One Nice Label Theme at the Convention
In Our View argues against hyphenated identities for Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi. It states Obama is American by birth and heritage, not African American, and questions labeling politicians by ethnicity, emphasizing melting pot identity and urging simple American identity.
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Africa
America
Nancy Pelosi
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Pelosi
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Lawmakers federal and state office contacts listed
A compiled directory of U S representatives and senators in Texas and nearby states with office addresses in Washington D C and local district offices in Midland Odessa Lubbock Hobbs and San Antonio plus phone numbers for each official including Rep Mike Conaway Randy Neugebauer Ciro Rodriguez Steve Pearce Sen John Cornyn Sen Kay Bailey Hutchison and state officials Tom Craddick Kel Seliger Carlos Aresti and the late Buddy West.
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U.S
Mike Conaway
Midland
Cannon House
Washington
D.C
Fox
W. Eighth St
Odessa
Desta Drive
Randy Neugebauer
Lubbock
George E
Buddy” West
P.O
Austin TX
Tom Craddick
P.D
Kel Seliger
Amarillo
N. FM
Carlos Aresti
San Antonio
Austin
Freedom and self control ad from 1988 Pulitzer winner
A newspaper editorial page proclaims freedom as a divine gift and self-control. It asserts peace begins with the individual and links freedom to moral guidelines like the Coveting Commandment the Golden Rule and the Declaration of Independence.
amateurs outperforming pros challenges to expertise and central planning
Thomas Sowell argues that amateurs often beat professionals in economics and education. He cites homeschooling success, market-driven economies like China and India, and the impracticality of central planners managing millions of prices to explain why laypeople can outperform experts.
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China
India
Soviet Union
The real damage from Dolly and Edouard
Texans face steep costs from Dolly and Edouard with TWIA depleting its reserves and prompting a $100 million levy on Texas insurers. The column warns of potential tax revenue loss and calls for 2009 TWIA reform amid a fragile insurance market and looming hurricane season.
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Floyd
Dolly
Edouard
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
el Paso
Texarkana
General Revenue Fund
Texas Windstorm Insurance Association
TWIA
Twias
Sunset Commission
Texas Coalition For Affordable Insurance Solutions
Sunset
Gulf
American Insurance Associa
Andrews Labor Day Bluegrass Festival Seeks Feedback Nominations
Organizers of the 19th annual Andrews Labor Day Bluegrass Festival welcome public input. Readers may email onletters link.freedom.com and indicate a thumbs nomination with ideas for both praise and criticism on current topics.
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