Letters to the Editor

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NEWS 4/23/09 4:57pm

Applying King Solomon's wisdom to taxation

By The Pendulum

If a contingent of Americans reacted to President Obama's tax plans with tea parties and protests, will the recently announced, significantly more draconian tax measures proposed by Alistair Darling, Britain''s Chancellor of the Exchequer (aka "Head economic honcho") result in a English alternative, perhaps sailing over to the New World and trying to tax our paper products?

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NEWS 4/22/09 3:02am

Somalia caught in the riptide

By The Pendulum

Columnist Neel Arora put together a piece this week about the ongoing glut of piracy off of the coast of Somalia, and argued that the pirates are brutal criminals free of honor, who must be dealt with quickly using coordinated military measures.

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NEWS 4/21/09 5:51pm

Remember last night?

By pendulumopinions

Phoenix 14 got what they wanted in regard to the previous post (which you'll notice has disappeared), so the issue is a moot point.

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NEWS 4/20/09 3:39am

Pay it backward

By pendulumopinions

When anyone, rich or poor, pays for something, they expect their money's worth. Plop down $5 for a sandwich, and the presumption is that that sandwich will be better than a sandwich that costs $1.

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NEWS 4/18/09 1:11am

Everything you need to know until tomorrow...

By The Pendulum

I'm actually not sure why I'm blogging right now, the weather's brilliant, obligations have freed up a bit and that sensation of stepping into the vast unknown of an unstructured summer break is keeping me on my toes.

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NEWS 4/17/09 1:10am

Sticking it to the man

By pendulumopinions

We beat 'em! Time Warner Cable has eliminated its tiered pricing structure for Internet in its three accounced markets, one of which was Greensboro, a pricing structure that The Pendulum, along with several other media outlets, spoke out against rather strongly.

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NEWS 4/15/09 8:48pm

Google gets Carson, advertising wrong

By pendulumopinions

"Johnny Carson smoked, and for 30 years he was never pictured smoking a cigarette," Google C.E.O Eric Schmidt said in an interview with Maureen Dowd, featured in today's New York Times. "Today that would be nearly impossible." This quote, aside from hinting at Carson's possession of huge quantities of invisible cigarettes, pertains to the ubiquity of personal information on the Internet, and Google's assertion that they don't have to give newspapers money in exchange for their reporting, that instead the news industry should alter its advertising model so that ads are personal and precise. So what does this Carson quote seem to imply for the rest of us?

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NEWS 4/15/09 3:57pm

Head away from the hills!

By pendulumopinions

The Department of Homeland Security declassified a document sent out to law enforcement agencies across the country detailing the supposedly rising threat to national security posed by right-wing extremist groups.

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NEWS 4/14/09 5:33pm

The truth, ambiguous and unseemly, emerges from Columbine 10 years later

By pendulumopinions

Things aren't always what they appear to be. I'm not sure if there's a more cliche phrase than that, but like every cliche, behind the tawdry, tiring trapping and accoutrement there's truth.

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NEWS 4/13/09 10:16pm

Once more, with feeling!

By pendulumopinions

It's amazing what illness and Easter will do to a blog. Yes, there weren't any posts this weekend, but on the other hand, nothing too incredibly significant occurred.

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NEWS 4/9/09 2:55am

An apology

By pendulumopinions

Hey everyone, let me extend apologies for the mishap in the print edition of the opinions section today.

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NEWS 4/8/09 9:01pm

News briefs - April 8, 2009

By The Pendulum

Put down those preemptive Peeps, it's not Easter break yet. Here's a quick rundown of everything that you'll need to know until tomorrow... Somali pirates boarded the U.S.

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NEWS 4/8/09 7:59pm

The Death of Corporate America?

By The Pendulum

Here's one: Imagine a world without WalMart. Where you walk onto the main street in town and buy coffee not at Starbuck's but from your friend, who knows exactly what you want and has it ready by the time you get to the counter.

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NEWS 4/7/09 10:00pm

Cooperstown

By pendulumopinions

Going into Anderson Cooper's speech, I was a bit hesitant to let my expectations run wild. He is, after all, a highly public figure whose reputation always precedes him, but he's also a television broadcaster who came in on a private jet.

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NEWS 4/7/09 2:13pm

4.8 Pendulum Preview!

By pendulumopinions

Leading up to what's sure to be a riveting tiny break before the final leg of the school year jumps upon us, this week's Opinions section is once more chock-full of info to help those little gray cells, as Hercule Poirot would put it.

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NEWS 4/7/09 1:57pm

GM found its miracle cure!

By pendulumopinions

It makes perfect sense now that I think about it...if GM is failing at making cars that people want to use, then of course it should venture into the highly goofy market of personal transportation vehicles and team up with Segway.

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NEWS 4/5/09 11:50pm

Boehner Taking Advantage of FOX's Rejection Of Fact-Based Journalism.

By The Pendulum

Fox News has lost its credibility when it has the House Republican Minority Leader John Boehner write a story on its blog starting with the phrase, "With Democrats now firmly in charge of Congress and the White House, Washington is increasingly out of control." Who even wants to read it with an open mind now, besides the far right? Let us address the issue that Republicans have in which, as Boehner puts it, "government is crossing lines [Americans] never thought they'd see their government cross." In the wake of an administration that nearly destroyed the reputation of the Republican party, it's pretty ballsy to say that. The only thing that can be referred to in this statement is the amount of money spent in the bills passed since January 20.

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NEWS 4/5/09 10:46pm

Props to Mr. Jonze.

By The Pendulum

Taking on childhood storybook gold, Spike Jonze is getting to do what every modern director wants to.

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NEWS 4/5/09 7:46pm

In case you wanted something that wasn't fast nor furious...

By pendulumopinions

As the second movie review for the blog, Adventureland seems like a perfect choice. It's not as by-the-numbers and predictably hilarious as "I Love You, Man," or as mind-numbingly moderately-amusing as "Monsters vs.

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NEWS 4/5/09 7:21pm

From North Korea with love

By The Pendulum

Well, North Korea went through with its threats and launched their long-range rocket, failing to reach U.S.

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