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I remember reading the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette when I was in grade school and high school. After returning from delivering the paper in the morning, I’d sit down at the dining room table with a bowl of cereal and read Art. He was incredible. He took me through the Nixon years, the Ford [...]
In an article by New York Times reporter David Leonhardt, we learn the true cost of the war in Iraq. This analysis puts the real cost of the war at $300 BILLION a day.
In the days before the war almost five years ago, the Pentagon estimated that it would cost about $50 billion. Democratic [...]
The Associated Press is reporting that President Bush intends to send 21,500 additional U.S. forces to Iraq.? He was to acknowledge for the first time he had erred by failing to order a troop buildup last year.
Too little, too late?
You bet.
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Matthew Nesbit, Ph.D. reports at the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CISCOP) that 2007 will be an interesting year for the “Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act” which authorizes federal funding for research using embryonic stem cells donated from in vitro fertilization clinics regardless of when the cell lines were created. [...]
The Associated Press reports Rep.-elect Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, will use a Qur’an once owned by Thomas Jefferson during his ceremonial swearing-in Thursday. This has apparently infuriated the right-wing, some of whom say the oath should only be taken using the Bible. While Muslims do accept the Bible, their [...]
I can’t rejoice at the demise of Saddam Hussein.
This journey to Iraq has been hell for all of us. It has not ended, and it is not successful. Perhaps this is President George Bush’s wet dream come true. Maybe he’s ecstatic. Maybe he had an extra wonderful Happy New Year because [...]
He was just a child. 22 years old. The DoD reports very little information about him:
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Spc. Dustin R. Donica, 22, of Spring, Texas, died Dec. 28 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds received from small arms fire while [...]
He would be funny if all we had to deal with was inflation, or a break-in at the Watergate, or a stained blue dress. But we have so much more to deal with, and it hurts. We’ve tried bumber stickers: “No One Died When Clinton Lied,” or, my favorite, “FRODO FAILED: Bush [...]
