Archives in Category: Politics

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Miss Saigon

Posted on October 5, 2005

Last weekend, Earl and I saw “Miss Saigon,” the blockbuster that played its way into the third longest running musical in Broadway history. (For the record, “Cats” is first.) I liked it better than Earl did. But I must admit

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Bill O’Reilly

Posted on September 24, 2005

A couple nights ago I caught a snippet of an interview between former talk show host Phil Donahue and current Fox News host Bill O’Reilly. The latter runs the Bill O’Reilly Show. Then last night, I saw the same O’Reilly

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Semantics

Posted on September 9, 2005

There are thousands of former residents of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Are they refugees or evacuees?

At first glance, what does it matter? After all, what’s most important in the here and now is to help them. Help them find

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Barbara Bush

Posted on September 8, 2005

There is a statement attributed to former First Lady Barbara Bush that is circling the airwaves. I quote it as it arrived in my email box. I have tried to ascertain its accuracy, but so far the only barometer I

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Rescue Efforts

Posted on September 7, 2005

The battle for New Orleans continues, only now it’s shifted from stemming the flow of water through the broken levees to final searches for residents who are still in their flooded homes and not able to communicate with the outside

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The Supreme Court

Posted on July 20, 2005

I went to Google® to put substance behind some of the comments I’d heard about Supreme Court nominee John Roberts. While I didn’t research his background (That will come.), what I did do was research some interesting facts about the

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John Roberts

Posted on July 19, 2005

It’s out in the open. President George Bush’s nominee for the upcoming vacancy on the Supreme Court is Judge John Roberts. I must admit that I wish he had chosen a female, even though I’ve been told that Bush considered

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I-9

Posted on June 28, 2005

I-9 has entered my life. No, it isn’t the newest interstate highway or the final number on a winning bingo card. It’s a lot more complicated than that.

I-9 is shorthand for a form currently issued by our government’s Department

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Mark Felt

Posted on June 4, 2005

This past week, the media have had a field day revealing the true identity of “Deep Throat.” And now that we know it is Mark Felt, what does this add to the story?

I think it complicates it even more.

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Terri’s Legacy

Posted on April 14, 2005

Terri Schiavo’s death was pushed from the front page almost two weeks ago by the death of Pope John Paul II. By the time he was buried, Prince Charles was marrying Camilla . . . and so it went.

But

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