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Views From The Heartland

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BY JOHN SCRIPSICK Fall has come to my farm in Oklahoma. Light frost makes for cool mornings This summer, 110 degrees plus made me think it would...

Bank Of America: Always Thinking Of You

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER One way you can tell that a bank is in trouble is that it suddenly starts buying full-page ads in newspapers across the country that tell us what great shape it’s in and what a fine job it’s doing for our communities. Such a PR push is now being made by Bank […]

What Newt Knows [And Cain Doesn’t]

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH If you take a gander at Newt Gingrich’s Wikipedia page, in the personal section, you’ll see quite a pile of baggage. Most of us have some. He has more than most: three marriages, messy divorces, affairs, etc. But here’s the difference between Gingrich, the experienced politician, and the hopelessly inexperienced Herman Cain. […]

The Angst In Giving Thanks

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BY FROMA HARROP Americans typically eat over 1,000 meals a year. But for many, Thanksgiving dinner seems to be the one that, like a magnet, gathers the iron shavings of every food anxiety. Why should that be? You’d think that this feast with family and friends would be accepted for what it is – an […]

Legitimacy And Relevance

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BY BOB BEARDEN Despite all of the whining and vilifying by pundits on the right, the Occupy Movement continues to grow. It doesn't have the...