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Sept. 30-- ARN Editorial: Mothers need to register for vote on library

Sept. 30-- ARN Editorial: Justice on both sides

Sept. 30-- Cal Thomas Column: Clinton, Gore dissemble before the law

Sept. 30-- Cal Thomas Column: Culture fosters greed is good credo

Sept. 29-- Gasoline Prices: Major companies hike prices

Sept. 29-- Gasoline Prices: Gasoline Prices: Lots of industry competition

Sept. 29-- Leonard Pitts column: Leaving comfort to cross racial divide

Sept. 29-- Leonard Larsen column: The best act in political show business

Sept. 29-- Ellen Goodman column: Should media have named Albert but not his accuser?

Sept. 29-- Leonard Steinback column: Plea shows Albert as criminal and liar

Sept. 28-- ARN Editorial: Man wrongly in prison for rape merits pardon

Sept. 28-- Dick Feagler column: Changing profile of part-time worker

Sept. 28-- ARN Guest Column: Welfare reform focuses on local efforts

Sept. 28-- Bob Greene column: A familiar face 6 miles up

Sept. 28-- Dick Tarpley column: Answer to polio was simpler

Sept. 28-- George Will column: New Jersey race is one for the roads

Sept. 28-- Molly Ivins column: Strange peaches leave sour impression

Sept. 27-- ARN Salutes: Recognizing people and organizations who have made a difference

Sept. 27-- Hurry to Sainthood: Our impatience for commemoration slides away

Sept. 27-- Well, Maybe: Putting U.S. on the fast track to prosperity

Sept. 26-- ARN Editorial: A busy weekend on the local calendar

Sept. 26-- ARN Editorial: Abilene's sexy crape myrtles grab spotlight

Sept. 26-- Linda Chavez column: 'Nothing Sacred' proves an apt title

Sept. 26-- Donald Kaul column: Television news rolls steadily downhill

Sept. 25-- ARN Editorial: Sportsmanship fundamental to Friday's game

Sept. 25-- ARN Editorial: Play it again, Hahm

Sept. 25-- Molly Ivins column: National tests not such a terrible idea

Sept. 25-- Cal Thomas column: Congress should investigate air crashes

Sept. 24-- ARN Editorial: Harmony's plan good news for our community

Sept. 24-- ARN Editorial: Favoritism wouldn't be a profitable goal

Sept. 24-- Jerry Daniel Reed column: Don't Run Off, Myrtle

Sept. 24-- Bob Greene column: Hungry states roll the dice; citizens lose

Sept. 23-- ARN Editorial: Crashes remind us of dangers of military careers

Sept. 23-- ARN Editorial: Unrealistic conflict of laptops vs. books

Sept. 23-- Cal Thomas Column: Onward political soldiers of the coalition

Sept. 23-- Molly Ivins Column: Getting herd rounded up, headed out

Sept. 22-- To Live or Not: A Catholic's conflict over right to die

Sept. 22-- Joseph Spear Column: New Miss America finds a real cause

Sept. 22-- PRO: Tobacco Lawyers: Good guys in tobacco case

Sept. 22-- CON: Tobacco Lawyers: Big winners in this case

Sept. 21-- ARN Editorial: State failing to make shift from welfare to work

Sept. 21-- Glenn Dromgoole column: The obsession with pro sports

Sept. 21-- John Timpane column: Imagine fighting for the ability to read

Sept. 21-- Bob Greene column: Does it hurt to be Pitney?

Sept. 21-- Dick Tarpley column: Solutions, not rhetoric or bias

Sept. 21-- George Will column: Energetic voice of an angry, happy man

Sept. 21-- Christopher Reed column: Hollywood determined to complain

Sept. 20-- ARN Salutes: Recognizing those people and organizations that make a difference

Sept. 20-- Which Way to Go? Republican leaders divided on balanced-budget legislation

Sept. 20-- Week of Camping: Acting civilized in an uncivilized world

Sept. 18-- ARN Editorial: Airshow ban for F-117 crash inappropriate

Sept. 18-- ARN Editorial: When names do count

Sept. 18-- Cal Thomas column: Albright's Israel visit more of the same

Sept. 18-- Molly Ivins column: Even fools have the right to be wrong

Sept. 17-- ARN Editorial: Further efforts downtown need leaders' unity

Sept. 17-- ARN Editorial: Stubborn as a mule

Sept. 17-- Jeff Wolf column: If you don't like it, blame the paper

Sept. 17-- Bob Greene column: Selling something doesn't give it value

Sept. 16-- ARN Editorial: Subsidy to train fewer doctors not best policy

Sept. 16-- ARN Editorial: Game, set, match

Sept. 16-- Cal Thomas Column: School choice hotter than tax-cutting

Sept. 16-- Molly Ivins Column: Can you buy tax break from Congress?

Sept. 15-- PRO: Paparazzi: Repugnant, but not illegal

Sept. 15-- CON: Paparazzi: Not real photojournalists

Sept. 15-- Ellen Goodman Column: Equal pay, no excuses sounds good

Sept. 15-- Leonard Larsen Column: Fossil fuel is becoming a dinosaur

Sept. 15-- Al Gore Redux: Time To Hang Up The Phone, Al

Sept. 14-- ARN Editorial: Dyess air show says thank you in big B-1 way

Sept. 14-- ARN Editorial: Sign of leadership

Sept. 14-- ARN Editorial: Tuning toward balance

Sept. 14-- Steve Ray column: The freedom to an unpopular opinion

Sept. 14-- Glenn Dromgoole column: Abilene liberals I have known

Sept. 14-- Bob Greene column: Enough media to go around

Sept. 14-- Dick Tarpley column: Toppling baseball traditions

Sept. 14-- George Will column: New star looms on Republican horizon

Sept. 14-- Molly Ivins column: Both sides wrong on teen pregnancy

Sept. 13-- Reporter-News Salutes: Recognizing those people and organizations who make a difference

Sept. 13-- Crisis of Hype: Mother Teresa's death was the biggest curve ball ever thrown at the media

Sept. 13-- Joseph Spear Column: The Spear Amendment's time has come

Sept. 12-- Jay Ambrose column: U.S. Senate takes back the so-called tobacco tax break

Sept. 12-- Ana Veciana-Suarez: Public school calendar needs to change with the times

Sept. 12-- Linda Chavez column: Reno puts office's integrity in question

Sept. 12-- ARN Editorial: Congratulations, Jeff

Sept. 12-- ARN Editorial: Hang an apple on literacy tree

Sept. 11-- ARN Editorial: Artwalk grows to maturity in just four years

Sept. 11-- ARN Editorial: Names in the news

Sept. 11-- Froma Harrop column: Who's Stalking Whom?

Sept. 11-- Cal Thomas column: Signs of bad times for Clinton-Gore

Sept. 10-- ARN Editorial: Just stomping won't get rid of fire ant woes

Sept. 10-- Joan Smith column: Death gives lie to happily ever after

Sept. 10-- Bob Greene column: Overvaluing our workplace identities

Sept. 9-- ARN Editorial: 'Shoes for the Shoeless' a good way to help out

Sept. 9-- ARN Editorial: Jerry Jones was feeling the heat

Sept. 9-- Cal Thomas Column: Diana's death and missed opportunities

Sept. 9-- Molly Ivins Column: A member of Congress would tell a lie? Naw!

Sept. 8-- Needle Exchange: Reduces the spread of AIDS

Sept. 8-- Needle Exchange: It would encourage drug use

Sept. 8-- Guest Column: That horrible discipline of spanking

Sept. 8-- Still Human Beings: Windsor knot of human entanglements

Sept. 7-- ARN Editorial: United Way is best way to give something back

Sept. 7-- Glenn Dromgoole column: Knowing when it's time to move on

Sept. 7-- Steve Ray column: Bush has the cards going his direction

Sept. 7-- Bob Greene column: Never-travel-for-food rule

Sept. 7-- Dick Tarpley column: Bounty hunters on the loose

Sept. 7-- Molly Ivins column: Real problem not illegal contributions

Sept. 7-- George Will column: Intoxicated by synthetic significance

Sept. 6-- ARN Editorial: Mother Teresa gave all she had in self-sacrifice

Sept. 6-- ARN Salutes: Recognizing those who make a difference

Sept. 6-- The Legacy of a Princess: Public was touched by Diana's compassion

Sept. 6-- The Legacy of a Princess: Death of Diana won't extinguish her glow

Sept. 6-- The Legacy of a Princess: Di a model of strength for women

Sept. 6-- The Paparazzi: Legal means at hand for intruding paparazzi

Sept. 6-- The Paprazzi: Paparazzi's guilt made great story, true or not

Sept. 5-- ARN Editorial: Time for lights of Friday night to blaze forth

Sept. 5-- ARN Editorial: Get out the umbrellas

Sept. 5-- Ellen Goodman column: Through the window of a moving car

Sept. 5-- Dick Feagler column: Boo To The B-2: Congress campaigning to build more of the flawed bombers the Pentagon doesn't want

Sept. 4-- ARN Editorial: Congress back and ready not to do too much

Sept. 4-- ARN Editorial: Roll out the barrel

Sept. 4-- Donald Kaul column: Diana's death makes us all paparazzi

Sept. 4-- Cal Thomas column: Charles, Diana made tragic choices

Sept. 4-- John Lang column: Congress puts moratorium on own ethics

Sept. 3-- ARN Editorial: Blaming press oversimplifies Diana's loss

Sept. 3-- Linda Chavez Column: Response to Diana's death grotesque

Sept. 3-- Bob Greene Column: If soldiers could mind their manners

Sept. 2-- ARN editorial: 'Day of Caring' reveals impact of United Way

Sept. 2-- ARN editorial: Porcine perfumes

Sept. 2-- Joseph Spear Column: Time for serious worriers to take note

Sept. 2-- Another view: How far does accountability go in military?

Sept. 2-- William A. Rusher column: Can Republicans win Hispanic voters?

Sept. 1-- PRO: Creationism: A scientific basis for belief

Sept. 1-- CON: Creationism: Doesn't stand up as science

Sept. 1-- Guest Column: Beef industry no danger to public health

Sept. 1-- Roll Call:Spare your TV, but bind and gag it

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