Weatherford Democrat--Viewpoints http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:52:00 +0000 http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/local_story_309155633.html The double standard about journalists’ bias http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/local_story_309155633.html I made The New York Times last week. It even ran my picture. My mother would be proud. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:50:00 +0000 http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/local_story_309155145.html Veterans Day is for ordinary people accomplishing the extraordinary http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/local_story_309155145.html When then-Governor Ronald Reagan introduced returning POW John McCain at a speaking engagement in 1974, the future president asked, “Where do we find such men?” Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:12:00 +0000 http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/local_story_307211305.html Thriller was it, when it comes to Michael Jackson http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/local_story_307211305.html The documentary about Michael Jackson, “This Is It,” hit movie theaters this past weekend, raking in more than $100 million at the box office. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:10:00 +0000 http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/local_story_307211147.html Voters say ‘Who cares’ to Series http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/local_story_307211147.html Voters in this week’s www.weatherforddemocrat.com online poll are, by and large, not interested in the outcome of the World Series. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:06:00 +0000 http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/local_story_303150756.html Preventing Breast Cancer Through Health Care Reform http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/local_story_303150756.html One simple test could end up saving thousands of women’s lives. Yet, for those without health insurance, the test comes too late. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:02:00 +0000 http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/local_story_303150515.html The fun of getting older http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/local_story_303150515.html It’s not funny when it happens to you. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:01:00 +0000 http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/local_story_303150225.html It’s that time of year again http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/local_story_303150225.html Last night, at exactly 2 o’clock in the morning, we again reverted back to Central Standard Time. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:42:00 +0000 http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/local_story_302164357.html Self-governance works http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/local_story_302164357.html Much of what government does is based on the premise that people can’t do things for themselves. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:39:00 +0000 http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/local_story_302164215.html Why we should be missing President Nixon http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/local_story_302164215.html One of the late Senator Ted Kennedy’s greatest laments was that he didn’t take then-President Richard M. Nixon’s offer of working on a bipartisan plan to realign the healthcare system to fit the nation’s needs in 1971. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:37:00 +0000 http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/local_story_300153948.html Focus health care reform on patients, not government http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/local_story_300153948.html In August, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released a report by internationally renowned economist Dr. Arthur Laffer which concluded that health care reforms based on President Barack Obama’s agenda would lead to much higher health-care inflation and slower economic growth; cost every Texas resident an additional $4,265; and still leave roughly 30 million Americans uninsured. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:36:00 +0000 http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/local_story_300153706.html Fuel prices, not real estate, led to meltdown http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/local_story_300153706.html Bad loan practices and shoddy mortgages may have contributed to the severity of the current economic crisis, but it was the 2008 run-up in fuel prices that triggered this meltdown. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:34:00 +0000 http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/local_story_300153540.html Balloon Boy parents should pay http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/local_story_300153540.html More than 90 percent of respondents in this week’s www.weatherforddemocrat.com online poll think the balloon boy and his parents should be held responsible for what is looking more and more like a publicity-seeking hoax by the Colorado family. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:41:00 +0000 http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/local_story_296154209.html Weddings stalled for basic needs http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/local_story_296154209.html Care to guess what the average American wedding costs? Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:39:00 +0000 http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/local_story_296154044.html Squeaky wheels in need of grease http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/local_story_296154044.html It seems for the better part of a year, our self-anointed Messiah in Washington, D.C., has been looking high and low for projects in which to throw away money we don’t have. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:55:00 +0000 http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/local_story_295155816.html A Nobel Prize for showing that freedom works http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/opinion/local_story_295155816.html Pundits and politicians act as if government can solve almost any problem.