PAnews.com, Port Arthur, Texas--Commentary http://www.panews.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 09 May 2008 14:47:00 +0000 http://www.panews.com/commentary/cnhinscolumns_story_130145413.html Column: There’s something happenin’ here http://www.panews.com/commentary/cnhinscolumns_story_130145413.html In the name of fighting voter fraud (a phenomenon that is much talked about but seen about as often as Sasquatch), Indiana Republicans have fashioned the most arduous voter identification process in the 50 states. Fri, 09 May 2008 13:58:00 +0000 http://www.panews.com/commentary/cnhinscolumns_story_130113549.html Fictional mothers can teach us a lot http://www.panews.com/commentary/cnhinscolumns_story_130113549.html Whether a good mother or bad, there’s something from just about any fictional mother we can learn; one of the best forms of inspiration, after all, is to make a mistake. Fri, 09 May 2008 11:12:00 +0000 http://www.panews.com/commentary/cnhinscolumns_story_129183429.html Turnaround Ranch works to deal kids a better hand http://www.panews.com/commentary/cnhinscolumns_story_129183429.html Under the direction of Joplin's Ozark Center, Turnaround Ranch has been working to give kids who are victims of some sort of physical, sexual, emotional abuse or neglect a chance for a new start since 1981. Thu, 08 May 2008 13:49:00 +0000 http://www.panews.com/commentary/cnhinscolumns_story_129121625.html Column: Extreme sport of motherhood not for amateurs http://www.panews.com/commentary/cnhinscolumns_story_129121625.html This is a woman who can juggle soccer matches, parent conferences, dangerously high fevers, public cries of “Mommy, will you wipe me?” and still show up at work most days. She does not even break a sweat when she hears her 5-year-old daughter singing, "I like big butts and I cannot lie." Thu, 08 May 2008 13:42:00 +0000 http://www.panews.com/commentary/cnhinscolumns_story_129105305.html Column: Sects are all about sex http://www.panews.com/commentary/cnhinscolumns_story_129105305.html The raid on the Yearning for Zion ranch in Eldorado, Texas, that liberated 400 children from a life of abuse a few weeks ago was just the latest in a sorry history of messianic cults in the land of the free. Wed, 07 May 2008 13:35:00 +0000 http://www.panews.com/commentary/cnhinscolumns_story_123191532.html Too much beige; what does beige look like? http://www.panews.com/commentary/cnhinscolumns_story_123191532.html All I can figure out is having too much beige is a fashion no-no. Wed, 07 May 2008 11:46:00 +0000 http://www.panews.com/commentary/cnhinscolumns_story_127143050.html Dancing around the topic http://www.panews.com/commentary/cnhinscolumns_story_127143050.html humor column Wed, 07 May 2008 09:35:00 +0000 http://www.panews.com/commentary/cnhinscolumns_story_128092817.html Hoosiers inherited historic campaign's final exams, and learned something http://www.panews.com/commentary/cnhinscolumns_story_128092817.html Under a strange national spotlight, the run-up to the Indiana primary forced Hoosiers to consider what once seemed improbable, voting for a female or black presidential candidate. Wed, 07 May 2008 09:14:00 +0000 http://www.panews.com/commentary/cnhinscolumns_story_127184853.html It was one of those ‘berry’ good days http://www.panews.com/commentary/cnhinscolumns_story_127184853.html Farm work can be the best job a person could ever hope to have, but you have to love it, or it will drive you crazy. Tue, 06 May 2008 14:32:00 +0000 http://www.panews.com/commentary/cnhinscolumns_story_127142136.html Someone please check the political radar http://www.panews.com/commentary/cnhinscolumns_story_127142136.html Work isn’t the only thing that expands to fill the time allotted. So does nausea.Look, I wouldn’t be so cranky if Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama had actually addressed issues while they were hustling (yes, that is a double entendre) Hoosiers. Tue, 06 May 2008 13:42:00 +0000 http://www.panews.com/commentary/cnhinscolumns_story_127115917.html Just Past the City Limits: Pig roast http://www.panews.com/commentary/cnhinscolumns_story_127115917.html 9. The pig roast was okay—it was the hanging-from-the-tree-in-the-front-yard processing that seemed to upset folks. Tue, 06 May 2008 11:03:00 +0000 http://www.panews.com/commentary/cnhinscolumns_story_125122821.html Scouting principles needed now more than ever http://www.panews.com/commentary/cnhinscolumns_story_125122821.html " Scouting values have remained with me throughout my life, in my business career and now as I take on new challenges.” Mon, 05 May 2008 14:18:00 +0000 http://www.panews.com/commentary/cnhinscolumns_story_126090106.html Column: Start thinking the D-word http://www.panews.com/commentary/cnhinscolumns_story_126090106.html We’re not even officially in a recession, but my brother’s already thinking depression. Mon, 05 May 2008 14:11:00 +0000 http://www.panews.com/commentary/cnhinscolumns_story_126122851.html Column: It’s time to move beyond politics http://www.panews.com/commentary/cnhinscolumns_story_126122851.html The extraordinary changes — all for the worst — since George W. Bush was appointed president in 2000 have been breathtaking in their all-encompassing disdain for America. Mon, 05 May 2008 13:45:00 +0000 http://www.panews.com/commentary/cnhinseditorials_story_125122805.html Dean's dilemma http://www.panews.com/commentary/cnhinseditorials_story_125122805.html We think Howard Dean is barking up the wrong tree.