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Brand: Following report recommendations a must
Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson were appointed co-chairs of a committee to examine the national debt and to make recommendations for solving that massive problem. The committee has made its report....
Feb 04, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations
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Brand: The times are still changing
In the recent biography of Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, we are told that Steve Jobs was a Bob Dylan fanatic. The song that Steve listened to frequently was the song “The Times They are a Changing...
Jan 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations
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Morgan: Ideas for improving Henderson, Vance
In a recent Daily Dispatch article Councilwoman Brenda Peace-Jenkins requested community input for strategies that would assist the city council in setting attainable goals for the physical and eco...
Jan 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations
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Hood: Worse than a Ponzi scheme?
Is Social Security a Ponzi scheme? Well, its fundamental structure does look an awful lot like the kind of pyramid fraud that Charles Ponzi made famous in the 1930s. When the Roosevelt administrat...
Jan 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations
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Shah: No peace on earth for men of ill will
Another Christmas has come but all is not calm and all doesn’t seem bright. Despite media declarations and presidential proclamations, it is obvious that the conflict in Iraq is far from over. Ma...
Dec 29, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations
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Keeping Christ in Christmas
EDITOR’S NOTE: This editorial is reprinted from the Dec. 24, 1959, edition of The Henderson Daily Dispatch. The editorial is written by Mr. Henry A. Dennis, who served as editor of The Dispatch fr...
Dec 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations
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Brand: The terrible twos
We had a wonderful time during Thanksgiving visiting with our children and sharing some time with our grandson. Our grandson is at that delightful age of 2. Most of the time he was a pleasant and ...
Dec 09, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations
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Brand: The free market
In the lively debate concerning the economic direction of the our country, there has been an awful lot of talk about the value of the “free market” system. I have heard over and over about the won...
Nov 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations
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Boyd: Animal rescue group needs your help
Each and every day, right here in Vance County, there are countless cases of domestic animal abuse, abandonment, and animal suffrage from sickness or disease. It is a sad situation that seems to be...
Nov 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations
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Eaves: The battle never dies
Editor’s note: This column by former Dispatch employee Gina Eaves was originally published in 2010. Months ago, I received a phone call from a local veteran who suggested a column featuring our...
Nov 11, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations
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