Hal Neff
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
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on August 15, 2012 at 10:53 am
The selection of Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan as Vice-president running mate for Mitt Romney will focus the campaign discussion on our national economy. And it is about time. We have…...
Friday, April 13, 2012
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on April 13, 2012 at 01:30 pm
At short public notice on April 12, Ms Heidi Heitkamp appeared at a Bismarck public forum to state her views on an economic plan proposed by Congressman Paul Ryan of…...
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
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on December 28, 2011 at 12:09 pm
Last month in the Dakota Beacon (Sept. 2011) I wrote an article entitled, “Liberalism, Religion of the Muddle Minded”. I find the subject fascinating and feel I must add to…...
Monday, October 31, 2011
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on October 31, 2011 at 11:20 am
Why do I do it? I sign onto the Bismarck Tribune on-line site to read and to comment on news articles, opinion letters, and Op Ed pieces. This has the…...
Monday, September 26, 2011
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on September 26, 2011 at 09:54 am
Desperate times call for desperate measures; and we see desperate measures coming out of Washington D.C. at alarming regularity. One of the latest from The Desperados in the White House…...
Thursday, August 11, 2011
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on August 11, 2011 at 09:13 am
The last decade and more I have spent with books on just about any subject, with emphasis on politics, governance, social systems, religions, economics, and other. CSPAN 1, 2 and…...
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
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on April 26, 2011 at 12:48 pm
O Say Does That Star Spangled Banner Yet Wave O’er The Land Of The Free And The Home Of The Brave? As of a few days ago, the question “land…...
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
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on February 9, 2011 at 03:01 pm
Chairman Dever and Committee MembersI write in regard SCR4015; a resolution urging the U.S. Congress and President to pursue peace in Iraq and Afghanistan and disengage..I write in opposition to…...
Thursday, January 20, 2011
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on January 20, 2011 at 12:45 pm
In the September/October issue of The Dakota Beacon I wrote a piece headed, “Electoral Rise of America’s Freedom Lovers” that examined the importance of the political party. The Party of…...
Saturday, January 01, 2011
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on January 1, 2011 at 02:37 pm
The wicked witch is dead! The wicked witch is dead! Remember the scene in the Wizard of Oz as the little Munchkins dance around the withered remains of the Wicked…...
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
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on November 17, 2010 at 06:15 am
How many times have you heard this? “I vote for the person, not he party”. A nice sounding statement--it sounds so open minded--so fair--so non- political. How could it offend…...
Thursday, October 07, 2010
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on October 7, 2010 at 08:37 am
To paraphrase an old saying: News is News is News. But most of us know that “News” is managed: it’s manipulated, dressed up, revealed in part, or delayed in reporting,…...
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
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on April 20, 2010 at 07:59 am
The piece that I wrote for the Dakota Beacon two days ago is now in computer file limbo. The United States House of Representatives passed HR3590 Health Care Reform last…...
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
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on March 24, 2010 at 11:42 am
President Obama said we are on the verge of making history. The history he refers to is the prospect of signing his name to the Health Care Reform Act and…...
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
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on February 16, 2010 at 09:41 am
You may find this article a bit disjointed, so let me explain. Much of what follows was written on Monday the day before the big election in Massachusetts. At that…...
Monday, December 28, 2009
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Beacon Author
on December 28, 2009 at 01:27 pm
Perhaps the greatest misfortune (tragedy) of the past weeks of this health care reform is the opportunity missed; the potential of what might have been or could have been. What…...
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