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Leonard Pitts Jr.: Technology enhances beer muscles
Leonard PittsSteve Blake of the Los Angeles Lakers missed what would have been the winning shot in a critical game. His wife got death threats. Singer John Legend's fiancee, Chrissy Teigen, criticized singer Chris Brown's performance on an awards show. She got...Tags: Technology, Clint Eastwood, Concerts, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), The Miami Herald
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Integrity is the key
Summit TownshipIn the previous Roof Garden Patriot Corner article I put forth the premise that our freedoms come from God and I concluded with this quote from Benjamin Franklin "...there is no form of government but what may be a blessing to the people if well...Tags: Church and State Relations, Religion and Belief, Corruption, Corporate Crime, Separation of Church and State
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History Matters
100 Years Ago Laurel exchange Miss Maude Brashears of Laurel is visiting her brother, Mr. Joseph Brashears of Washington. Mr. and Mts. J. M. Lowman of Odenton have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence White of Laurel. 75 Years Ago "Alive, alive...Tags: Anglicanism, Religion and Belief, Oxford (Talbot, Maryland), Arts and Culture, Robert Morris
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A good decision
U.S. District Judge William H. Yohn ruled against Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter's plan to take distribution of free food to homeless people out of the parks to the front of City Hall, and ultimately, indoors. The judge said on Thursday that he saw no...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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Obama never took Business 101
According to President Barack Obama, entrepreneurs and small business owners cannot take credit for their inventions or business success because their accomplishments were only made possible by the government's investments in infrastructure. Is this a...Tags: Barack Obama, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Small Businesses
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7 habits of highly ineffective government
Cal ThomasStephen Covey, the management guru who died this week, would have had a hard time selling his books in Benjamin Franklin's America, or Abe Lincoln's. His best seller "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" would have been considered a self-evident truth,...Tags: Barack Obama, Ethics, Elections, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Abraham Lincoln
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Paul C. Kinzer Sr., 87
Paul Cecil Kinzer Sr., 87, of Williamsport, Md., passed away Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Born Oct. 22, 1924 in Williamsport, he was the son of the late Benjamin Franklin and Mary Alice Fleck Kinzer. He was...
Tags: American Legion, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), U.S. Navy, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium
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Obama and the 7 habits of highly ineffective government
Stephen Covey, the management guru who died this week, would have had a hard time selling his books in Benjamin Franklin's America, or Abe Lincoln's. His best seller "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" would have been considered a self-evident truth,...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Elections, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Rhubarb rising
We love the sweet-tart combination of strawberry and rhubarb warmed in a perfectly browned crust. But this summer, rhubarb spirits are the thing, as two newly released elixirs based in the fruity root vegetable land in liquor stores. They shared the...Tags: Rhubarb, Sweden, Recipes
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The United States is more than a country
The United States of America is the embodiment of the struggle of humanity to rise from the tyranny of feudalistic oppression. It is a laboratory where great experiments to discover the limits of human potential are performed. To quote from Thomas Paine&...Tags: John Adams, Thomas Paine, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), George Washington
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Thief of historic documents sentenced to prison
Disgraced collector Barry H. Landau was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in federal prison for stealing thousands of historic documents worth as much as $2.5 million from archives along the East Coast, including one in Baltimore, where the scheme...
Tags: Thomas Paine, Manhattan (New York City), Connecticut Historical Society, Francis Scott Key, Edgar Allan Poe
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After the quake, it's time to assess the damage
Paul GreenbergThe only thing sure about decisions out of the Supreme Court of the United States is that you can never be sure about them, Wasn't the swing vote on the court supposed to be that of Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy? Instead, it's Chief Justice John...Tags: Government Health Care, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Rube Goldberg, Awards and Prizes
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Jun 29, 2012
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