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Don’t you just love the First Amendment! - (opens the original)
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“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” — The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution The rights enshrined in the First Amendment are fundamental cornerstones for this country. So every now and then it’s worth re-examining its essential message to make sure those
A snapshot as 9/11 unfolded before us - (opens the original)
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Our newsroom began talking a couple of months ago about pulling together a few stories to mark the 25th year since the 9/11 terrorist attacks that so profoundly changed this country. The memories are discomforting, but that’s often the case with calamitous events that shape history. This edition contains some personal accounts from people who were at what became known as Ground Zero soon after the terrorists flew planes into and toppled the Twin Towers. They are emotional remembrances of a singu
This journey had some eye-opening insights - (opens the original)
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The young woman and her companion had rolled into the same trailside establishment as us and slid wearily off their bikes, but no one had told us anything about pretzels. We are on the Great Allegheny Passage and headed toward the C&O Canal Towpath, the 330-mile bike route that connects Pittsburgh to Washington, D.C. It was our second day of riding, and the three middle-aged men sitting in old-fashioned gliders beneath a shaded and ancient looking gabled carport operated an informal trailside tr
Standing up for the First Amendment - (opens the original)
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If you want to know what Senate candidate Michael Whatley talked about when he visited an event sponsored by the Haywood County GOP on Saturday, July 18, at the Waynesville Recreation Center, you won’t be able to read about it in The Smoky Mountain News. Did the Senate candidate trying to keep Thom Tillis’ seat, and who will most assuredly toe the Donald Trump line much more reliably than the independent-minded Tillis, deliver any remarks that might help him in the Nov. 3 election against former
Shenanigans galore from local elected leaders - (opens the original)
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Sometimes local leaders forget that they work for taxpayers, that they are in office thanks to the votes of their neighbors. A couple of incidents our reporters are covering right now are proof that political agendas too often override common sense. In Jackson County the costs and unforeseen problems associated with the decision to leave the Fontana Regional Library system continue to mount. Over in Swain County, bureaucrats are taking it upon themselves to alter the public record, an act that i
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