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DOUG McMURDO


On brown immigrants, red herrings

Senate minority leader Harry Reid stopped by the offices of the Pahrump Valley Times on Wednesday to meet with our editorial board, and as usual he answered questions in a candid manner; never once asking to go off the record.


A primer on how current, future elected officials can make the right decisions

I wholeheartedly agree with your recent editorial in focusing on wrongdoing by elected officials and the lack of respect exhibited by self-centered, no class citizens of our community. In that vein, let me share some of my own actual experiences as a concerned citizen.

Overkill on Death Row
They were among my saddest days when we had our Labrador retrievers put to death, first Bubba, at 15, then Sissy, nearly 14.

On brown immigrants, red herrings
Senate minority leader Harry Reid stopped by the offices of the Pahrump Valley Times on Wednesday to meet with our editorial board, and as usual he answered questions in a candid manner; never once asking to go off the record.

A primer on how current, future elected officials can make the right decisions
I wholeheartedly agree with your recent editorial in focusing on wrongdoing by elected officials and the lack of respect exhibited by self-centered, no class citizens of our community. In that vein, let me share some of my own actual experiences as a concerned citizen.

Automakers have created their own welfare state
WASHINGTON - It is better to be fired by General Motors than it is to be hired by most companies. Remember this when you are rightly ridiculing the riotous French who have successfully insisted that even workers under 26 should have property rights to their jobs. Remember because the accelerating crisis of private-sector welfare states such as GM prefigures the coming crisis of the public sector's entitlements.

Sip of spring eases symptoms of aging, crackling knees, wrists
We just mailed our state tax check and we've finished spending every dime of our federal return. With 2005 taxes behind us, we can finally relax and enjoy the blooming dogwoods and azaleas.

DeMeo fan letters
LETTER: Senior dimension
LETTER: Jail 'em like Joe
LETTER: Be like us or else
LETTER: Racial profiling









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