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Politics
Convention Fever
Tuesday, 12 August 2008 9:10 P GMT-07
I got me some good ol convention fever these days. Between volunteering and the activities going on, it's a wonder that I will be able to teach during the first week of classes. Volunteer ActivitiesThe email comes with the subject line: Denver Ho
Mayhem at the County Convention
Saturday, 8 March 2008 4:03 P GMT-07
My morning begins extra early for me with the alarm ringing at 5:50 a.m. Usually only the promise of a vacation can make me rise so early, but today it was a sense of civic duty. At the caucus last month, I had been selected as an alternate. Up unti
Today's political rhetoric
Monday, 9 October 2006 3:39 P GMT-07
Musings on the latest in North Korea
Political Message--I Can't Help Myself
Sunday, 9 October 2005 8:24 P GMT-07
Doonesbury's political message
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Maureen Dowd says it all
Saturday, 3 September 2005 7:44 A GMT-07
Maureen Dowd's response to New Orleans
New Orleans and foreign press
Thursday, 1 September 2005 8:33 P GMT-07
Different ways other countries are covering New Orleans
Senate battles
Wednesday, 27 April 2005 11:59 P GMT-07
OK, so the ridiculousness over the confirmation filibuster nonsense is beginning to look like a bunch of bratty boys who did not get their way, so they are acting like a bunch of swaggering whiners. Listened to an interesting analysis on NPR about th
The Homosexuality Flatulence Connection
Thursday, 17 February 2005 5:10 P GMT-07
So it comes down to farting. This is clearly the bizarre story of the day: "Outrage at Tom's Gay Questions." Crabbs Cross Tom Wareing, a Tory county politician, is on a homophobic verbal rampage. He seems to be concerned that children are b
AIDS in the news
Monday, 14 February 2005 8:40 P GMT-07
Scary news on the AIDS front. Recent reports discuss a new drug-resistant strain of HIV in a New York City man in his 40s. This new strain has resisted the typical AIDS drugs and the man went from HIV to full-blown AIDS in a matter of months (rather
O Canada strong and free
Friday, 10 December 2004 11:59 P GMT-07
Thursday's Supreme Court support of same sex marriage is yet another reason to celebrate our neighbor. Roman Catholic Prime Minister Paul Martin's opinion sums it up: "I do not believe you can have two classes of citizens." It seems like s
