Posts Tagged ‘ Texas ’

The pain of the long-term unemployed: needed but not wanted

2011-02-24
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The phone call interrupted the quiet routine into which I have settled over the past 16 months of unemployment. Each evening rolls into the next with little to distinguish one from the other except for the prime-time television lineup. The lady asked if I would take part in a focus group looking at the...

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Conversations with Bob

2010-12-06
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Last week, having written that the governor of Texas wanted to invade Mexico militarily, I was multiply told that I was crazy. I am, but what has that got to do with it? The Washington Post wants to invade Mexico. I didn’t believe Bob, I’ll call him, a crazy friend from other times. He...

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Texas Denies Male Victims of Domestic Violence

2009-10-21
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Texas Denies Male Victims of Domestic Violence

A quick look at the Texas Council on Family Violence website is discouraging to male victims of abuse, and disgusting to their advocates.

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Trigger For A Cheney Presidential Pardon?

2008-11-25
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We read the headline on a story buried deep on a back page related to Texas indictments on Vice President Dick Cheney, and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, but we don’t bother reading further. What’s the point? Surely the story is related to Guantanamo Bay, or some other absurdity these guys were involved in....

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