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Support Our Troops
2008-01-08 01:23:00 There?s an amazing music video for the band ?3 Doors Down?, where they show the glories of the soldier?s life and recruit for the National Guard. Lots of music and yellow ribbons. More About: Support , Troops
Study Challenges Aggressive Drug Treatment
2008-01-06 23:40:00 Apparently, aggressively using antipsychotic medication to treat aggression is now in question, as reported by Benedict Carey of the New York Times: Drug s Offer No Benefit in Curbing Aggression, Study Finds The drugs most widely used to manage aggressive outbursts in intellectually disabled people are no more effective than placebos for most patients and may be less ... More About: Health , Treatment , Mental Health
Monkey Wars
2008-01-06 18:07:00 In just a couple of months, this nation will have been at war in Iraq for half a decade. To date, 3,909 American soldiers have perished. Tens of thousands more have been physically and psychologically wounded. Who are these men and women who fight on our behalf? Often, they are those ... More About: Environment , Iraq War , Wars , Monkey , Science and Technology
No New Taxes
2008-01-06 15:47:00 A small town in Nevada looks eerily like New Orleans after Katrina... More About: Taxes
Katherine Harris?Witch Hunter
2008-01-05 17:24:00 Guilty until proved innocent, and you can no more give them back the votes they were denied than you can unhang the convicted witches. More About: Hunter , Katherine , Harris , Witch
Jesus and Jails, Froma Harrop Gets it Right
2008-01-04 15:39:00 They are not the same person, they are forgiven. So why the heck are they still in jail? More About: Jesus
Can You Say ? Anthropomorphizing?
2008-01-03 14:58:00 Maybe the Invisible Hand of the market is tickling monkeys too, which would make it kind of like the Hand of God, but I?m not convinced. More About: Science and Technology , World News , Psychology , Animal Behavior
Unpardonable Politics
2008-01-02 17:35:00 As the days continue to blessedly dwindle on the presidency of George W . Bush — the “compassionate conservative” who showed the world what an oxymoron that phrase was and what a moron the phraser was — the Republicans and Democrats who are vying for Dubya’s seat are gearing up for primary season (a.k.a. political mud ... More About: Politics , Elections
The Normal Woman, 1908
2008-01-02 14:33:00 But we notice that her voice is not sweetly feminine, nor is her presence timid, tender and winning... More About: Woman , Normal
Welcome 2008
2008-01-01 05:23:00 According to the Chinese calendar, February 2008 ushers in the Year of the Rat. I?m looking for the bright side in that. While rats are not known as being visionary and altruistic, they also don?t herd together or get religion.
Kmareka?s Top Hits of 2007
2007-12-31 22:46:00 Some topics covered on Kmareka have garnered more attention and seem to be part of a larger change in communication sweeping the world. Online communication, activism, and blogging are steadily gaining credibility and beginning to influence public policy and the direction of social change. People are coming to understand local, national, and global ... More About: Hits
Financial Triage
2007-12-30 04:14:00 I saw a screaming headline on Raw Story, ?Insurance Company to Starve Toddler.? I thought it would be some heartrending situation where a baby was on a feeding tube and life support with a dispute between the family and the insurer and the hospital, etc. As I mentioned in the last post, ?Desperately ... More About: Financial , Triage
Proposed Settlement with Cullion Concrete
2007-12-28 15:11:00 Mayor Michael Napolitano will be holding a press conference today at 11:45 am at Cranston City Hall to announce a proposed settlement to end the Cullion concrete plant controversy that has been going on in Cranston for over a year. Cranston Citizens for Responsible Zoning and Development (CCRZD) is asking its members to attend ... More About: Settlement , Concrete
Benazir Bhutto, Leader and Patriot
2007-12-28 04:17:00 Benazir Bhutto gave her life to her country, opposing violence and extremism, bravely standing up for democracy. More About: Patriot , Benazir , Benazir Bhutto , Leader
Curmudgeon?s Christmas
2007-12-24 00:50:00 As usual, by Saturday I had not started my Christmas shopping, and the Mall gives me hives, but I just cruised around and stopped in a few small local stores and ended up with way better stuff than I expected to find. More About: Mental Health
I?m Glad I don?t Live in the Burbs
2007-12-23 15:34:00 My feeling about the burbs, and more so about the gated community, is that it?s where people like me go after they die if they?ve been very, very bad. More About: Live , Glad
Desperately Fighting Big Insurance
2007-12-22 05:20:00 Sally Satel?s New York Times story about her search for a kidney donor and her conclusion that we should set up a process for selling organs led to a fascinating debate. (Check out the ?comments? section for ?Desperately Selling a Kidney?.) Ms. Satel never addressed the role of health insurance, or ... More About: Insurance , Fighting
The Buck Stops There
2007-12-20 04:14:00 Maybe the Governor was doing a heckuva job and it was all Robert Warren?s fault, especially since the Governor was far from the scene of the debacle. More About: Stops , Buck
Narragansett Spoken Here
2007-12-19 15:16:00 Narragansetts excepted, we all came from somewhere else. What Cheer, Netop? More About: Spoken
Desperately Selling a Kidney
2007-12-18 14:29:00 We are really on the edge of a class disparity that is not only about money but blood. More About: Selling , Kidney
Blizzards & Hurricanes
2007-12-17 15:31:00 I feel more secure now that Gov. Carcieri went to Iraq and got his picture taken. More About: Environment , Hurricanes
Partisanship Putting Everyone in Danger
2007-12-15 17:02:00 There is a very concerning aspect to Carcieri spokesperson Jeff Neal’s comment about why Elizabeth Roberts, the Lieutenant Governor, was not informed that the Governor was going out of the country. According to Ian Donnis’s post on the lack of communication between the Governor and Lieutenant Governor: Neal said he would have to ... More About: Danger , Putting , Artis
Loophole the Size of a Drive-Thru
2007-12-14 16:18:00 Elizabeth Seal of The Cranston Herald has written an informative piece on the way that a Dunkin’ Donuts drive-thru got approved at 480 Pontiac Avenue despite community opposition because of traffic concerns. From the article: The neighbors of the gas station on the corner of Pontiac Avenue and Laurens Street are preparing a lawsuit after, ... More About: Environment , Drive , Law and Justice , Size
Predicting Snow and Other Disasters
2007-12-14 13:23:00 It took three hours to drive three miles from Chalkstone Avenue to North Main Street in Providence on Thursday when the storm hit. It was right around lunchtime and everyone had the same idea — leave work early and avoid the rush. I did not see a single snow plow or grain of ... More About: Disasters , Snow , Aster
Everyone Wants to Give
2007-12-12 20:03:00 I volunteered at the holiday gift shop at my daughter’s school this morning. My job was to help the 1st graders and 3rd graders who came to the shop to buy gifts for their relatives and friends. Everything is priced between .25 cents and $5.00, with most gifts being in the $1 to ... More About: Give
Survival of the Richest
2007-12-12 16:36:00 It will be the working people who are told to practice ?austerity?. The people preaching it will never have to sit in a plastic chair in the emergency room at the Rhode Island Hospital, hoping they can get a chance to tell a doctor about their chest pain. More About: Survival , Viva
Impersonating a President
2007-12-09 17:39:00 If you’re not familiar with Frank Caliendo, he is a masterful impressionist (think Rich Little, not Claude Monet) who is perhaps best known for his impersonation of sports analyst John Madden. Caliendo also does one of the best George Bush impressions around, as you can see for yourself in the following video clip: More About: Humor , President , George W , Sonat
Armistice Declared ? War on Christmas Over!
More articles from this author:2007-12-09 16:57:00 You don?t have to go shopping! More About: Christmas , War on Christmas , Clar 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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