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Virtually Speaking on Second Life (a 3d virtual world) Schedule for Sunday, Sept 11 through Thursday Sept 15. With help from your commentary and questions, we talk with some of your favorite writers: political...
Texas calls for help as wildfires worsen “Gov. Rick Perry complained about the slow pace of assistance from Washington and Ft. Hood as Federal Emergency Management Agency officials arrived in Bastrop, where 600 houses...
Attorney General candidate Reagan Dunn began his recent Times opinion piece in support of the death penalty with this paragraph: “The most important function of local government is to protect the public through enforcement...
I took a break to enjoy the holiday, as I’m sure many of you did, but my inbox kept busy, and on Friday came a doozy, courtesy of the Washington Post. You remember that...
Because of tax cuts and loopholes favoring the rich. Because of outsourcing of jobs overseas. Because of union busting. Because they’ll cut Social Security and other social programs to pay for his tax breaks...
In The message from Rick Perry’s book: Repeal the 20th Century Seattle P-I columnist Joe Connelly describes the extreme anti-government views of Rick Perry. The 1930s are in the crosshairs. Social Security has been...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14768574 The editor of a science journal has resigned after admitting that a recent paper casting doubt on man-made climate change should not have been published. The paper, by US scientists Roy Spencer and...
The attitude of conservatives nowadays is: “I have a gun and I’m not afraid to use it.”  They have lots of power and they’re willing, in fact, eager to destroy much of what we...
