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Leonard Pitts Jr.: From Manhattan to Washington, Indians get snookered
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It's up to us to fight poverty
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It's getting out of hand in beautiful Beaufort
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First Tee supporters: More to golf than yips, chips and putts
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Find a compromise on CBD oil bill this year
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Martin Schram: Obamacare news you probably missed
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Jay Ambrose: The feds are coming, the feds are coming
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The West needs to push back on Ukraine
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If Walgreen Co. moves its HQ to Europe, blame Washington's tax failure
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Rekha Basu: Reasoned response to fundamentalism gains strength in Iowa
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Why poverty across the world matters to Americans
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Instead of mothballing Navy ships, give them to our allies
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Maybe Graves House can be salvaged after all
Yet another plan has been hatched to move the century-old Graves House in Bluffton to a new site.
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Writer is wrong about today's military
I can't let another moment go by without responding to a recent letter entitled, "Today's military different from that of yesteryear." While I agree with some points made, it's a gross and unforgivable injustice to categorize today's...
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Don't blame gun law for misbehaving police
Recently, a couple of letters have been published that attempt to blame the new state law that allows concealed weapons in bars and restaurants for the incident in which a Bluffton police officer pulled his personal gun on a bar patron.
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OPINION COLUMNISTS
Boston Marathon bombing survivor: My best days are the ones normal people take for granted
It is a weekend for working around the house. My fiancee, Erin, and I have the baby's room to paint and some IKEA furniture to assemble. I roll out of bed early - 10:30 - and get into my wheelchair. Erin is already making coffee in the kitchen.
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OPINION COLUMNISTS
Michael Smerconish: What Jeb Bush was really saying
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush made news last weekend at the 25th anniversary celebration of his father's inauguration while speaking about his approach to a potential run in 2016. Even when appearing extemporaneous in an interview with Fox News' Shannon Bream, the possible candidate was delivering...
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OPINION COLUMNISTS
If Moscow continues to threaten Ukraine, the U.S. and Europe should impose tougher sanctions
The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday, April 15:
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BOOKS
The radiant language and reality of Margaret Ashmun's 'No School Tomorrow' lived for me one summer and made me want to be a writer
My grandfather's house on the New Jersey shore was a huge 1880s double-parlor Victorian with 11 bedrooms, a wraparound porch and a big green couch in the living room next to the piano. I spent most of my time the summer I turned 8 on that couch.
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OPINION COLUMNISTS
Kevin Horrigan: The pessimist's guide to grizzly bears and Earth Day
This coming Friday, to "celebrate Earth Day," the Walt Disney Co. will release one of those cutesy, fun-for-all-ages, nature documentaries. "Bears" is about grizzly bears.
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OPINION COLUMNISTS
Turn the tide on climate change: Try vegan for Earth Day
The recently released United Nations report Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability might alter your plans for Earth Day on April 22. It confirms that climate change is having an impact on every continent, affecting agriculture, human health, ecosystems, water supplies and even...
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BOOKS
Richard Halliburton's 'The Royal Road to Romance' was the perfect book for a kid with wanderlust
The book was called "The Royal Road to Romance," and to a pre-adolescent boy with a fear of anything girlish, it sounded an awful lot like a bodice-ripper. Even if it wasn't a steamy love story, it certainly didn't seem like the kind of book any self-respecting apprentice to the world of manhood...
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BOOKS
Reading James Baldwin's 'Giovanni's Room,' I realized what I wanted to do: I wanted to make a stranger feel what I felt just by the words I chose
In 1975, when I was young, I went to hear James Baldwin speak. Afterward, I waited in a long line and finally got to stand before him. I told him that his book "Giovanni's Room" had made me want to be a writer. He looked me up and down and asked, "Do your parents know?" I was earnest and sincere...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Testing not a problem; if anything, give more
I keep hearing reports of people's concern that students have to spend too much time taking standardized tests, tests that cause lost instruction time and create pressure and stress for the students.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Good reasons to stick to stormwater standard
Beaufort County's strong stormwater management standards are now under scrutiny, as reported in the April 5 story, "Project moves forward despite concerns." How we manage runoff is critical and it deserves careful consideration.
