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No More Torture!
By: rosemarypeavlerReaders........Maybe Obama's base will be a little happier now. The base has been waiting for a big break from Bush and on Monday they got it. President-elect Obama m...
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2 Cents Plus $17.4 Billion Dollars
For whatever it’s worth, well actually for the $17.4 billion tax dollars that it’s going to take to save the 3 big auto companies, I’d like to add an additional 2 c...
Her Baby Nearly Died
Her 5 month old son stopped breathing. Minutes earlier he started screaming and curled into a ball while sitting in his stroller. It was Nov. 25, a day 23 year old Jeri M...
Is There a Purpose Driving Obama's Choice of Warren?
I haven't had the time to write politically since the election. Lots of paying work and serious stuff and deadlines and my patented "do what feels fun before doing the ab...
One of "Sexiest Men Alive" To Be Surgeon General?
Except for a few notable exceptions (who doesn’t remember Jocelyn Elders and her infamous suggestion that teenagers be taught how to masturbate to help prevent teen pre...
Gaza on my mind
Once again, violence between Hamas and Israel had exploded to the point where the international community cannot ignore it. Though the situation saddens me greatly, I hav...
Happy Holidays!
I know I have a bad habit of always being a day late and a dollar short, but all of this Christmas crap has got me to thinking. Every year, and I mean every year, all of ...
She's baaaack!
And you'd better hurry if you want one of these 2009 calendars featuring SP -- it's the #2-selling calendar on Amazon! (Apparently it was put together by photographer in ...
Now he's sorry?
Muntazer al-Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush last week now says that he's sorry for his actions . He is asking Iraqi prime minister, Nour...
Do You Care2?
By Heather Moore In case you don’t know, Care2 is an online community of people who are passionate about making a difference in the world. Like PNN, it is a great resou...
God's Help in the Bailout
You've gotta love this. A Sunday service at Greater Grace Temple in Detroit was entitled ‘A Hybrid Hope' and featured Bishop Charles H. Ellis III, sharing the altar wit...
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One of "Sexiest Men Alive" To Be Surgeon General?
Except for a few notable exceptions (who doesn’t remember Jocelyn Elders and her infamous suggestion that teenagers be taught how to masturbate to help prevent teen pre...
Disclosure: The Israeli Connection
Since I am going to be blogging about the Israel/Palestine conflict and related issues, I feel obligated to disclose my Israeli connection. I have lived in Israel for ove...
Is the Senate About to Lighten Up?
The MN State Canvassing Board is expected to certify Al Franken the winner in the Minnesota US Senate race today. Although there is still legal action by Norm Coleman, hi...
Gaza on my mind
Once again, violence between Hamas and Israel had exploded to the point where the international community cannot ignore it. Though the situation saddens me greatly, I hav...
LFT... A literate, articulate President
A literate, articulate President – now there’s something to look forward to in 2009. It’s amazing! Obama opens his mouth and complete sentences just come rolling ou...
Things to look forward to...
No New Year’s Resolutions for me, but an optimistic look ahead to the coming year. Over the next week, I’ll be posting about things I’m looking forward to in the up...
A Scrap of Honor for Blagojevich
Rob Blagojevich has managed to do something right with the appointment of Roland Burris to the US Senate seat vacated by Obama. He has somehow found the wisdom and humili...
Israel-Palestine Conflict Part 2
First let's start by saying that the first religious group to ever establish a national homeland in the Palestinian region were the Jews over 2000 years ago. With that sa...
Personal Punditry Scorecard
I leave it to the multitude of talking heads to summarize the headline highlights and various TopTens of the past year; I bring you my personal blogger tally. For those w...
Israel-Palestine Conflict
I have to say that I've been watching the CNN coverage of the Israel-Palestine conflict and it makes me just sick to my stomach. The fact that any country, especially two...











