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November 17, 2009 03:33 PM EST --
A company named FloDesign Wind Turbines has developed a new wind turbine that is three times as efficient as the standard triple blade design currently . . .
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November 12, 2009 10:45 AM EST --
Several senators have recently called for a Constitutional amendment limiting Congressional Senators to two terms and Representatives to three terms. . . .
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November 11, 2009 12:39 PM EST --
Amy Poehler has started a new on-line show that promotes the idea that girls don't have to play the role of dumb blonde, no matter what their hair . . .
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November 09, 2009 07:34 PM EST --
　The upscale restaurant was subdued, befitting a fine international establishment. Dark wood trim and heavy, traditional chairs; well-dressed diners quietly conversing made it a very dignified scene. . . .
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October 24, 2009 01:39 PM EDT --
Ross Douthat, writing in the NYT, proposes (or, at least, says that some Republicans propose) a program of universal major medical insurance coverage. This proposal (using the website of Congressman . . .
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October 22, 2009 01:54 AM EDT --
"Our troops don’t wait to do their part," reads the slick paper insert to a solicitation letter from the United States Navy Veterans Association, asking for a donation. It contains a very official-looking . . .
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October 02, 2009 06:31 PM EDT --
On September 11, I went to a ceremony in Tempe, AZ. It was a very moving affair, with a separate US flag displayed for each person who died on that terrible day in 2001. Each flag pole had a card . . .
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September 20, 2009 10:08 PM EDT --
Fareed Zakaria, GPS
There is much deservedly derisive "discussion" by Liberals and Conservatives about the increasing bias and sheer incompetence of the main stream media. Both sides present much . . .
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August 30, 2009 02:55 PM EDT --
Progressives on Gather have been accused by the Regressives on Gather of never giving the conservative side of an issue a chance. At the same time the GOP is accused of not offering any alternatives . . .
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August 28, 2009 10:35 AM EDT --
"The government bailout of failing businesses will cost the taxpayers trillions of dollars."
"General Motors is a failed company. Bailing it out is a waste of taxpayer dollars, since it will ultimately . . .
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August 27, 2009 06:19 AM EDT --
A troubling news story out of Malaysia:
Woman to be caned [beaten with a bamboo stick] for drinking a beer in a public place .
Malaya was a British colony until 1957, when . . .
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August 05, 2009 11:34 AM EDT --
In the past couple of months, an eruption of violence in the US has accounted for the deaths of 53 people in seven mass shooting incidents, the worst of these tragedies being the murder of 13 . . .
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May 11, 2009 06:19 PM EDT --
The idea of a national identity card fills many people with dread. All Libertarians and many conservatives become agitated at the mere mention of such a document. Specters of past dictatorships, and even . . .
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May 10, 2009 01:57 PM EDT --
Three articles I read today fill me with pessimism for the future of America. The first two gave the arguments for and against President Obama's proposal to conduct a thorough, independent review . . .
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April 25, 2009 12:21 PM EDT --
The Wall Street Journal's Gary Fields has produced another article demonstrating a lack of understanding of basic economics, perhaps even basic math. The article http://finance.yahoo.com/retirement/article/106934/Wealth-Less-Effect-Earning-Well-Feeling-Otherwise . . .
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March 25, 2009 04:38 PM EDT --
The first time I visited Washington D.C as an adult (I had been there once 26 years earlier) was in 1991. By then, I had three almost grown children, was living in Jakarta, Indonesia and because of those . . .
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March 22, 2009 01:37 PM EDT --
Sandy Knauer started a post called "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" designed to keep the spotlight on our politicians. This is my 2nd post in keeping with that goal.
Dear Senator Kyl: . . .
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March 17, 2009 05:41 PM EDT --
The dean of Harvard Business School recently suggested that all B-schools should include in their curricula much more emphasis on business risk and risk management. It seems that B-schools have for decades . . .
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March 07, 2009 01:08 PM EST --
In January I sat on a jury in a case that involved the smuggling of illegal aliens into the USA. The experience taught me why illegal immigration is such a huge problem. I will avoid using . . .
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March 07, 2009 12:57 PM EST --
Last month I sat on a jury that heard a kidnapping case. Despite living as a tax paying adult in the USA for twenty seven years, this was only the third time that I've been called for jury duty. The . . .
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