Small business fear of big health insurance plans grows
Jack Faris reports that small firms face rising health costs and fear big insurers, unions, and special interests. Association Health Plans promise 15 to 30 percent savings and coverage for up to 8 million uninsured, prompting lawmakers to back reform while opponents push deceptive campaigns.
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National Federation of Independent Business
Congress
Enues
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Capitol Hill
Associated Press
America Speaks
Main Street
U.S. House of Representatives
Senate
Jack Faris
Pathways to real help in personal growth and accountability
Bain, a Stockdale banker, writes to Wilson County News asking for suggestions on sources for real help. He reflects on self deflection and the need to let go of bad habits and broken promises while recounting past business tensions and later reconciliations. He cites Max Lucado’s Traveling Light and invites JB to offer practical guidance.
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Meddlin
Max Lucado
Oak Hills Church
Bro
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Lucado
Robert
Bain
Stockdale
Wilson County News
Floresville
Wew-Online
Charlie Wilson’s War a Whale of a Tale
A lively review of George Crile’s Charlie Wilson’s War credits Wilson’s deft use of Defense Appropriations to aid Afghan Mujahideen, shaping the end of the Cold War. The piece blends humor and praise, notes CIA infighting, and contrasts brave frontiersmen with cautious bureaucrats.
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Charlie Wilson
East Texas
George Crile
Wilson
Defense Appropriations Committee
Mujahideen
Afghanistan
Red Army
Fort Worth
Appropriations Committee
Zia ul-Haq
Snookums
CIA
Houston
Crile
Texas
Bob Bullock
Ann Richards
Oscar Mauzy
Warren Burnett
Charlie
Gust Avrakotos
James Bond
Avrakotos
State Department
Iran
Crilee
Ollie North
Bethune Church
Frank Church
Tom Clancy
Creators Syndicate Inc
Who is to blame for children dying in hot cars
A columnist argues that while parental responsibility is central, the pattern involves broader social attitudes. Ten young children left in day care vehicles died in heat, prompting scrutiny of regulation and the human element in parenting.
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Michelle Malkin
Malkin
Media critics and claims of bias in major outlets
The piece accuses mainstream media of anti Americanism bias and inaccuracy citing Jayson Blair Chris Matthews and others. It argues viewers drift to Fox News Drudge Report and talk radio and questions the media’s understanding and education in journalism.
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Hillsdale College
NBC
Chris Matthews
Bay of Pigs
Vietnam
Desert One
Beirut
Somalia
Barry McCaffrey
Baghdad
United States
Melissa Marr
Reuters
America
Fox News
Drudge Report
Grover Cleveland
Congress
U.S. Supreme Court
Midwest
Northeast
Mid-Atlantic
Bill Clinton
al Gore
Environmental Wacko Brigade
Pacific Northwest
Letters to the Editor Thanking Wilson County Residents
A letter thanks Wilson County residents for caring for others. The author recalls three strangers stopping to ask if she was okay while waiting in her car on .R. 304 in Floresville.
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Wilson County
Neigh Nydia Montes
Floresville
Quail Run Golf Tournament Receives High Praise
Claudia Garza thanks organizers for hospitality at the June 21 Quail Run Golf Tournament. She notes great turnout and compliments photographers cooks and helpers. Expresses excitement for next year and says everyone had a great time.
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Claudia Garza Floresville
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