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Many of us have been lucky enough to have a special person or special animal come into our lives at just the right time. Buddy was one of those special animals. A month or two before he arrived at our home both my wife and I had each dealt with the passing of a parent. About that same time our dog of 12 years succumbed to old age.
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South Carolina used a commonsense, experimental approach to fighting Medicaid abuse and came up with an effective plan. It's an approach that should be applied to other problems.
Many of us have been lucky enough to have a special person or special animal come into our lives at just the right time. Buddy was one of those special animals. A month or two before he arrived at our home both my wife and I had each dealt with the passing of a parent. About that same time our dog of 12 years succumbed to old age.
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I'll apologize in advance … because I'm about to complain and even blame. I know I shouldn't. I should be bigger than that, but I'm tired of being responsible for all that's wrong in this country.
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While watching the World Series one night, it dawned on me that even if baseball has lost its status as America's pastime, it remains a useful metaphor.
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Reaction to news that Barack Obama was to receive the Nobel Peace Prize might be unprecedented in that it united wide-eyed liberals and blood-red conservatives in disbelief.
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A Rock Hill attorney once represented a mutual friend, now deceased, who while driving one evening fell asleep, hit another vehicle and demolished his car. Fortunately, he wasn't seriously injured. Nevertheless, he was incensed that the trooper had charged him with “driving too fast for conditions.”
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The ball.
That is the latest honoree in the National Toy Hall of Fame in New York. I would be cheering except that the Toy Hall of Fame is 11 years old.
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The philosophical problem with hate-crime laws derives from their emphasis on motive. Essentially, the laws allow the federal government to prosecute offenders not only for what they do but also for what they are thinking at the time they do it.
