Monthly Archives: January 2007

Healthcare In The US

January 26, 2007 – 7:50 pm

The Boise Weekly has an excellent opinion piece that recaps just how bad our current health care system is.

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Mystery Smells

January 8, 2007 – 6:37 pm

Isn’t it kinda disturbing that a city and parts of a neighboring state could smell something odd, and no one can figure out why? New York, of course, has had its share of mystery aromas, big and small. In 2005, an odd maple syrup smell overcame parts of Manhattan and New Jersey. Last August, an [...]

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The Truth Doesn’t Always Win

January 4, 2007 – 6:19 pm

As evidence, a thread from Daily Kos. Brian Nelson’s explanation for how Sen. Barack Obama’s picture got paired with a caption that read “Osama bin Laden” on the front page of Yahoo! News is perfectly reasonable. Yet nearly no one who replies in that thread actually believes him. It’s absurd, and sad.

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Jefferson’s Quran

January 3, 2007 – 8:07 pm

Tomorrow, this country’s first Muslim congressman will be sworn into office, using a Quran. But not just any Quran: Rep.-elect Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, will use a Quran once owned by Thomas Jefferson during his ceremonial swearing-in Thursday. The chief of the Library of Congress’ rare book and special collections division, [...]

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