OpEd Articles
Letter to the Editor – Fair Tax
Dear Editor:
It seems more and more people are registering their disgust with the broken, eminently unfair federal Income Tax.
Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, known during the 2008 presidential campaign as “Joe the Plumber,” has launched a website seeking Americans’ votes to abolish the Internal Revenue Service.
“Are you sick and tired of being forced to file a [...]
Letter to the Editor – Gary Snyder
Sometimes when the facts or circumstances turn out to be not what one expects, it is easier to attack the messenger rather than the message.. I called for Jerry Harvey to resign from the Huntington County Council and when he finally did, elected officials their surrogates responded with personal attacks on local blog sites, letters [...]
OpEd – A Call for Resignations
Submitted by Gary Snider and Ken Zuk
September 18, 2008- Gary L. Snyder, Democratic Candidate for County Council, and Ken Zuk, Huntington County Democratic Chairman, would like to thank Mr. Jerry Harvey for his many years of outstanding service to the Huntington Community and praise his decision to resign.
Gary L.. Snyder and Ken Zuk now renew [...]
Ken Zuk – Letter to the Editor
I couldn’t help remembering the day when I was spit on and then punched in the face. My Little League baseball team had just won and “Fuzzy Mayer’s” team had lost. It was the summer of 1968 and tensions were high. He had lost his cool and his punch caused me to have to go [...]
OpEd – Commercializing 9-11!?!
I was appalled today when I opened my email and found a chunk of spam, from a company I (used to) do business with, for a “Patriot’s Day Sale” on US-themed customizable checks and checkbooks!
I’m not a stick-in-the-mud and I don’t mind folks displaying their patriotism in everyday ways. In fact I make my living [...]
OpEd – Stan Bippus
A college education is a great asset in the job market, but not necessarily a requirement. Greg Ip wrote in the Wall Street Journal that “Globalization and technology have altered the types of skills that earn workers a premium wage; in many cases, those skills aren’t learned in college classrooms. And compared with previous generations, today’s college graduates are far more likely to be competing against educated immigrants and educated workers employed overseas.”
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