Support Your Local Farmer, Craftsperson, and Shopkeeper

It looks like if there is a common thread running through recent posts it is the idea of buying local. My concern was originally in the way of food. I

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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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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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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

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Jim Hightower | THE ARTFUL DODGER STRIKES AGAIN

You know my wife hates to be around when I listen to our President. She just can’t stand me screaming liar at the TV screen over and over and over

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Daily Kos: Texas Democrats Go To Court To Keep DeLay On Ballot

Daily Kos: Texas Democrats Go To Court To Keep DeLay On Ballot: “Texas Democrats Go To Court To Keep DeLay On Ballotby georgia10Fri Jun 09, 2006 at 08:04:07 AM PDT

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Daily Kos: State of the Nation

Daily Kos: State of the Nation: “The idea that the President’s allies in Congress would enact legislation which expressly shields government officials, including the President, from criminal liability for past

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Goodbye to a Legend in His Own Mind

You know, Tom Delay had been my Congressman for most of my adult life. I have been voting against him for that entire length of time. Today I am happy

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