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MAY '97 EDITORIALS

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May 31-- Reporter-News salutes: Recognizing the contributions of groups and individuals around the Big Country

May 31-- Earnest Merritt column: Abilene sets a time for saluting fathers

May 31-- Sandy Grady column: What went on at the Excelsior Hotel?

May 30-- ARN editorial: Box office dino-might

May 30-- ARN editorial: Today's forum puts focus on Social Security

May 30-- Ellen Goodman column: Preaching abstinence alone not enough

May 30-- Leonard Pitts Jr. column: No guarantee for marriage promises

May 29-- ARN editorial: Out to the ball game

May 29-- ARN editorial: Lawmaker does cause no good with 'massacre'

May 29-- Cal Thomas column: Lt. Flinn's 'apology' not nearly enough

May 29-- Leonard Larsen column: Media misled news consumers about Lt. Flinn's story

May 29-- Morton Kondracke column: Clinton's tough AIDS talk just posturing

May 29-- Molly Ivins column: Congress uses flood for political games

May 28-- ARN editorial: Legislature stubs its toe in sprint to finish

May 28-- Bob Greene column: Waiting 82 years for first senior prom

May 28-- Jim Polk column: Time for crisis management of our oil

May 27-- Cal Thomas Column: Religious persecution bill questionable

May 27-- Donald Kaul Column: Here comes that old whining again

May 27-- ARN Editorial: Free-trade pact should be given to other nations

May 27-- ARN Editorial: Saddam on the stand?

May 26-- Con: Juvenile Crime: More balanced plan needed

May 26-- Pro: Juvenile Crime: Nation needs to crack down

May 26-- Ellen Goodman Column: Turbulence for Secretary of Air Force

May 26-- Morton Kondracke Column: Book does hatchet job on Congress

May 25-- Glenn Dromgoole column: Library issue needs leadership now

May 25-- Steve Ray column: Republic of Texas not finished off yet

May 25-- ARN editorial: Memorial Day's truest meaning

May 25-- ARN editorial: The primary move

May 25-- Bob Greene column: Evolving at telegram's speed

May 25-- Molly Ivins column: Connecting dots of 'unconnected' tales

May 25-- dick Tarpley column: Peace in space encouraging

May 25-- George Will column: Officer who betrayed a noble profession

May 24-- Troy Fraser column: Saving the war against the boll weevil

May 24-- Leonard Larsen column: Because it's there: Name one good reason to leave Mount Everest alone

May 24-- Reporter-News salutes Recognizing the achievements and contributions of individuals and groups in the Big Country

May 23-- ARN editorial: Pilot's backers miss the point of ethical code

May 23-- Ellen Goodman column: Latest adventures of the Kennedy clan

May 23-- Kathleen Parker column: Bomb drops on Air Force adultery

May 22-- ARN editorial: An animal worth seeing

May 22-- ARN editorial: For our grads, a hearty party

May 22-- Cal Thomas column: Adultery the next moral domino to fall

May 22-- Molly Ivins column: What's not our times' burning issue

May 21-- ARN editorial: Legislature's top 5 priorities still undone

May 21-- Bob Greene column: Andy just wanted to go see the judge

May 21-- Jeff Wolf column: The portrait of a really rotten movie

May 20-- ARN Editorial: Reporter-News pleased to join Scripps outfit

May 20-- ARN Editorial: Library resolution

May 20-- Cal Thomas Column: Contributing to a minor's delinquency

May 20-- Democratic Legacy? Spinning a balanced budget bargain

May 19-- Expanding NATO: Expansion good investment

May 19-- Expanding NATO:: More members not the key

May 19-- Ellen Goodman column: Abortion war's theme song playing again

May 19-- Donald Kaul column: Fine art of stomping on your enemies

May 18-- Robert MacGinnis: Air Force Adultery: Cupid is no excuse for lying bomber pilot

May 18-- ARN editorial: Lottery won't solve school funding woes

May 18-- ARN editorial: View of higher values

May 18-- Bob Greene column: Stories waiting to be found

May 18-- Molly Ivins column: The lack of corporate accountability

May 18-- Steve Ray column: Jeepers, creepers, let's stop the peepers

May 18-- Dick Tarpley column: Albright charms Jesse Helms

May 18-- George Will column: GOP complies with Democratic foolishness

May 17-- Tim Griffin column: 'Hunger Has a Cure' bill needs action

May 17-- Joseph Spear column: Solving problems, American style

May 17-- Reporter-News salutes: Recognizing the contributions of organizations around the Big Country

May 16-- ARN editorial: Step forward in selecting our appeals judges

May 16-- ARN editorial: The primary point

May 16-- Ellen Goodman column: Recomputing who we are as humans

May 16-- Anthony Wilson: Lambert's leaving perhaps inevitable

May 15-- ARN editorial: Challenge of academics

May 15-- ARN editorial: City needs best city manager we can find

May 15-- Cal Thomas column: DaschleÕs partial truths about abortion

May 15-- Sandy Grady column: Fish Or Cut Bait: It's time for Starr to put up or shut up

May 15-- Morton Kondracke column: Squabbles delaying more medical research funds

May 15-- Dale McFeatters column: Good news, bad news for artists

May 15-- Molly Ivins column: Crusade to stomp out sin in America

May 14-- ARN editorial: Ghost in the machine

May 14-- ARN editorial: Series points to ways to help city's homeless

May 14-- Another viewpoint: Think again before making computers that can think

May 14-- Bob Greene column: A small suggestion about a teenie craze

May 14-- Richard Horn column: Andrew Carnegie must be cringing

May 13-- ARN Editorial: New site still best option for new library

May 13-- Cal Thomas Column: Changing the attitude of victimization

May 13-- Molly Ivins Column: Clinton should quit dealing with the GOP

May 12-- Pro: Mixing Sexes: Military should split trainees

May 12-- Con: Mixing Sexes: Sexes should train together

May 12-- Ellen Goodman Column: The wrestling ring of 'move away' cases

May 12-- Donald Kaul Column: Don't expect capitalist to return money

May 11-- ARn editorial: County simply doesn't need a treasurer's office

May 11-- Glenn Dromgoole column: A population on the edge of survival

May 11-- Bob Greene column: Heiple testimony under oath

May 11-- Dale McFeatters column: Who would quarrel with celebrations today?

May 11-- Molly Ivins column: Utility deregulation is a big swindle

May 11-- Steve Ray column: Legislature plays politics with abortion

May 11-- Dick Tarpley column: Let's balance the budget now

May 11-- George Will column: Moving beyond Republican nonleaders

May 10-- Sara Eckel column: Mothers online: In cyberspace, they tell it like it is

May 10-- Ted Paup column: Russian builders coming here to learn

May 10-- Reporter-News salutes Recognizing the contributions and achievments of individuals and organizations around the Big Country

May 9-- ARN editorial: Time for state to move ahead on welfare plan

May 9-- Ellen Goodman: Peeling off the layers of bitter history

May 9-- Donald Kaul column: Conservatives sure are sore winners

May 8-- Cal Thomas column: Republicans should learn from Tories' loss

May 8-- ARN editorial: Artwalk offers park ceremony

May 8-- ARN editorial: Kasparov's ballad

May 8-- Molly Ivins column: Learning how to conserve our anger

May 8-- Dale McFeatters column: Comet leaving; mark calendar for its return

May 8-- Joseph Spear column: Far right calls volunteerism 'evil'

May 7-- ARN editorial: Budget pact is right response to fall election

May 7-- ARN editorial: Healthy public forum

May 7-- Bob Greene column: Watching the best elephant in the business

May 7-- Jeff Wolf column: Season to talk about tornado sirens

May 6-- ARN Editorial: Low vote total suggests lack of dissatisfaction

May 6-- ARN Editorial: Dedicated to a classic

May 6-- Cal Thomas Column: His mother's love shaped columnist's life

May 6-- Molly Ivins Column: Big business purchases both parties

May 5-- Childbearing Age:Cut-off point hard to specify

May 5-- Childbearing Age:Limit needed on convenience

May 5-- Ellen Goodman column: Learning about sex and the single soldier

May 5-- Donald Kaul column: When government wasn't the enemy

May 4-- ARN editorial: Future of new public library on the line

May 4-- Glenn Dromgoole column: A special look at Alzheimer's disease

May 4-- Bob Greene column: Ice cream and immortality

May 4-- Molly Ivins: Legislature swamped with dumb bills

May 4-- Steve Ray column: Bush demonstrating skills of leadership

May 4-- Dick Tarpley column: Seeking more civil Congress

May 4-- George Will: Lott's leadership called into question

May 3-- Richard Agee column: Best memories aren't saved on video

May 3-- Sharon Randall column: Good intentions sometimes go awry

May 3-- Reporter-News salutes Recognizing the contributions of individuals and organizations around the Big Country

May 2-- ARN editorial: Join the 'elite' group to decide Abilene's future

May 2-- ARN editorial: Teen pregnancy progress

May 2-- Ellen Goodman column: How old is too old to have a baby?

May 2-- Donald Kaul column: Dole sheds loser role in record time

May 1-- ARN editorial: Give us wisdom, Lord, to use our gifts responsibly

May 1-- ARN editorial: Welfare for whom?

May 1-- Cal Thomas column: Just big government by another name

May 1-- William McKenzie column: Legal Immigrants: Texas legislators want to face federal benefits problem head on

May 1-- Molly Ivins column: When imagination becomes delusion

May 1-- Fond farewell: Tribune, Chicago mourn death of columnist Royko

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