Meredith Oakley
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Jumping the gun
Posted: November 20, 2009 4:54 a.m.
Barack Obama was just a wee lad the last time a president jumped the gun on the judicial process, so it probably never occurred to him to exercise a little verbal restraint.
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A fight against censorship
Posted: November 18, 2009 3:01 a.m.
Three cheers for The New York Times, which put the names Wolfgang Werle and Manfred Lauber at the very beginning of a recent news story about censorship.
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News from long ago
Posted: November 15, 2009 3:23 a.m.
Down in Houston, Texas, the oldest living veteran of the Civil War had just celebrated his 117th birthday with demands for more hot coffee, visitors and music.
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Obligation without end
Posted: November 13, 2009 4:36 a.m.
What happened to Korea? I read the story twice, scanned it a couple of more times just in case I’d missed it, then went to the online version to perform an electronic search for the word.
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Liberty and justice for all
Posted: November 11, 2009 3:56 a.m.
The two 12-year-olds thought they were being clever, sharing a harmless private joke, and it might have turned out that way if they hadn’t been looking at each other when they tried to pull it off.
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Catch-22 and the court
Posted: November 8, 2009 3:27 a.m.
It’s been almost 10 years since the Arkansas Supreme Court upheld a circuit judge’s finding that two Helena lawyers were not quick enough to recognize a potential conflict of interest in a case they were about to try.
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Don’t keep the change
Posted: November 6, 2009 6:35 a.m.
A customer walks into a local eatery an hour past rush hour bearing a hearty appetite and a good book.
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Let the festival begin
Posted: November 4, 2009 4:06 a.m.
Serious doings are afoot in the world, and I am not without concern for my fellow man, but old habits are hard to break. Pumpkin pie, anyone?
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Flyover frolic
Posted: November 1, 2009 4:16 a.m.
Here’s a new one for the annals of employee reprimands: frolicking. Officially, Capt. Timothy Cheney and First Officer Richard Cole are under investigation for possible violation of several federal regulations, including failing to comply with air traffic control instructions and clearances and operating an aircraft carelessly and recklessly.
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On the Buckeye Road Frontier spirit
Posted: October 30, 2009 5:52 a.m.
Read any good books lately?
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