Opinion
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- May 4, 2013
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CIA buys trouble in Afghanistan
In a time when the whetted and arbitrary deficit-reduction knife is cutting bone out of critical U.S. government programs, the image of shopping bags stuffed with CIA cash handed off on a monthly basis to Afghan President Hamid Karzai -- who reigns o
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Shribman: The limited power of presidents
You can hear the huffing from here. It began with the budget battle, reached a cruel crescendo with the gun vote and culminated in the question the president had to field at his press conference last week about whether he'd run out of "juice" to pass
- May 3, 2013
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Put some brakes on state lawmakers' zeal
The eagerness of legislators to "do something" about every conceivable ill that plagues humanity all too often results in legislation that does more harm than good. This "there ought to be a law" mentality nearly snuffed out an Andover company and it
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Disappointed that boatyard plan didn't float
To the editor: I wish to comment on a Daily News article published Thursday, April 25, which reported on the Merrimac selectmen's meeting of Monday, April 22. At that meeting a proposal to use the Wallace Boatyard as a staging platform for the recons
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Police chief, officer listened to traffic concerns
To the editor: In response to the letter I wrote last week concerning my Thompson Street neighborhood as the "raceway from hell." I have received a courteous visit from an Amesbury officer who was seeking more details and a courtesy letter from the p
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- This is what true evil looks like
- May 2, 2013
- Our view: Tread carefully on Syrian problem
- Praise for law enforcement officials, families
- Terrorists can't take away our freedom
- Questions welfare payments to bombing suspects
- Pettengill House says thanks to donors
- Beavers cause problem with culvert
- May 1, 2013
- Finding a compromise on the waterfront
- Ah, to be remembered
- Disagree with editorial's stance
- A good report for foreign language students
- April 30, 2013
- Walk for Hunger helps those who need it most
- Politics as usual
- Vigil promotes gun safety laws




