House Sacrifices Revenue and Earmarks
Washington Post: House Sacrifices Revenue and Earmarks: “The legislation, which passed 269 to 156, would exempt estates worth as much as $5 million — $10 million for couples — from
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Author: Gary Boyd
The Blog of Henry David Thoreau
Thursday, June 22, 2006 Thoreau’s Journal: 22-Jun-1851 As I walk the railroad causeway, I notice that the fields and meadows have acquired various tinges as the season advances, the sun
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‘Organic’ Loses Its Freshness
‘Organic’ Loses Its Freshness: Until recently, organic practices were sneered at by those in academia, in government and in chemical agribusiness — now called ‘conventional agriculture.’ Thanks to a fast-growing
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Lawmakers’ Profits Are Scrutinized
Lawmakers’ Profits Are Scrutinized: House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) made a $2 million profit last year on the sale of land 5 1/2 miles from a highway project that
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Pandemic
Latest measles case brings total to 14 – The Boston Globe: “June 21, 2006 The Massachusetts Department of Public Health confirmed another case of measles yesterday, bringing the total to
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Minimum Wage / Maximum Pissed
The Carpetbagger Report: “It hasn’t generated a great deal of attention, but congressional Dems are keeping Republicans on the defensive over a minimum-wage increase. At this point, the GOP leadership
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Our Stories, Mythology in the Making
Wandering through the blogs I read regularly today led to another interesting discovery… via Colleen thru her sister Kathy to Christina Baldwin and her book “Storycatcher”. Now it looks like I need to
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Stay the Course? What Course?
I’ll just let Eugene Robinson say it for me… Stay the Course? What Course?: “Today’s generation of jihadists was forged in Afghanistan fighting the Soviet occupation. How long will the
