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AS a presidential candidate, Barack Obama decried the use of military tribunals to decide the fate of those detained at Guantanamo Bay. On the campaign trail then-Sen. Obama questioned the constitutionality of the process and said that if he was elected, he would use civilian courts to try those who are charged with waging war with the United States. This week, President Obama quietly announced that the military trials of terrorists will resume at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. This is good news for Americans because this means American cities that might host such trials will not face the possibility of terrorist acts aimed at disrupting the trials. Many people credit Mark Twain as saying, When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years. Perhaps that is how, after two years, President Obama views President Bush. Apologies for all the abuse are in order.
* n n THE Legislature set up BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. in 2005 as a bridge to privatizating the state-run workers comp agency. Six years later, the system is working. BrickStreet is competing with other insurance companies for business. Such competition is healthy. But there is one outfit that BrickStreet does not want to serve state government, particularly the state Senate. Greg Burton, chief executive of BrickStreet, told state senators that his company lost $30 million over the last three years on claims by the state agencies and volunteer fire departments it covers. For every dollar in premiums that the company took in from the state, it paid out $1.36. In 2010, the state Senate was the worst offender. For every dollar in premiums the Senate paid, Brick Street paid out $147. What the heck?See the full content of this document
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* n n SPEAKING to the City Club of Martinsburg, Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said voters to...
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