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The Dog House Dear Republicans: Get a clue!
Dear Republicans: Stop milling about as if your head has just been lopped off and find your backbone! OK, that may be considered a bit severe by some folks,…
Front Porch Getting that second opinion and why it can save your life
I recently went through a rather hair raising experience lately that brought something to my attention that I did not know before, and to be quite frank, was surprised at…
Feed Store Why this scoffer of Organic food myths drinks only Organic coffee
I am one of “those People” who has never bought into the mythology surrounding organic goods as being the end-all, be-all of human health and wellbeing. The exhaustive studies published…
Pecking Order The second 2012 Presidential debate: Eyeballing it from the cheap seats.
Do we truly need any further examples of media bias? Is there anyone out there who has not realized that journalists standards are sure and truly dead in the majority…
Front Porch Poem: I love my life…
[important] Audio version available! I love my life [/important] I love my wife, I love my life My heart shines through my children’s eyes Troubles…
Pecking Order President Obama’s double-eagle salute.
President Obama just flipped you the bird, now what? Today the Supreme Court ruled on the Arizona immigration bill. (found here: http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/11-182b5e1.pdf) No surprises there: Some portions of the bill…
The Dog House Texting and driving is driving me nuts!
I am so completely done with people using their cell phones while they drive. I get the attraction, really; you want to see that emergency message that just popped up…
Pecking Order The digital divide: The cause of poverty in America, or just the latest tscam on the poor?
Most of us have heard this claim: There exists a “digital divide” between the poor and the rich. Those who don’t have internet are getting farther behind those (the rich…
Pecking Order Idaho’s backroom politics: Business as usual?
Last week, a bill requiring a sonogram for every abortion caused quite a stir. It brought activists from both sides of this topic out of the woodwork and into the…
Feed Store American Healthcare: Why so expensive? Where do we go from here?
So then we must ask ourselves: “What is causing our system of medicine to be more expensive than it should be?” And of course that leads directly into the next…
Pecking Order Cuban Healthcare: A glimpse into our future?
What to do with Healthcare: Is our system of healthcare truly as broken as we are told, or is that only one side of the story? Some would argue that…
Pecking Order Is your presidential candidate insulting your intelligence?
As I sit here, watching the news coverage of the GOP candidates, I am struck by the rather blithe coverage of what must seem to politicians as a way of…
