Vote Hillary
Editorials Commentary from the Journal-Spectator
      We recommend that Wharton County Democrats vote for U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic presidential primary. Unfortunately, we make this recommendation on the weakness of U.S. Senator Barack Obama's message, or lack thereof, rather than on the strength of Clinton's candidacy.
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Neurosurgeon overcame seemingly impossible odds
A heritage and a hope
Peter Johnston
      By 1990 this African-American had become a professor and director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins medical institutions in Baltimore as well as an author of two books. But his start would not have led one to anticipate such success.
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      'Grease' makes for 'very enjoyable' evening Letter to the Editor: My daughter has been going to play practice for the past seven to eight weeks. This weekend was the opening of the "Big Production.
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Best stocks 'spiritual'
Pokin' Fun
'Doc' Blakely
      Remember the old commercial, "My broker is E.F. Hutton and he says…" then everybody, and their conversations, freeze. What they were listening for was a great tip on buying and/or selling on the stock market. We had the greenhouse effect, the in-house effect, now we're in the outhouse phas...
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