Economic causes of the Boston Tea Party In 1773 the...
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The Tea Party Is All About Race I was going to open this piece with an analogy about the tea party groups and why they're treated seriously by the press and the Republicans. The analogy would go something like: “Imagine getting a serious profile in a mainstream newspaper, and imagine...
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Here at my hometown airport, Boston Logan, the first of Transportation Security Administration's new full-body scanners was wheeled into place earlier this week. More will follow. In Europe, several of the machines are up and running. This is the latest and one of the more disheartening developments in our long war on the abstract noun...
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Quantifying open space loss from urban sprawl – Front Page A new housing development in San Jose, CA. Image credit, Sean O'Flaherty.A new study in the journal PLoS ONE finds that 1.4 million hectares of open space was lost to urban sprawl in the United States from 1990 – 2000. Robert McDonald from the Nature Conservancy...
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Allowing Homophobia to Have Its Say on Gays in the Military 03/05/2010 by Jim Naureckas The New York Times features an op-ed today (3/5/10) by Gen. Merrill McPeak, a retired Air Force chief of staff, arguing against allowing gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the U.S. military. It's not much of an argument, really–there's...
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Anti-Gay Lawmaker At Gay Club Before DUI Arrest SACRAMENTO (CBS13) Roy Ashburn Sac County Sheriff's Dept./CBS Sources tell CBS13 a state senator from Southern California was arrested for allegedly driving drunk after leaving Faces, a gay nightclub in midtown Sacramento, early Wednesday morning. The California Highway Patrol pulled over Senator Roy Ashburn at 2:00 a.m. Wednesday after an officer...
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BBC News – Women refuse to go through airport body scanners Body scanners have been criticised for being an invasion of privacy Two women were stopped from boarding a plane at Manchester Airport after refusing to undergo a full body scan. The passengers were due to fly to Islamabad on 19 February when they were selected at...
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Liberalism, atheism, male sexual exclusivity linked to IQ The IQ differences are statistically significant, but experts say the data shouldn't be used to stereotype or make assumptions. STORY HIGHLIGHTS * Behaviors may stem from desire to show superiority or elitism, which also has to do with IQ * For men, sexual exclusivity goes against the grain evolutionarily * None...
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This bill was considered in committee which has recommended it be considered by the House as a whole. Although it has been placed on a calendar of business, the order in which legislation is considered and voted on is determined by the majority party leadership. Keep in mind that sometimes the...
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The cost of health care vs. life expectancy at birth. See the graphic. 6a00e0098226918833012876a6070f970c-800wi (JPEG Image, 786×1250 pixels) – Scaled (76%).
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Taps should be seen as a national treasure For me, the playing of taps is the most moving part of any veteran or military memorial ceremony or funeral. It rarely fails to bring tears to my eyes. The melody is both eloquent and haunting. It is a short piece of music, only 24 notes played...
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Snow brings out worst in neighbors March 2, 2010 In light of our recent snow storm I have both witnessed and been a part of kindness and malevolence among my neighbors. Most of the “shoveling segment” of my building were left without a place to park because self-absorbed tenants quickly grabbed the newly cleared parking spots,...
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It is our duty now to begin to lay the plans and determine the strategy for the winning of a lasting peace and the establishment of an American standard of living higher than ever before known. We cannot be content, no matter how high that general standard of living may be, if some fraction of...
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New rules, new traps for credit cards NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — If you haven't heard, big changes are here for the credit card industry. On Monday the CARD act goes into effect and consumers finally get some relief from such practices as “double-cycle billing” and arbitrary rate increases. The new act, which was signed into law...
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Just wanted to identify myself as the creator of the website that Jeff mentioned in his news today. My name is Dee Blohm, I live on E Branch Rd and will be adversely affected by the racetrack project. Along with several neighbors, we have aligned AGAINST this project and will continue to...
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Rental unit occupancy rates are down as are rents as fewer are able to afford the high cost of local residency. Brewster has so many apartments for rent they don't know what to do and the homeless population is rising across the nation as people are forced out of their homes and apartments for...
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Here are the raw results from our recent poll on which open space lands you use the most: Which other open spaces do you use? Putnam County Land Trust Preserves 39% Town/Municipal Parks 39% Hudson Highlands Land Trust Preserves 17% None 4% Which DEP Properties Do You Use? White Pond Unit 15% Nimham Unit 14% None 13% Horsepound Road 11% Dean Road 6% West Branch Headwaters 6% Lockwood Pond 6% Boyd’s North 5% Dean Pond 5% Knapp Road 3% Big Buck 3% Kent Hills 3% Reservoirs for Ice Fishing 3% Other...
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Glenn Beck brought the house down at the CPAC convention Saturday night with his sweeping condemnation of what he calls "progressivism". He called it a cancer that must be cut out of our system.
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