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Krugman: It’s not urgent for US to deal with future fiscal issues
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Glaeser: Common Core offers a useful test, not the bogeyman critics fear
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Tuesday letters: Tax increase on groceries unfair
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Tuesday letters: Hacking exposes us for many years
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Tuesday letters: Religion, science should embrace
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McManus: Head-in-the-sand Congress
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Monday letters: Arts critical for our state, lives
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Scoppe: What Rainey v. Haley tells us about ethics reform
The Supreme Court did not exonerate Gov. Nikki Haley on ethics charges last week; it tossed the case on a technicality. But she would have won on the merits — which says more about the problems with our ethics law than about her ethics.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Monday letters: Don’t neglect important issues
Satan, as represented by John Milton’s Paradise Lost, sums up his new job description: “To do aught good will never be our task, But ever to do ill shall be our sole delight, As being contrary to his high will Whom we resist. If then his providence Out of our evil seek to bring forth...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Monday letters: What’s the truth in Ninety Six?
It is sad that Catherine Templeton, the director of the Department of Health and Environmental Control, is defending her department rather than addressing the confusion that attends to the recent tuberculosis outbreak in Ninety Six.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Monday letters: Go meatless — and live longer
A recent issue of Time magazine brings more documentation that vegetarians live longer than their meat-chomping friends.
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OPINION COLUMNS
Frank Martin: Our most important job is being Dad
I love basketball and being a coach. Coaching taught me the importance of parenthood. This is why I love my family and the gift of fatherhood more than anything. I hope this is not a surprise.
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WARREN BOLTON
Bolton: Thanks to two sons who help me be a better dad
My two sons have taught me so much about how to be a father simply through how they always encourage me, never give up on me and constantly seek my time and input. Thanks for helping me grow.
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EDITORIALS
Editorial: Do what it takes to dismantle Budget and Control Board
IT’S STARTING to feel like Groundhog Day around the State House.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sunday letters: Here’s how I got Obamaphobia
I read all the symptoms (“Obamaphobia gripping U.S.,” Wednesday) and realize I contracted Obamaphobia for the following reasons: Benghazi, Fast and Furious, IRS scandal, tapping phones and email, Obamacare. No one, including the attorney general, knows anything, and nobody is held ...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sunday letters: Daddies, read to your children
I remember my Daddy teaching me one and only one Bible lesson when I was very young. As I was walking through the hall of our home in the 1940, he picked up the Bible off of Grandmama’s desk and said, “Honey, I want to show you something.”
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sunday letters: That’s just what fathers do
Father’s Day again, time for the family to get together to honor Dad. It’s time to grill burgers, franks and steaks. Time to catch up with friends and family you haven’t seen in a while. It’s time to enjoy a cocktail or two while munching on chips and dip. It’s...
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OPINION COLUMNS
Milbank: The manly GOP
Ladies and gentlemen, Republicans are again voting on new abortion restrictions. Cue their theme song:









