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<title><![CDATA[The four horsemen of the auto apocolypse]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2009/jan/09/four-horsemen-auto-apocolypse/news-opinion/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Tax policy, trade policy, health care benefits and energy responsible for Big 3 problems.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A bold agenda doesn't have to mean big government]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2009/jan/08/bold-agenda-doesnt-have-mean-big-government/news-opinion/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[The 111th Congress has convened in Washington. As new and returning members of Congress are sworn into office, America faces a pressing set of challenges. Our economy is limping along, shedding jobs each month. Home prices are declining at record rates. The federal government is stuck in a mantra of bailout mania.  ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Financial crisis tied to lack of customer focus]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2009/jan/07/financial-crisis-tied-lack-customer-focus/news-opinion/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Business has forgotten how to delight their patrons.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Understanding why Hoover failed and why we might, too]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2009/jan/06/understanding-why-hoover-failed-and-why-we-might-t/news-opinion/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA["But as it happened, the banks took the taxpayer money and just sat on it."]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Truman and Bush similar, but still different]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2009/jan/05/truman-and-bush-similar-still-different/news-opinion/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[There's a lot to compare between Presidents Harry Truman and George W. Bush. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Job recruiting, creation a sequential process]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2009/jan/04/job-recruiting-creation-sequential-process/news-opinion/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Catawba County EDC looks at progress in 2009.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Schools must grapple with less state money]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2009/jan/04/schools-must-grapple-less-state-money/news-opinion/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[The new year brings the promise of reduced funding from the state.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Conflict in Gaza]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2009/jan/03/conflict-gaza/news-opinion/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Letters show disparity of opinion on Mideast crisis.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Environment takes backseat to jobs, riches in new novel]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2009/jan/02/environment-takes-backseat-jobs-riches-new-novel/news-opinion/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA["Be careful when you talk about saving the forests," a wise mountain politician told me when I was campaigning in his home county.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[United Nations should intervene in Gaza conflict]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2008/dec/31/united-nations-should-intervene-gaza-conflict/news-opinion/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Peacekeepers should be on Gaza's borders to prevent ceasefire violations by both sides.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New rules for billionaire bailout winners]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2008/dec/29/new-rules-billionaire-bailout-winners/news-opinion/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Many banks that received multi-billions have shown little respect for the hand that feeds them.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[If comics, Star Trek make a geek, I am one]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2008/dec/27/if-comics-star-trek-make-geek-i-am-one/news-opinion/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Some say Barack Obama will be our first geek president. I'm right there with him.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[What is hope worth to you?]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2008/dec/23/what-hope-worth-you/news-opinion/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[In late September, according to a story floating around this Christmas season, an ardent Democrat was on his knees in prayer.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 23 Dec 2008 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Christmases of long ago stir memories]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2008/dec/22/christmases-long-ago-stir-memories/news-opinion/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[In a recession or depression, Christmas is about Christmas past.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Layoffs at the North Pole? Say it isn't so]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2008/dec/21/layoffs-north-pole-say-it-isnt-so/news-opinion/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Hey, did you hear? Santa Claus is laying off Rudolph after the big night. ]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 21 Dec 2008 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Reconsider elements of economic debate]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2008/dec/21/reconsider-elements-economic-debate/news-opinion/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[It's time to reframe the parameters of our nation's fiscal debate.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Santa Claus does not allow us to be selfish]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2008/dec/20/santa-claus-does-not-allow-us-be-selfish/news-opinion/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[We come together with no though of religious differences to serve others in the spirit of Santa Claus.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Don't bank on consumers making rational decisions]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2008/dec/17/dont-bank-consumers-making-rational-decisions/news-opinion/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Last week the New York Times released its list of "100 notable" books of 2008.  

Two North Carolina books made the list.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Orwell warned of the powers of Big Brother]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2008/dec/15/orwell-warned-powers-big-brother/news-opinion/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Were George Orwell alive today, he might smile because of events following national elections.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Who made them king? Entitlement at the root of political scandal]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2008/dec/14/who-made-them-king-entitlement-root-political-scan/news-opinion/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[A reporter in Chicago asked President-elect Barack Obama, "What's wrong with politics in Illinois?"]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 14 Dec 2008 06:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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