May 16th, 2012
EDITORIALLY SPEAKING
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A driver's education
 

When daughter Abigail got her learner's permit a few months ago, I was appreciative of those drivers who saw a nervous teenager behind the w......
Discussed and cussed
 

There's an old saying that goes like this: Newspapers are discussed and cussed, but never ignored.
That's us.
Some comments from readers; an......
Bin Laden's bro calling
 

You can't beat the police log when it comes to reporting on the human drama ... and sometimes, the comedy.
• In Manor Township, a 71-ye......
Where you're coming from
 

In an email last week, a reader raised this question:
"May I ask the reason that you sometimes identify an association of a letter writer to......
Out of the past
 

You've been around a long time if you remember:
• Women and children getting dressed up for church on Easter Sunday. I mean really dres......
Match made in politics
Some readers have long suggested that we find a local conservative columnist to try to defang our resident liberal lion, Gil Smart.
You have your wish......
Have Phaith in Fightin's
 

Jeff Ruppenthal is a Sunday News photographer and a very good one. You see his fine work in these pages every Sunday.
Jeff is also a sports ......
Not dressed for success
 

Notes, quotes and anecdotes:
Best quote I've read on this season's political campaigns comes from Joe Queenan in The Wall Street Journal. He......
Can't make this stuff up
 

It's not easy being me. Following are excerpts from some of the recent letters, emails and calls we've received.
You can't make up this kind......
Characters unwelcome
 

'Characters welcome," says a TV network. Local police could well do without a few of these characters:
• The annual Scrooge Award.
&mda......
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