Julius Peppers started packing his bags long ago

Chris McClain of local WFNZ's "The Mac Attack" interviewed the quiet man, Julius Peppers, on Monday, and the network ran the interview Tuesday morning. Several of us have tried to get Peppers to talk. Mac did.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/

Vaccination vindication

The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Sunday, Feb. 7:

http://www.latimes.com/

Job hunters and the unemployment call centers alike are frustrated

Like many unemployed job hunters, Taylor Whitman wrestles with financial panic.

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The winter of America's discontent

It has been more than four decades since the Congress of the United States has been able to summon the will to pass a major piece of social legislation. Not since 1965, when Medicare and the Voting Rights Act both overcame decades of opposition to become law, has Congress proved itself up to the task.

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Americans' distrust of government has deep roots

Let me get straight to the point: Americans' profound distrust of government is neurotic - irrational, defensive and born of emotional trauma.

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Back and forth with Beijing

The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Sunday, Feb. 7:

http://www.latimes.com/

New horizons in space exploration

The following editorial appeared in the Kansas City Star on Monday, Feb. 8:

http://www.kcstar.com

Mexico's rock-bottom moment

The following editorial appeared in the Dallas Morning News on Saturday, Feb. 6:

http://www.dallasnews.com

Deficit duet

The following editorial appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Monday, Feb. 8:

http://www.philly.com/

Stop the stalling, help small businesses

The following editorial appeared in the Miami Herald on Monday, Feb. 8:

http://www.herald.com

Talking couples down the aisle

The husband and I have been invited to be mentors for newly engaged couples. This would involve getting together with couples and talking about marriage and communication. We think it would be a fine thing to do because we find that talking about marriage is always so much easier than actually doing marriage.

Venezuela heads toward disaster

The following editorial appeared in the Miami Herald on Monday, Feb. 8:

http://www.herald.com

Backing down on climate change

The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Saturday, Feb. 6:

http://www.latimes.com/

Spurs sputter while stuck in the muck

They don't make marquee matchups in the Western Conference the way they used to.

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Even Kansas' Self doesn't know what's wrong with Texas

In the spirit of never say anything bad about an opponent, Kansas coach Bill Self a few hours before Monday night's 80-68 victory over Texas did his best to alibi the Longhorns' recent fainting spell.

http://www.star-telegram.com

Kansas has that 2008 feeling

Texas is too talented to get destroyed on its home floor, and Kansas is too good to lose a big lead anywhere.

http://www.kansascity.com

Hype over Super Bowl, college football signing day was way over the top

Everybody take a deep breath. The sports hysteria of recent days is over. In our rearview mirror, thankfully, are the Super Bowl and high school football signing day.

http://www.latimes.com/

Confessions of a Saints fan in Philadelphia

During the lead-up to Super Bowl XLIV, sports writers and columnists from around the world offered their thoughts as to what it meant for the New Orleans Saints, the NFL's poster boys for ineptitude since the franchise's birth in 1967 - and literal orphans of the storm during the Hurricane Katrina-ravaged 2005 season - to defy their sorry history and finally make it to the Big Game.

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Then there were three: Brees elevates himself into the NFL's holy QB trinity

Drew Brees has overcome much in his career, but Sunday night, for a change, the Saints' quarterback was bound by the limits of his genes.

http://www.SunSentinel.com

Saints mix karma with strategy with celebration

Imagine being midway through a terrible 2005 season, Hurricane Katrina's wrath is still fresh and the New Orleans Saints are discussing which high-profile free agents might save them in the offseason:

http://www.contracostatimes.com

There was only one Tom Brookshier

Tom Brookshier was born during one of the worst blizzards in the history of Roswell, N.M., and Monday, with the sidewalks just cleared from one of the worst in Philadelphia-area history, Brookshier was eulogized and remembered at the Ardmore Presbyterian Church before a throng of family, friends, teammates and coworkers.

http://www.philly.com/