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Something from Maggie Brooks's State of the County address has me perplexed.Much of the speech was boilerplate: the state of the county is strong, we're working to improve the economy, we're doing some good stuff for the community, the FAIR Plan was a good idea, and so on.What caught me
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Days like Earth Day and Arbor Day are wonderful - they draw public attention to the environment and the challenges it faces. Global warming, water and air quality, and habitat all become the issues of the day.But that's also the problem: these issues take center stage for that day, and
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David Petraeus, the commanding general in charge of multinational forces in Iraq, spent much of yesterday answering questions from US senators, including the three presidential candidates. Some of what was said was a rerun of Petraeus' trip to Capital Hill about a year ago, advocating the Bush Administration's troop surge,
