- Obama chooses well
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Barack Obama has set himself the task of teaching some old dogs a lot of new tricks. Or maybe it is the other way around.
(Updated: 12/03/08 7:23 AM )
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- Pursue Korean negotiations
Like any good hostage negotiator, the United States will have to have the cool nerve to listen to North Korea rant and rave, make threats and issue demands, just about any fool thing it wants to say as long as it keeps talking.
(Updated: 12/03/08 7:01 AM )
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- UB designs a better future
Renowned Chicago master planner Daniel Burnham’s century-old advice to “make no little plans” apparently has taken root at the University at Buffalo, which recently — and rightly — has unveiled an ambitious campus redesign despite an ever-weakening state budget and a national fiscal crisis. Having already presented a remarkable goal of growing by 10,000 students and 2,500 staff by 2020, UB officials refuse to throw in the towel.
(Updated: 12/02/08 6:45 AM )
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- Make Third Street safe
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Here’s an idea for President-elect Barack Obama to consider as he lays plans to jolt the economy back into gear: Crime prevention is a form of economic stimulus.
(Updated: 12/02/08 7:20 AM )
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More Opinion
- Children’s books are serious business today
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Nearly bursting with pride, I experienced my first literary “reading” in kindergarten. It was my turn to bring a book for the teacher to read and, after much deliberation, I chose “The Ducks of Dingle Dell.” I no longer remember the story, but the alliterative string of D’s in the title were fun to say, as were the G’s in the line that ended each page: “ And the green grass grew all around.” Each time the line was read, I grinned as the class responded with an appreciative squeal.
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My View
- Expanded bottle bill is a tax increase in disguise
The Buffalo News editorialized on Nov. 21 in favor of the so-called “Bigger Better Bottle Bill, also knows as “B-4.”
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Another Voice
- What counts as democracy in Bolivia?
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Evo Morales was elected president of Bolivia late in 2005 and inaugurated in January 2006. He is not only the first indigenous president of Bolivia, but also the first in recent history elected with an outright majority of votes — 54 percent.
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Sunday Viewpoints
Everybody's Column
- Niagara Falls planner should be commended
- Veterans are true heroes, athletes just play a game
- Don’t cut Medicaid funding for community health care
- Catholics must accept all teachings of Church
- Allow free passage through toll barriers
- Give us roundabouts, properly timed lights
- Ugly new buildings should be redesigned
- Federal funding is lost if youth facilities close
- Why is Congress giving Big 3 such a hard time?
- ‘End of the pipeline’ is a really lame excuse
- Think carefully about Clinton’s replacement
- We’ve wasted billions on Bush’s horrific war
- Proposed fare increase is unfair to poor people
- Privileged few receive free health care for life
- Health care reform is the next disaster
- News reports oversimplified state legislator’s SUNY stance
- It’s up to legislators to offer budget balance
- Cuts should always start with top management
- Liberal media used only upbeat Chicago images
- Golisano’s political fund could feed the hungry
