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Every day we are inundated with expressions, clichés and idioms that cloud the way we communicate. For example, if I said I had “a hitch in my giddy-up,” that would be an idiom for me not feeling well. Monday, March 15, 2010 11:54 AM CDT Column
Health reform a monkey on Dem backs
President Barack Obama has taken to nonstop demonizing of the insurance industry — a sign of desperation over the prospects of passing health care reform. Monday, March 15, 2010 11:54 AM CDT
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Dems' ineptitude feeds public distrust
In parliamentary systems, a vote of no confidence brings down the government. Monday, March 15, 2010 11:54 AM CDT
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March 13th, 2010 Fort Bend County is inviting all veterans to a benefits seminar starting at 11 a.m. March 20 at the Fort Bend County Veteran Service Office, at 4520 Reading Road. March 12th, 2010 Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., is a Hall of Famer, recognized for his skill as a pitcher for the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies in the 1960s, and most notably for the perfect game he pitched in 1964. As journalists, we tend to be fairly skeptical of actions by the state. I’ve always been a big believer of taking vitamins to stay healthy and not get sick, but a bill introduced in the U.S. Senate could expand the power of big government and regulate what kind of supplements we’re able to buy. March 11th, 2010 Most politicians, and probably most Americans, see health care as a right. I remember being at Spring Branch Elementary in Houston, and we had just heard of the RIF program: Reading is Fundamental. The trees are starting to bud and I’m sneezing nonstop, which means spring is right around the corner. It’s time to tuck away my baggy, well-worn March 10th, 2010 When it comes to picking winners, I’m a lot better at football games and the Academy Awards than I am at politics. The Fort Bend Historical Commission — The History Folks — presented the second annual Heritage Awards last week. A big chunk of rock went missing from Mount Rushmore when Paul Volcker broke away in 2008 to stand stony-faced behind candidate Barack Obama. New doesn’t always mean better. March 9th, 2010 Do not throw this letter away. Todd B. of Chillicothe, Ohio, thought chain mail was something nerds wore at Renaissance fairs, and he threw his letter away. On Thursday, March 25, the Fort Bend Herald and Lamar Consolidated High School will sponsor a free concert by the Air Force Academy Band. When the Netherlands’ Party for Freedom leader Geert Wilders recently addressed voters in Almere, a Dutch city of 200,000 where his party handily won elections, he told them what to expect as his once-tiny, anti-Islamization party started flexing its new political muscle. March 8th, 2010 In the midst of what may be the end game of the universal health care debate, it is well to adhere to the mantra of the medical profession: “Primum non nocere,” first, do no harm. Congress has a chance — a narrowing one, given the calendar — to prove it can do something important on a bipartisan basis: recommit the country to school reform. The first official day of spring is 12 days away, but in a lot of people’s minds, we’ll be in spring beginning Sunday morning. At 2 a.m. Sunday, we move from Central Standard Time (CST) to 3 a.m. Central Daylight Time (CDT). March 6th, 2010 The capture of Albert James Turner by police in Concord, N.C., on Friday came as welcome news. SAN DIEGO — Like most in the San Diego area — especially those of us who are parents — I’ve spent the last few days processing the events surrounding the slaying of 17-year-old Chelsea King with a mixture of sadness, frustration and rage. Mostly rage. March 5th, 2010 “There have been a lot of comments from every Republican about the polls,” President Obama said near the end of the Feb. 25 White House summit on health reform. “What’s interesting is when you poll people about the individual elements in each of these bills, they’re all for them.” I have a confession to make. As with every runoff election, the X factor in the Republican race for district attorney between Nina Schaefer and incumbent John Healey is who can get voters back to the polls. The 11th Annual Richmond Rotary Cowboys in the Caribbean Fish Fry is coming up April 3, and sponsors are needed to help make this community gem a success. March 4th, 2010 We applaud everyone who ran for an elected official during the primaries. It takes courage to put your name on a ballot. Bill Gates is the world’s richest person, but what kind of power does he have over you? Richmond resident Tramon Williams plays defensive back with the NFL’s Green Bay Packers, and he wants kids in the Rosenberg and Richmond area to put school first. The pleasant young man on the other end of the phone was making sure a burglar hadn’t broken into our house, as our new alarm had just been tripped. March 3rd, 2010 Americans who shopped till they dropped have stopped. I’ve written time and time again about the importance of the Lamar Educational Awards Foundation, better-known as L.E.A.F. I enjoy voting at my own ballot box. Little box 1018 doesn’t attract a lot of attention, but I like paying it a visit every two years just to see the folks who always run the show. March 2nd, 2010 My brother and I have a running conversation about whether it is a good thing that John They say over a billion people will watch the Academy Awards this year. Much of our state’s history was forged from the back of a horse. March 1st, 2010 In the spirit of bipartisanship supposedly inspiring a recent Blair House health care summit, I thought I’d seek advice from a knowledgeable group unfortunately not represented -- the nation’s governors. There wasn’t much to see during the 7-hour Health Care Summit on Thursday, which was carefully choreographed and, in terms of airtime, dominated by the Democrats. The guilty plea secured recently from 24-year-old would be terrorist Nazibullah Zazi in a federal court in New York couldn’t have come at a better time for the Obama Justice Department. Attorney General Eric Holder has been on the defensive for weeks defending his decision that the U.S. criminal justice system rather than a military tribunal is the appropriate venue to try terrorists.
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