Stories from Wednesday, October 10, 2012

By REG HENRY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette It is time to concede a major point in the political arguments of our time: When conservatives warn about a culture of dependency, they make a good point. People who live off entitlements often become lazy, nonproductive and out of touch. It's a fact. I have seen it myself...

By PATRICK J. BUCHANAN Mitt Romney on Wednesday night turned in the finest debate performance of any candidate of either party in the 52 years since Richard Nixon faced John F. Kennedy, with the possible exception of Ronald Reagan's demolition of Jimmy Carter in 1980...

By OLIVER NORTH HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan -- When our Fox News team left for Afghanistan last week, there was a palpable sense of imminent calamity in the air. Gloom and doom news from here is now a staple in our so-called mainstream media. Reports of "green-on-blue," or insider, attacks by our Afghan allies against American and NATO troops are depicted as a sure sign of mission failure and portend of worse to come. ...

Darby Pruett just missed a go-ahead home run in her first at-bat Monday. Given a second chance, the Naylor junior connected. Pruett's three-run home run in the third inning lifted the Eagles to their fourth straight MSHSAA Class 1 District 1 title, beating Oran 3-1 at Rains Field...

The Poplar Bluff Mules simply spent too much time Monday afternoon peppering shots on net against Saxony Lutheran to lose. In double overtime, the combination of Omar Gomez and Tim Davis weren't going to let that happen. Just 2 minutes into the second extra period, Davis lofted a pass to the far post where Gomez put his forehead on it and beat the goalkeeper for a 3-2 Mules victory at Whiteley Park...