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Ideological hypocrites

Columns Comments Updated: Feb 21, 2012 10:30pm

E.J. Dionne | Washington Post

WASHINGTON — When we talk about hypocrisy in politics, we usually highlight personal behavior. The multiple-married politician who proclaims "family values"...

What to do about Syria

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Letters 2-22

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The many faces of marriage

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Say bill seeks to darken Sunshine Law

Columns Comments Updated: Feb 20, 2012 3:40pm

Reed Flickinger | West Hawaii Today

It's less than a full sentence, but it changes the future and nature of Hawaii politics: "provided that 'board' shall not include the legislative...

GOP extremists turn their attention to transportation bills

Editorial Comments Updated: Feb 20, 2012 3:40pm

St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Editorial

Both parties and both houses of Congress appear to have worked through their differences and are poised to extend a payroll tax cut and unemployment...

Letters 2-21

Letters Comments Updated: Feb 20, 2012 3:40pm

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Owners do not pay enough to cover expense

In the Feb. 14 edition of WHT, there were a couple of letters from concerned readers regarding the insufficient...

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BOWH 2011 Results
Polls
State House Bill 2260 proposes taxing every paper or plastic bag consumers obtain from stores or restaurants and dedicating 60 to 70 percent of the collected tax to conservation uses. This is:
Good in principle, but only if it goes where it's intended and the fund is not raided for other uses.
27%
Great. A way for consumers to protect and restore the environment.
7%
Bad news. Another tax on consumers with no guarantee the money won't be raided, like the highway fund, the hurricane fund...
66%
Total votes: 135