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11.17.2009 6:22 pm

Greed factor blatantly exposed

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

After David Farr’s shameful statement about no further hiring in the United States, Bill McClellan hit the nail on the head Sunday when he questioned if Emerson might also be able to find people in India or China to be…

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11.17.2009 6:06 pm

A CEO’s job is about more than cash flow

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
I was shocked by the comments of Emerson CEO David Farr as reported in the Post on 11/13.  Mr. Farr indicates he wants to move–perhaps he should move to about a hundred years ago.  Then it was OK to pillage…
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07.28.2009 5:04 pm

Nothing will change unless we say no

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

An NPR news snippet announced that the group London Citizens, which campaigns against profiteering by usurious lenders, has reached across the pond to link up with groups in America.  I wish that more consumer and citizen groups would make such international…

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07.28.2009 5:03 pm

America is back? Sorry, Hillary. America never went away

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

 In a recent interview of Sec. Of State Clinton, she stated that her job was to let the world know “the United States is back.” The “United States is back?” Where did we go? It seems that the current administration’s…

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05.13.2009 5:59 pm

Secession just isn’t patriotic

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Letter writer Carl Wicklander cites several reasons why he believes that Texas (and any other state) has the right to secede from the United States. He cites movements in 1814 by parties in New England and remarks by Jefferson and…

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01.28.2009 5:18 pm

Where is the serious dialogue on the serious issues facing this nation?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

There is no meaningful dialog going on concerning the stimulus package. However, I am going to pretend that there is a dialog and that I can make a contribution. I have three thoughts to present for consideration.
First, creating jobs is…

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01.28.2009 5:14 pm

Let’s lead the way in protecting human rights

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Tina Busch-Nema (“Global citizens,” Jan. 21 letter to the editor) offered insight that President Obama asking us to roll up our sleeves and dedicate ourselves to service is perhaps a good first step, but will do nothing if we do…

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01.14.2009 5:29 pm

Could stamp collectors help break the Cuba embargo?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Early last year I was serving as President of a small organization of stamp collectors, The Christopher Columbus Philatelic Society. We are a small group interested in stamps and history related to Columbus. Our group has visited a number of…

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01.12.2009 2:50 pm

Is the American Dream out of reach?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The United States use to be the land of opportunity, where white picket fences abound and children ran through the streets with puppies under clear blue skies. Over the past couple of decades our country had moved so drastically away…

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12.30.2008 5:41 pm

For the Palestinian children, if for nothing else

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Having read Donn Rubin’s letter to the editor about the recent events in Israel I feel compelled to comment.

I could have written the letter that Donn Rubin wrote in Tuesday’s Post-Dispatch about the actions that the Government of Israel was…

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