Opinions
- Editorial: Passer-by didn't hesitate to help
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Editor's note:
Our Saturday editorial summarizes positive stories printed in the Leader-Telegram during the last week.
- Editorial: Mammogram study raises the issue of health plan cost
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That is, how much health care can we afford, and how much are we willing to pay for it?
- State View: A lie's a lie, even coming from a judge
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I
f candidates for the state Supreme Court lie in their campaigns, this is deserving of nothing more severe than a mild "tsk, tsk" from those pretending to regulate their ethics.
- Editorial: What was Hasan doing in the Army?
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M
ost people are familiar with the arcade game "Whac-A-Mole," in which players try to club as many moles as possible as they bob out of their holes.
- Financial 'wall' should be rebuilt
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We've heard a lot of late about the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The wall literally divided a city and figuratively divided East and West, tyranny and democracy, and its opening was part of a chain of events that freed millions from communism.
- Veterans Day offers fitting tributes
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Editor's note:
Our Saturday editorial summarizes positive stories printed in the Leader-Telegram during the last week.
- State View: Doyle should sign, not veto, DNR bill
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G
ov. Jim Doyle has a choice. He can abide by the will of the Legislature and the people, and by his own earlier position, and allow the Natural Resources Board to appoint the DNR secretary. Or he can veto the measure that was approved by the Legislature last week and risk an override vote and damage to his legacy on issues involving the state's natural resources.
- Editorial: Honor and preserve veterans' memories
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here are few men alive who directly experienced the significance of the original Veterans Day.
- Editorial: Make Blugold Commitment outcomes clear
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W
hether UW-Eau Claire students and the UW System Board of Regents approve a requested increase in "differential tuition" of as much as $1,500 annually phased in over four years will depend on how clearly campus officials working with students can identify how the money will be used.
- Editorial: Judges, dogs and regents get their due
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Because legislative sessions in the state Capitol typically end in a flurry of activity, it's easy to overlook some of the important bills that are passed as the lawmakers' clock runs out. Issues that have grabbed headlines for months - perhaps years - inspire bills, which undergo long hearings and debates only to finally attain the necessary votes in the session's waning hours.
- From Our Files
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A log pile being built for a bonfire at Texas A
&
amp;M collapses; 12 people die and 27 are injured.
- From Our Files
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Former Pakistani Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif
is charged with hijacking and treason.
- From Our Files
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Eau Claire County Judge
Thomas Barland
, a 32-year veteran of the bench, will retire at the end of his term next summer.
- From Our Files
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The window of opportunity to reform federal milk pricing policy likely has closed for at least two years, state Agriculture Secretary
Ben Brancel
says.
- From Our Files
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Assembly Speaker
Scott Jensen
, R-Waukesha, said he will run for governor in 2002 if Gov.
Tommy Thompson
doesn't.
- Hard to compete
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If the WIAA wants to fix high school conference and playoff alignment, why don't they use a bit of common sense? Looking at the football playoff division, I am appalled by what I see.
- Worst president ever
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I am writing in response to the letter "Exposing Obama" published Oct. 31. I agree 100 percent with the writer that President Barack Obama is destroying our country and eliminating our freedoms.
- Skepticism warranted
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Once again the gullible and superstitious are being egged on to more foolishness by "paranormal investigators," as evidenced in the Oct. 25 article "Investigators pushed to write about hauntings."
- Say no to perks
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I have just become aware of a 46-cent increase added to my utility bill. The reason given is for salaries and fringe benefits for Wisconsin district attorneys.
- Political pornography
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There are too many unsubstantiated allegations in a recent letter ("Exposing Obama," Oct. 31) to treat each in any detail. But examining just one, in which the author of the letter calls the Center for American Progress "a radical, hate-America group," exposes the writer's biases.
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