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  • Driving Lessons on the Big Island: My Hawaii
    Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 23:22

     
    Can a song played at rush hour over the Islands of Hawaii cause car crashes?
    Can a song make you suddenly sob and shake and weep and completely lose control of
    your automobile while you are driving from Honoka’a to Kona on the Big Island of
    Hawaii?...

  • The Latest Bi-Partisan Attack on Social Security: Let Them Eat Cat Food
    Monday, August 23, 2010 - 11:10

    President Obama’s Deficit Commission is all smoke and mirrors. Its members are making a big show of laboring over ”painful” choices and considering all options in their quest to bring down the deficit. But  inside the Beltway everyone knows what’s going to happen: The commission will reduce the...

  • We Need NASCAR rules for Politicians
    Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 21:34

    Have you ever, like me, found yourself wondering, while watching or listening to politicians on what passes for the news these days, “Who are these people?” Have you ever found yourself wondering what makes them tick?

    Trust me, you're not alone. Inquiring minds want to know.

    ...

  • Airport Insecurity
    Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 22:25

    I'm a 1K flyer, meaning I fly over 100,000 miles a year with United, and consider myself fairly inured to the indignities of travel by now.  But, going through my first Whole Body Back-Scatter X-ray at the Denver airport recently took frequent flying to a whole new level of creepiness.
     ...

  • Airport Insecurity
    Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 22:24

    I'm a 1K flyer, meaning I fly over 100,000 miles a year with United, and I consider myself fairly inured to the indignities of travel by now.  But, going through my first Whole Body Back-Scatter X-ray at the Denver airport recently took frequent flying to a whole new level of creepiness....

  • Oil-Soaked Congress Tries to Clean Its Plumage in Time for Election Day
    Wednesday, July 7, 2010 - 11:40

    The way the Washington Post reported the story, Congress has finally pushed through “tougher” off-shore drilling regulations for oil companies. 

    Two key Senate committees approved...

  • A Poem: Deep Horizon
    Sunday, June 20, 2010 - 14:25
  • The Pentagon's Afghan Minerals Hype
    Friday, June 18, 2010 - 08:54

    Yahoo News points out that more recently, McClatchy Newspapers reported that this last year, Agence France Presse has written about it and Afghan President Hamid Karzai himself has boasted of the nation’s wealth . Afghanistan’s mineral reserves were mapped by the Soviets during their occupation...

  • Backing the Wrong Side: Eva Golinger's Tamil Libel
    Wednesday, June 9, 2010 - 11:48

    General Fonseka quit the military after the May 2009 defeat of the Liberation Tigers for Tamil Eelam (LTTE), and ran for the presidency in January, 2010. He came in second, losing to the incumbent, Rajapakse. The former war hero was then promptly arrested and remains in military detention,...

  • On Memorial Day in Normandy: Evidence of What We Won...and Lost
    Tuesday, June 1, 2010 - 11:12

    From Unsilent Generation

    On June 5, 1944, the eve of the largest invasion in history, General Dwight Eisenhower visited the English airfield where paratroopers were...

  • Late to the Party: Obama, like Bush, Stays Away from Trouble
    Tuesday, May 4, 2010 - 09:28

    From: Unsilent Generation



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