by Mad Dog
When I was young, my parents spent a lot of time trying to teach me the value of a dollar, right alongside the lessons about the joy of being able to walk across a bedroom without needing snowshoes to stay on...
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by Mad Dog
I just took half of Al Capone’s advice — I voted early. I’d consider taking the second half and vote often but, to be honest, it’s just too much work.
I know because I had an advance look at this year’s...
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by Andy Cowan
Regardless of who wins in November, this country is poised for a significant shift in the way we view ourselves, and how our image is perceived by much of the world. Whether you agree with him or not, the...
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by Andy Cowan
As the Republicans try to wrestle with how to slip President Bush into their Republican convention without the voters taking notice, they’re obviously aching to get their paws on a message that will resonate...
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by Andy Cowan
As the presidential candidates run full steam ahead, many of us forget that some of that hot air comes in the form of assurances that are reflective of campaigning, not governing. À la Charlie Brown, we...
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by Andy Cowan
As Decision '08 draws near, it's time to shine a light on that other world of imagery, manipulation and empty promises: the politics of dating.
Decision No. 1: to throw your hat into the ring. Is it...
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by Andy Cowan
Make fun of him, that is. For the first time in recent memory, save for the immediate post 9/11 period when President Bush walked on water, vs. years later when he belatedly flew over it in a helicopter, we...
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by Andy Cowan
As we near the home stretch of this seemingly endless election season, I long for the clearest, most unfiltered entryway into the mindsets of the people who’ll be deciding it all.
For after all the...
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by Mad Dog
Now that the Democratic and Republican Dog and Pony Shows—I mean, national conventions—are over, the presidential campaign that began before the 12-year-old next door was born is ready to kick into high gear....
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by Jack Nargundkar
Only one "Palindrome" comes to mind: WOW! Given Senator McCain's rather impulsive last-minute pick, it is quite apparent that Mr. McCain has put his own interests above that of the nation. It's not...
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by Jack Nargundkar
In July the Prime Minister of India, the world's largest democracy, staked the future of his government in order to seal a deal with the United States, the world's oldest democracy. In order to survive a...
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by Jack Nargundkar
President Bush violated a cardinal Reagan principle, “Trust, but Verify,” when he looked into Putin’s eyes seven years ago and claimed to have seen an honest soul. Putin’s Russia has consistently proven since...
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by Mad Dog
People say the darndest things, and Art Linkletter would roll over in his grave if he could hear them, especially since they’re not coming from the mouths of babes. First, Mel Gibson showed his true colors,...
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by Jack Nargundkar
John S. McCain is now the official nominee of the Republican Party for president of the United States. If he wins the election in November, he will be sworn in as the new Commander-in-Chief on January 20, 2008...
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by Jack Nargundkar
While world financial markets were tanking in early October, President Bush quietly signed the India nuclear legislation, which could become the most successful and enduring of his foreign policy achievements. ...
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by Jack Nargundkar
With one week to go in the most consequential election in a generation, I thought it might be worthwhile reproducing an article that I had written over nineteen months ago on March 23rd 2007. At the time,...
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by Jack Nargundkar
It appears that the Fed’s interest rate policy in the past decade has followed the pattern of the old Johnny Mathis song, “Too much, too little, too late...” – albeit, not in that order. First former Fed...
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by Jack Nargundkar
Given that a great American love story has come to an end, and with apologies to author Erich Segal, I am loath to ask of the American public:
“What can you say about a twenty-eight year old revolution...
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by Francesca Biller-Safran
Sarah Palin is still trying to wink her way to the top, and ‘You Can Betcha” she aint’ gonna stop anytime soon, leaving women clearly on the bottom, pun intended.
Hilary Clinton didn’t need to wink to get...
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by Francesca Biller-Safran
It’s not often you hear a man say they love another man, but ever since Obama became the spotlight of the Democrat party, I have heard more men say they love Obama then their wives, or even baseball.
These...
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by Francesca Biller-Safran
With the advent and popularity of My Space, kids are finding themselves with less actual space than ever, however virtual they think it may be. As they spend hours uploading photos and recording every personal...
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by Francesca Biller-Safran
Never mind that home foreclosures are at an all-time high, that $60 Billion has been spent thus far on the Iraq war or that 3,900 American soldiers and nearly 90,000 Iraq civilians have died.
Never mind that...
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by Diane Butler
Lately, we have heard that 1 in 3 homes bought in California is a foreclosure. In the first quarter [Q1] of this year, 47,171 homes were repossessed in California, a record. Also in Q1 California public records...
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by Laura Bell
We need to get out of Iraq, the economic view
The economics are killing us……..
Let’s look at the numbers and try to be realistic. Let’s not think about the emotions to begin with. The numbers say that...
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by Garry Reed
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Since politics has become a year-round hunt with no definable season, this article is offered as a public service for those who want to become political sharpshooters but aren't...
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by Garry Reed
by Garry Reed
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In this Year of National Elections, this political horoscope is presented as a public service in an effort to successfully plot the course for all who aspire to political...
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by Garry Reed
Do you know what month it is? No, just knowing the calendar name of the month isn't enough. You need to know what Month the month is.
December, for example, and for real, depending on which calendar you look...
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by Garry Reed
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The once unpretentious T-shirt has become ground zero in America's never-ending culture war.
Wearing the wrong shirt in the wrong place at the wrong time can get you banned from...
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by Garry Reed
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Why do so many Hollywood stars turn into Marx-huggers when it comes to politics?
Some believe it's imbedded in their DNA. Entertainers are professional emoters. People who emote for a...
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by Garry Reed
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Alright! Wow! Haha. What a great looking audience. My name is Hill Larrius and it’s great to be here in Vegas! Whoo!
Hey, what’s up with these crazy presidential candidates? We have...
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by Garry Reed
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There once was a proper young English miss named Alice Pleasance Liddell. She, according to Lewis Carroll biographers, was the real life inspiration for a fictional Alice who tumbled down...
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by Garry Reed
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) – "The national minimum wage went up 70 cents on Thursday as the second of three planned increases mandated by Congress took effect. The national minimum wage...
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by Garry Reed
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Before traipsing off to the fire station or the senior center or the musty wet jockstrap-scented junior high school gym to perform your Patriotic God-Given Sacred Obligation Civic Duty...
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by Robert Soloway
Have you ever felt like a theme begins to repeat itself in your life, and you can’t figure out why?
The theme for me lately has been about “leading and following”. I house-sat two dogs recently, large...
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by Robert Soloway
The organizers of a national beauty pageant are meeting for the purpose of determining the distribution of the 1 million dollars in total prize money. There are fifty participants.
Here are the suggested...
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by Robert Soloway
Right wing radio has been bragging about a Congressional report that shows the poorest 20% of American families have increased their earnings more than any other group. The richest 20% have added 50% to their...
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by Robert Soloway
Within our society are several organized groups that participate in the political process, that aren’t fundamentally a part of the process. There are interest groups, lobbyists, grassroots websites, labor,...
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by Robert Soloway
I was 12 when President Kennedy was shot. I became obsessed with the investigation and then all the conspiracy theories. I never believed Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, but to think differently meant that the...
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by Robert Soloway
I have been a math teacher long enough to know that most people aren’t oriented to numbers.
I have also been in the real estate business and so I have some understanding of how mortgaged work.
That said,...
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by Brian Josepher
Last year, with the Bush administration convening a Middle East peace conference, the whole history of Middle East peace conferences and their efficacy came under the microscope. CNN conducted a poll on its...
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by David Cox
The Seething
By David Glenn Cox
People generally are passive and understanding, but as the pressure builds, the passivity evaporates and what is left behind is a crystallized seething. A feeling that says...
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by Brian Josepher
The year was 1939. Hundreds of refugees arrived at the port of Havana, on board a ship called the St. Louis. The St. Louis was a German luxury liner. On this particular sailing across the Atlantic, one of...
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by Brian Josepher
Elation and sorrow. There is an amazing photograph taken of an elderly African-American lady. It’s one a.m. or so on November 5, 2008, hours after the election of Barack Obama. This lady, in her 80s if...
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by Garko Factor
There wasnt one "events of 9-11" tragedy, there were multiple.
The most obvious and haunting is that 3000 people died for no good reason including many police and firemen who died in the line of...
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by Adam Pockross
Adam Freeman Pockross
adpock@yahoo.com
9/20/08
Shocking
Naomi Klein’s publicist is working overtime. Though Klein’s book The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism came out almost a year ago,...
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by Tamara Bernal
Governor Sarah Palin splashed onto the national and international scene last week as the most refreshing and exciting person that American politics has ever encountered. Like a cool wind on a blistering day,...
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by Lionel Bascom
Bascom/Bailout/
By Lionel C. Bascom
The fragile kingdom of Fantastica was being swallowed up by a mysterious and malevolent entity called The Nothing in the novel, The Neverending Story.
Something equally...
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by Rev. Fr. Peter-Michael Preble
Much has been written and spoken about the last few days over President-elect Barack Obama’s decision to ask Pastor Rick Warren to say a prayer at the Inauguration on January 20th. And just as much has been...
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