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In city of Beaufort, a tree isn't just a tree
A representative of the developer hoping to bring a Starbucks to Beaufort poses an interesting question: If a business fails because it is not allowed to cut down a tree to provide adequate parking, what's more important to the city -- the business or the tree?
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
More to be done to help middle class
A recent Wall Street Journal article reported that corporate CFOs expect capital investment to increase to 9.3 percent of gross domestic product over the next year. This compares with 5.2 percent of GDP during the past five years, which was lower than the average of 6.5 percent in the past...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Obama is taking reactive approach
Supporters of President Obama have set a very low bar for presidential performance. They keep justifying his time spent traveling for campaign speeches, photo ops and fundraising. While he is traveling, he is getting briefings and is capable of talking with world leaders. And that is the problem. ...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Keeping score with great communicators
I disagree with the writer who agreed with the writer who said Reagan was not a hero.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Kroger staffers an island asset
Mostly everyone has experienced a dead battery in their car at one time or another. After completing my weekly shopping at Hilton Head Island’s new Kroger, the same happened to me. I returned to the store in an attempt to seek assistance. With no time wasted, I was helped by several...
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EDITORIALS
South Carolina needs real control on waters
South Carolina needs to better regulate the harvest of blue crabs.
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OPINION COLUMNISTS
Carl Leubsdorf: Threats of impeachment all too common since Nixon left office
Forty years after the Watergate scandal forced President Richard Nixon to resign or face certain impeachment and conviction, Washington's increasing partisanship too often leads to politicians threatening to go there.
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OPINION COLUMNISTS
UN disabilities treaty deserves ratification
The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday, July 29:
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OPINION COLUMNISTS
Michael Hiltzik: Social Security's no-bad-news day
The annual trustees reports for Social Security and Medicare customarily give rise to an outburst of disinformation from the enemies of social insurance programs - that comes with the territory when you're putting out hundreds of pages densely packed with graphs, charts and statistics.
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OPINION COLUMNISTS
Israel must yield to pressures from US and adhere to international law
SAN FRANCISCO - Israel must yield to pressures from the United States and to the dictates of both international law and basic morality, and immediately desist its destruction of the Gaza Strip.
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OPINION COLUMNISTS
Israel's survival depends on destroying Hamas' ability to terrorize
WASHINGTON - Though Israel should never carelessly ignore U.S. pressure, it nevertheless must resist current U.S. efforts to impose a cease-fire on the Israel-Hamas conflict while Israel remains besieged by rockets and tunnels.
