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Dividends From the Summer of Discontent

Dividends From the Summer of Discontent

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No Reason for the Season

I was talkin’ with my youngest (22 yrs) daughter the other day and, in her usual direct way, she forced me to confront some guilt that I had been wrestling with lately.

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Be Careful What You Wish For...

With real and sincere respect for the struggle Martin Luther King, Jr. championed and with deep and abiding regret over the fact that his life was cut short by far lesser men (or man - in this instance the point is moot)... Anyway... with those ideas firmly in mind...

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A Trailertrashy Solution to Healthcare Reform

The Administration of President Obama has been working to pass a healthcare reform bill since the spring of this year. The loyal opposition has done a remarkably… remarkable… job of oppositioning.

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A Christian Nation

As a veteran and as the proud parent of a soldier, I have watched with dismay and horror as news of the torture of terrorists and prisoners in the custody of my country has come creeping out of the White House and CIA headquarters.

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Mafia Wars and Healthcare Reform – the Sinister Connection

Facebook is OK. This social networking thing has certain advantages. You get to join for free, you only have to supply the information you want to and can control how much of that information is seen by outsiders.

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What About That Fourth Estate?

I was looking right at MSNBC's homepage when the screen flickered and updated itself... and I found out Walter Cronkite had died.

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The Sound of Crickets

News out of Iran is that in the Holy City of Qom, the Association of Researchers and Teachers of Qom (cool how it sounds kinda pornographic, huh?) – a group established by that founding father of state-sponsored terrorism, Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeni – has issued a  …

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46-years old, father of two smart & beautiful daughters, grandfather to two smart & beautiful grandsons. Disabled vet.

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