Talk about threats to national security — how about government so big, so complicated and so unmanageable, it cant get out of its own way?
BOB SCHAFFERThe recent history of Ukraine is replete with dead journalists, beaten journalists, news agencies being shut down, and politicians being injured or killed. Most are killed in mysterious auto accidents.
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It is unlikely Yanukovich won. If he did, his government made it impossible to determine.
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The recent history of Ukraine is replete with dead journalists, beaten journalists, news agencies being shut down, and politicians being injured or killed. Most are killed in mysterious auto accidents.
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And as a result, I guess I’m just kind of a rubberneck. I’m kind of a – someone who likes to see things and likes to see these events and talk to the people who make them happen. But I don’t think journalists are as important as the people they cover.
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The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game. It’s part of our culture, like turkey at Thanksgiving and lights at Christmas, and like those holidays – beyond their meaning – a factor in our economy.
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Though there is growing division among the Ukrainian military ranks as to loyalty in this revolution, the possibility of violence looms over the entire situation.
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Well, you know, in any political campaign, you’re gonna have people on one side that are gonna slip a reporter something because they think it’ll hurt the guy on the other side.
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Mitt Romney is betting big on himself and left no doubt about it.
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The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game.
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My mother is Ukrainian. She immigrated to the U.S. from Canada as a child.
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Nowadays I’m not even sure if newspapers take into account whether a person is a good writer.
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I used to be a print reporter.
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The first thing the federal government can do to help is get out of the way.
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When Sam Snead was asked how to putt, he said, ‘Putt for one hundred dollars’.
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A great deal of our ratings on the morning news are people who died during the night with their TV on.
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One cannot help being impressed by the protesters. They have begun each day of the protest in Kiev in prayer and all activities are accomplished with a collective sense of respect, kindness, and an intention to conduct a peaceful revolution.
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