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Easter 2014: A celebration of hope

Over 2 billion people are celebrating Easter today, April 20, as the calendars of Western and Eastern churches coincide this year, and these billions of faithful people are celebrating HOPE. The Easter message begins with the hopeful news that death has been overcome by life, that hatred has been overcome …

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Save US jobs — level playing field between brick-and-mortar stores and online retailers

The old adage, if something’s too good to be true, it probably is, too often applies to bargain-basement prices for retail goods online. An often ignored loophole in existing sales tax law is giving online retailers an unfair advantage over traditional brick-and-mortar stores, forcing thousands of local stores across the …

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Beyond Sochi — Putin, Russia losing battle with radical Islam

The 2014 Winter Olympic Games are underway in Russia’s resort city of Sochi. In the days before the games began terror experts issued security threat warnings. To ensure safety, the Russian authorities set up a massive electronic surveillance system, a security zone 60 miles long and 25 miles deep—the so-called …

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