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Prince: “The Internet Is Over”
This stinks, what are we going to do? For those that would like to unload their now useless ipads, ipods, and laptops, I’ll be collecting them this weekend in the lobby of the Harrisburg Hilton as a public service… Prince: … Continue reading
Obese have worse sexual health despite less sex | Reuters
Obese have worse sexual health despite less sex | Reuters. I think the common denominator here is self control…if not exercised in the kitchen or the bedroom the results will be less than desirable…
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FOXNews.com – BP Chief Yachts While Gulf Oil Spill Burns
FOXNews.com – BP Chief Yachts While Gulf Oil Spill Burns. Please….This seems a little over the top.
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Geoffrey Dunn: Palin No Longer Writing Her Own Script
It’s already been pointed out by several others that Sarah Palin has a new ghostwriter on staff and that she is clearly not the auteur of her most recent scribbles on Facebook and most certainly not the primary author of … Continue reading
Anna Burger: US Chamber of Commerce at the Root of Financial Crisis
To find the “whodunnit” of our current economic crisis, look no further than the corporate boardroom. Far from serving as checks-and-balances, today’s corporate directors are under thumbs of the CEOs who selected them. With unquestioned power and ever increasing arrogance, … Continue reading
David Balto: Competition That Works: Why the Google Books Project Is Good for Consumers and Its Competitors
The Internet is a great device for creating new markets, democratizing knowledge, and increasing competition. The Internet permits boundless amounts of information and commerce to be exchanged. And the Internet provides new opportunities at Internet speed. One of the greatest … Continue reading
Kristina Brittenham: Stay in School, and Other Socialist Propaganda
Claremont Elementary School in North Carolina, among other schools, refused to air President Obama’s back-to-school speech earlier today. The rationale: what children hear should be up to their parents. (It’s probably not a coincidence that most schools making this choice … Continue reading
Dean Baker: Big Deficit Bob Rubin and the Strong Dollar
Robert Rubin’s reputation has taken a serious hit in the last couple of years. After getting glowing reviews for his stint as treasury secretary in the Clinton administration, the world has now seen the fallout from the financial deregulation that … Continue reading
Drew Westen: Why the President Has Been Losing on Health Care, and What He Needs to Say
Pundits have offered a range of reasons for why health reform that was wildly popular and on which the President and two houses of Congress were elected has turned so far south in public opinion: The White House overlearned the … Continue reading
James Moore: The Real Health Care Scare
In all of the white-hot vitriol being spewed over a national health care plan, very little attention is being directed at the pharmaceutical companies and the potential conflicts of interest involving the doctors doing their research. In America, we are … Continue reading
Christina Ritch: Health Care Under the Tuscan Sun
“If Italy, a country with a reputation for a certain amount of drama and chaos, can manage to organize and maintain a solid health care system for all of its citizens, along with other European Union countries, why is it … Continue reading
Doug Bandow: President Barack Obama: Time for Washington to do Less Abroad
President Barack Obama was elected proposing to do what most every other modern presidential candidate proposes doing: more. His international agenda involves the standard litany. The U.S. must strengthen alliances, browbeat adversaries, resolve crises, ameliorate conflicts, protect friends, negotiate agreements, … Continue reading
Robert Kuttner: Hard Labor
From Robert Kuttner: Hard Labor On this Labor Day, about the best the Obama Administration can say (over and over again) is that the unemployment picture would be a lot worse without the Recovery Act. Sorry, that’s not good enough. … Continue reading
Curriculum for change: Are some School Subjects Passe ?
Barry Artiste Op.Ed Granted some may find some subjects have no relevance in todays society for future breadwinners, but on the other hand, a well rounded student is what education is all about. By giving students a well rounded curriculum … Continue reading
The internet and social tools,political leveler?
Another example of the Internets ability to collapse coordination costs. No longer does a candidate need inordinate amounts of cash and years of media time to gain public notoriety. As an example, I submit to you Basil Marceaux…no where near … Continue reading →