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You may or may not be aware that Stephens Media not only owns the Pahrump Valley Times, they also own the Tonopah Times Bonanza-Goldfield News. Mark Smith and I wear the same hat for the Tonopah paper as we do for the Pahrump Valley Times -- we just do it from afar. Biden means weakness in Obama Everything about Joe Biden says weakness in Barack Obama. Letters to the Editor Governer 'Weather Vane' WASHINGTON -- If John McCain becomes president, he will be confronted by a Congress with significantly larger Democratic majorities than today's -- majorities furious about high hopes dashed by an eighth Republican victory in 11 presidential elections. And if the normal pattern of off-year elections obtains in 2010, those majorities will expand. So McCain would have to deal with a hostile legislature for four years, as Arnold Schwarzenegger has done for almost five years. For that reason, and because these two self-styled post-partisan, reach-across-the-aisle mavericks admire one another -- McCain has given Schwarzenegger a starring role Monday at the Republican convention -- it is pertinent to survey Schwarzenegger's governorship of one-eighth of America's population. American education crisis Like most Americans, I spent August closely following our Olympic athletes as they competed against the world's best. As always, they made us proud. But while millions of Americans pay close attention to how the U.S. fares in athletic competitions, we often lose sight of how the U.S. compares to other nations in other fields. This is particularly true when it comes to education. Sleeping in kitchoffice evokes sweet dreams Historically, back to school equated with restoration of routine and nerve-calming order to our household. |
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