Category Archives: SMNO

This is “Sticking My Neck Out”, a column I write for a local weekly newspaper. I’ve written these every two weeks for more than two years. Sometimes, I write about local issues.

Worst Ever

Posted on Wed, Apr 28, 2010 by paul

If you want to stay out of trouble, sports are the next best thing to talk about after the weather. But it gets boring if all you do is talk about the good stuff. Talking about the worst ever is … Continue reading →

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Free Market Easter Bunny

Posted on Tue, Apr 6, 2010 by paul

Decades ago parents (mothers, mostly) colored hard-boiled eggs and hid them in the lawn and around the garden. On Easter Sunday, children would go looking for these eggs. Only a few of them asked why a bunny left the eggs, … Continue reading →

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Who’s Health Matters?

Posted on Wed, Mar 24, 2010 by paul

Like it or not, health care reform is here. As with most things that pass through Congress what we get is not necessarily what we want. We couldn’t possibly get what we want. That’s because most of us never really … Continue reading →

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