Some of us in America will be in observance of Memorial Day 2007. While some of us reflect on those who have died defending our country almost every day, some of us will take the opportunity to reflect because the holiday dictates such. There are also some who wish to use this day to...
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Feminist writer and activist Jessica Valenti (pictured), Executive Editor of
feministing.com, says the new Shrek movie has some feminism in it. Valenti writes:
"Apparently the latest Shrek movie has a tad o' feminism in there:
"Cameron Diaz has admitted she loves the fact her character Princess Fiona gets all feminist in the latest installment of hit animation...
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Our failure to maintain a sound currency guarantees a trade imbalance with China and threatens a repetition of the stagflation of the 1970s. Republican and Democratic politicians, through ignorance of economics or sheer perversity, have for three quarters of a century pursued Federal spending programs that foment inflation, which makes domestic goods uncompetitive with...
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Bill and Hillary Clinton’s tenure in the White House, from 1993 to 2001, was marked by many significant accomplishments. Major Legislation Signed (From Wikipedia): 1993-02-05 – The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 1993-08-10 – Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 – Raised income tax rates; income tax, top rate: 39.6%; corporate tax:...
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Recently I’ve been reading Billy Bean's autobiography,
Going the Other Way: Lessons from a life in and out of Major League Baseball. Bean played major league baseball from 1987 through 1995, and is the only living former major league baseball player to publicly "come out" as a homosexual.
Bean came out in 1999. The only...
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by Jim Kouri, CPP Since 2001, the United States has appropriated over $15 billion to help secure, stabilize, and reconstruct Afghanistan. In February 2007, the administration requested $12.3 billion in additional funding to accelerate some of these efforts to prevent the conflict-ridden nation from once again becoming a safe haven for terrorists and from...
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It looks as if a good lesson to live by is this: If a foreign country doesn’t give a rip about the rights or lives of its own citizens, chances are they don’t care too much your health.
In April, the FDA refused almost twice as much food from China because it was contaminated in...
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A follow up….
Over two months ago, my youngest son was banished to live with his mother out of sheer frustration. As we also well knew, that as his mother would not be receiving money for his existence (and she has not given me a dime for support for years), it was only a matter...
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