Quote Of The Day…

The insurance industry, of course, loves the Baucus plan. Need we say more? via Paul Krugman – Baucus and the Threshold – NYTimes.com.

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There Is Change In The Air

This morning feels different outside. For the first time in a long while the outside temperature almost matches the inside temperature. Walking out on the back stoop, for the first

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Dog Days Of Summer…In May

Saturday was another 90° day here in SE Texas…The past week has seen upper 80’s every day. The weather prognosticators are trying to tease with hints of a “strong” cool

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Wednesday Morning Muse

Standing out in the backyard with my morning coffee as the sun rises, it was still. There was absolutely no breeze stirring, an unusual occurrence for here, at least lately…Cool

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Lest We Forget…

Eugene Robinson has a really good muse on the Iraq war in todays column…It starts with this: Eugene Robinson – 4,000 Dead for What? – washingtonpost.com When U.S. military deaths

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Another reason for real leadership in th White House…

It’s not just the laws that have been passed. It’s not just the laws that have been vetoed. It’s not just the laws that GW Bush has said don’t apply

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Where should I keep my nest egg now?

Paul Krugman has an informative column up today… Contrary to popular belief, the stock market crash of 1929 wasn’t the defining moment of the Great Depression. What turned an ordinary

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