Thursday, December 11, 2008 — With Christmas just two weeks away and 2009 just three, we’re closing out a year unlike any other for most of us.
With 559,000 Americans losing their jobs in November alone, this holiday season will be a test of courage and will power for those finding themselves dealing with the tragic loss of a job.
While most of us complain about our jobs at one time or another, the trauma of dealing without one ranks near the top of life’s most difficult circumstances.
Where the money will come from is an obvious dilemma that can overwhelm, and coupled with the separation anxiety and loss of personal fulfillment with no workplace to call home, life can spiral deep into the empty.
As we celebrate this blessed Christmas season, may we remember these days its message of brotherhood and reach out to those in need.
And when 2009 rings in in just 21 days, may we also reach out for those struggling in the new year.
Many economists are predicting an upturn in the economy by 2009’s third quarter. Hopefully, their predictions are on target and we move ahead to a better America, one that has learned from its excesses.
Editorials
December 12, 2008
Help out your fellow man
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- Welcome 2009 and with it we welcome change Welcome 2009, the job-at-hand is indeed a complex, challenging one. May you be a beacon of light to a better day.
- Right decisions are the key for the new year Christmas with all its celebration is now behind us and 2009 with all its possibilities is just hours away ... and what a year we expect 2009 to be.
- Looking back at two of our own As the topsy-turvy year of 2008 winds down, today we begin our year’s end review, beginning with the second five of our top 10 stories of the year.
- The First Christmas We hope for everyone, today, a peaceful holiday. In this rush time for family get-togethers and holiday celebrations, it is our hope that you will take a few minutes out to read as a group of relatives, family, friends, or co-workers, the following story.
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It's risky business
RALEIGH — State legislators may well have had good reason when, a decade ago, they expanded the coastal territory of a state-backed homeowner insurance plan known as the Beach Plan.
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What will you spend this year?
It is December, and although we are “officially in a recession” you wouldn’t believe it if you have been by the shopping malls.
- Help out your fellow man With Christmas just two weeks away and 2009 just three, we’re closing out a year unlike any other for most of us.
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Another round on lobbying
I was reminded recently that taxpayer-funded lobbying can be a little complicated after writing about the practice as it occurred in little Chowan County in northeastern North Carolina.
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Popa lived the American dream
Once again, Thanksgiving is upon us and we pause to reflect on our bounty and our good fortune to be Americans.
- Be thankful for what you have and remember those without As we gather around the dinner table this Thanksgiving, there is much concern for our well being in the days and months ahead as we deal with the economic woes that leave none of us unaffected.
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