have to listen to Mark Sanford's apologies!”
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Dear Ainsley Claire,
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If you were waiting for the opinion of military brass on America’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy governing gays in the military, the word came down Tuesday: End it.
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I was looking at one of those photo pages of fellow employees that The Herald runs every New Year’s Day, and it struck me that I have known Gary McCann for more than 11 years.
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With the election of Scott Brown as the new senator from Massachusetts, bringing GOP ranks to 41, Republicans are acting as if they have retaken control of the Senate. And, in a practical sense, they have.
