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A Second Look At The Death Penalty

Arnold Hamilton - December 29, 2011 0

BY SUSAN ESTRICH I still remember back in 1988 sitting in a Chinese restaurant when then-Gov. Bill Clinton took a napkin and listed on one side the Democratic governors who were against the death penalty and, on the other, those who were for it. In its time, the issue was the third rail in American […]

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It’s Harder Than Ever To Identify ‘Journalists’

Arnold Hamilton - December 29, 2011 0

BY GENE POLICINSKI Journalists used to be easy to identify, in life, in the law – heck, even in the movies. Not that many years past,...

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Give A Gift That Matters

Arnold Hamilton - December 28, 2011 0

BY JIM HIGHTOWER It wasn’t that long ago that the act of “gift giving” didn’t require a maddening trip to Walmart or a desperate online search for this season’s must-have toy. Rather, a gift implied something from within, a little piece of yourself, no matter how small, showing you care. Could that old-fashioned concept possibly […]

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Reality Bites

Arnold Hamilton - December 28, 2011 0

BY SUSAN ESTRICH The Gingrich balloon is leaking air. He is beginning to look more and more like Howard Dean. The latest Rasmussen caucus poll shows him dropping three points behind Mitt Romney [23 to 20] after leading him by 13 points [32-19] just a month ago. I won’t say I told you so, but […]

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New Year’s Resolutions

Arnold Hamilton - December 27, 2011 0

BY SUSAN ESTRICH For the first few decades of my life, I always knew what my New Year’s resolution would be: Lose weight. Get to the number on my license. After my son was born and I was really fat for the first time [which came as a shock when I finally figured it out […]