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YOUR VIEW: Stem pollution, stimulate economy at same time
Global warming? Free trade? It’s recently occurred to me that the United States can improve on the global pollution problem and stimulate our economy at the same time. It is a fact that we do a b...
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GUEST COLUMN: People with intellectual disabilities deserve respect
By Tonya Fowler, Carolyn McManus and Vic Nussbaum Once again, people with developmental disabilities are battling the “R” word – and this time, it comes from White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanue...
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YOUR VIEW: Administration tries to manipulate auto industry
I have yet to hear a complaint by an owner of a Toyota about the sticking gas pedal problem that has caused an unprecedented recall and halt of sales. Toyota America stated they’d not heard one s...
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YOUR VIEW: Officers’ split-second decisions alter lives forever
Please allow me to convey my heartfelt appreciation to our local men and women who have chosen law enforcement as their career (or calling). It was with great consternation I read Wednesday’s art...
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TOM BLOUNT: Sometimes, there’s simply a failure to communicate
Don’t be offended if you ask a member of The High Point Enterprise news/sports/photo staffs to participate in your LinkedIn and/or Facebook or other such sites and they turn you down. It’s nothing...
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GUEST COLUMN: Expand Guilford animal shelter
By Joan Garner I know that many readers will say that now is not the time to consider upgrading the animal shelter facilities in Guilford County because of the current economic conditions. But it ...
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GUEST COLUMN: Law officers are held to higher standards
By Gary E. Lewallen I read a letter in the Jan. 17 edition and for some reason, I felt compelled to make my feelings known and give another side to what Jo Callahan stated, “I’m wondering if there...
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ROBERT HEALY: Afghanistan leads U.S. down a path to the past
“Stop this war, because our people is very tired with this situation. And if they really want to help our people, we don’t need more soldiers.” These words were spoken by an Afghan woman re...
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YOUR VIEW: City’s ‘no plan’ snow plan impedes workers
I, for one, am disgusted by the lack of a snow removal effort for last weekend’s snow storm. We all knew a major storm was coming so there was plenty of time to arrange the plan to clear the stre...
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YOUR VIEW: Democratic leaders have lost touch with people
As I sat and watched the powdery white fallout from all this global warming (now endorsed by Osama bin Laden), I decided to add my two cents to the “right-wing extremist” section of the paper. Th...
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