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REGRESSIVE TAXES & REGRESSIVE SOCIAL PROGRAM CUTS are those which affect mainly those at bottom of Tax Structure and virtually give HAVE-MORES A BYE! Governor Paterson, why are you acting like a Republican! Robin Hood robbed the Rich, not the Poor!
Published: 11-26-09 10:55 PM

Although GENERIC Drug Prices have dropped, BRAND-NAME DRUG PRICES ARE SKYROCKETING! Disaster Capitalists are circumventing that deeply flawed HR3962! But Tabacco has THE SOLUTION! And it's SIMPLE!
Published: 11-20-09 08:18 PM

My housewarming: I made Baba Au Rhum, served on a heavy glass cake dish with heavy glass top. I removed the top quickly. Each guest got a whiff at the same moment. Serious swooning occurred. I turned away..when I looked again, Baba was long gone!
Published: 11-21-09 11:49 AM

Adrastos on Thanksgiving 2009.
Published: 11-26-09 10:01 PM

It's turkey lurkey time whatever the hell that means.
Published: 11-26-09 07:59 PM

Happy Thanksgiving. Eat heartily and well: it's what Nero Wolfe would do.
Published: 11-25-09 09:25 PM

I upgrade my HTC Touch Diamond 2 ROM and along the way air my opinion on iGadgets.
Published: 11-26-09 05:34 PM

I have had 4 different kinds of dressings applied to wounds as medical treatment has dictated what is suitable for each stage of healing.
Published: 11-25-09 10:48 PM

A Somali woman of 20 gets stoned to death for adultery. The question remains about the man, the need for mercy and why people allow themselves to be lead in this way.
Published: 11-19-09 04:15 AM

  Kermit Encounters The “Law of The Excluded Middle”OR2.1?: ~p ‘v’ p Aristotle wrote: “that ambiguity can arise from the use of ambiguous names, but cannot exist in the "facts" themselves:”
Published: 11-26-09 01:59 PM

  
Published: 11-17-09 10:18 AM

I missed you-Daddy!
Published: 11-16-09 04:32 PM

Every little bit helps:An ad hoc group of rabbis is organizing a monthly communal fast to protest Israel's actions in Gaza.Called Ta'anit Tzedek -- Jewish Fast for Gaza, the water-only fast will take place on the third Thursday of every month
Published: 07-12-09 04:04 PM

Does this surprise anyone about the Republican Party?Audra Shay, accused of endorsing racism on Facebook, became head of the Young Republicans on Saturday. John Avlon uncovers new details about her disturbing online comments.Thirty-eight-year-old Aud
Published: 07-11-09 07:17 PM

President Obama has a lot of explaining to do:Recently, an Army National Guardsman and Arabic translator who openly challenged the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, was recommended for discharge by a military administra
Published: 07-11-09 07:04 PM

A government watchdog is criticizing Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's handling of the AIG bailout while heading the New York Federal Reserve in 2008. Photo: The government’s watchdog over the bank bailout program is criticizing Treasury Se
Published: 11-24-09 04:57 PM

<!-- end photoProvider -->Thu Nov 12, 5:11 PM ET The Islamic Education Center is seen in Potomac, Md. on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. The center rents this building from the Alavi Foundation, which owns the building but does not run the center. Fed
Published: 11-12-09 06:32 PM

A southern Sudanese nurse weighs a malnourished baby at the hospital in Bor, the capital of Jonglei state. Southern Sudan faces potential famine and the risk of further ethnic conflict, with over one million people already hit by serious food insecur
Published: 11-12-09 10:00 AM

ClintonomicsHow Bill Clinton Reengineered the Reagan Revolutionby Jack Godwin, Ph.D. First, I have to say that this book wasn't anything like what I expected. I was hoping for an analysis if how the Clinton administration took a $290 bi
Published: 09-05-09 07:41 PM

You wouldn't know it from listening to FOX "News" or conservative radio, but it looks like the economy has turned around -- much quicker than expected.The Institute for Supply Management reported Tuesday that its much-watched manufactur
Published: 09-03-09 07:19 PM

Well, I haven't posted in a while because everything was going pretty much the way I expected it to: The economy is getting better and we're pulling out of Iraq and building up in Afghanistan. But then I started hearing some of the crap
Published: 08-13-09 07:43 PM

Republicans have spoken: the (rear) ends don't justify the means
Published: 10-25-09 07:58 AM

How the capture of a rebel in Congo might affect your wallet down the road.
Published: 01-25-09 12:38 PM

Roberts turns the tiller over to Obama but will he stay on board to help navigate the troubled seas ahead? (Inauguration Speech Text Included)
Published: 01-23-09 11:23 AM

I got a comment about there not being much activity here lately, which is partly because I've been extremely busy but also partly because I have been putting together my own web site so I can have all my information in one place, including a blog
Published: 09-07-09 08:05 PM

Find out what we've been up to and help us find a new name!  
Published: 03-22-09 07:27 PM

I finally finished my little music video set to Goldfrapp's "Happiness", which is kind of meant to be a look at Boston through my eyes.  I think a lot of my friends and family back in CA wonder what I love about it here so much, an
Published: 03-22-09 07:25 PM

It took this to bring me out of my blog hibernation:President Obama’s plan to deliver a speech to public school students on Tuesday has set off a revolt among conservative parents, who have accused the president of trying to indoctrin
Published: 09-03-09 07:47 PM

In his continuing quest to create conservative mountains out of liberal molehills, Gary Randall presents us with a case government seeking to censor the Bible, and thus free religious expression:We are now learning that his nominee for the Supreme Co
Published: 07-09-09 04:48 PM

None of this should be surprising to anyone who pays even cursorary attention to how labor is treated in this country:Members of the state's congressional delegation said Tuesday that Boeing is laying down an ultimatum to its biggest union:
Published: 07-08-09 06:04 AM

A lesson in tolerance
Published: 11-13-08 08:04 PM

A hard-hitting, insightful look at the current president.
Published: 10-28-08 08:29 PM

Obama trounces McSame
Published: 10-07-08 07:32 PM

Columnist Tim Rutten has it right. The U.S.A. is fast becoming one of the world's great killing fields.  The major factor in this shameful phenomenon is the proliferation of guns. Thanks, in large part, to the National Rifle Association'
Published: 04-03-08 07:37 PM

Little did I ever expect to be posting a story written for Business Week!  And, no, this is not an April Fools joke.  The lineup of advocates for a single-payer, not-for-profit, national healthcare insurance system for the U.S. just keeps o
Published: 04-01-08 10:46 AM

Like John McCain, economics has never been a major interest of mine.  I don't follow economic issues closely and understand only the broader workings of that institution. From time to time, however, some factor involving the econom
Published: 03-28-08 10:50 AM