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McCaughey: Paying top dollar, getting bupkis

If you pay New York state taxes, you’re paying top dollar and getting bupkis. Nothing in the budget…

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Tyree: The bathroom of tomorrow

Bathroom floor tiles that weigh you, analyze your gait and evaluate your fall risk. Bathroom mirrors that initiate…

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Moore: Just plane fun

My wife and I are scheduled for an Alaskan cruise in the fall. By all accounts, it’s something…

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Think Safety First: Texas hunting accidents reach 59-Year low in 2023

Congratulations Texas hunters. In 2023 you made the sport about as safe as it can possibly be. According…

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Reagan: Republicans need to unite, not fight

I don’t blame the public for not wanting to put the Republican Party back in power in Washington.…

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Kerpen: Biden wrong to oppose Nippon Steel deal with U.S. Steel

The state visit by Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida isn’t just about tea and photo ops. It’s a…

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Polman: Trump’s punt on abortion

An adjudicated rapist, who was recently held liable by a jury for physically invading a woman’s bodily autonomy,…

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This Little Piggy: Wild pigs have become East Texas trapper’s business.

There is a definite love/hate relationship between Texans and wild pigs. Hunters love them because they offer a…

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Cooper: Our failing criminal justice system

As recently reported by the Marshall Project, conditions in America’s federal prisons are getting worse. Among the problems…

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Graves: Outpatient decluttering

Because I’m a professional practitioner of the pedagogical arts (known in some parts as fancy book learnin’), I’m…