Tag: justice
member name: Ann Weaver Hart
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December 14, 2009 07:02 PM EST --
A small group of Senators is holding health care reform legislation hostage. Each has a thumb on the scale for some special-interest group or cause. A couple are fighting against abortion, Joe Lieberman . . .
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December 21, 2009 07:01 PM EST --
For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost. For the want of a shoe, the horse was lost. For the want of the horse, the rider was lost. For the want of the rider, the battle was lost. For the want . . .
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September 28, 2009 07:30 PM EDT --
A number of large, hardbound books can be found at most County Clerks’ offices bearing the title, Drunkards, Lunatics, and Spendthrifts . Notwithstanding the fact that most people could fit into . . .
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October 19, 2009 07:02 PM EDT --
Larry Langford is in trouble with the law. The mayor of Birmingham, Alabama has been accused of accepting bribes to steer business to friends when he was president of the Jefferson County Commission. . . .
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November 16, 2009 06:57 PM EST --
It seems like churches have been in the news a great deal lately.
Last week newspapers were busily filling the public in on where the Fort Hood shooter went to mosque, and who else might have gone . . .
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November 12, 2007 09:04 PM EST --
Here in the United States of America we have free enterprise in every conceivable area, even when it is not appropriate. Medicine is one of those inappropriate areas.
Why is medicine an inappropriate . . .
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October 17, 2007 11:27 PM EDT --
My sainted mother saddled me with a name that many people find lovely, but after years of having it mispronounced, misspelled, and misunderstood, I changed it. For most of my adult life, I have been known . . .
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July 07, 2008 07:14 PM EDT --
In his book, Winning Through Intimidation, Robert Ringer says that there is really only one type of person in the business world. They use different techniques, but their modus operandi is to make sure . . .
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January 19, 2009 06:30 PM EST --
Some people thought it was a good idea to prevent gay and lesbian couples from marrying in California. In fact, they thought it was such a good idea that they gave money to help pass Proposition 8. Now . . .
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April 28, 2007 02:54 AM EDT --
The town I live in has a problem with West Nile Virus. It isn't a big problem, unless you get it, but then, look out. For ordinary people, the best hope is to die, because if somebody takes you to . . .
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November 17, 2008 05:32 PM EST --
At the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting in Baltimore last week, one of the discussions centered on the fact that in spite of their efforts to defeat him, a clear majority of Americans . . .
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December 29, 2008 06:53 PM EST --
Imagine waking up tomorrow and learning that the United Nations has decreed that everyone living west of the Mississippi River had to move to the east of it. No one except American Indians could . . .
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January 12, 2009 05:47 PM EST --
The honeymoon may already be over in Washington. Last week, Senator Arlen Specter voiced doubts that Eric Holder will make a good Attorney General. Senator Diane Feinstein complained that Leon . . .
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March 23, 2009 06:23 PM EDT --
The world watched Pope Benedict XVI visit Africa this week. The news was predictable if not exciting. He spoke on the human condition, the plight of women and girls, and public health. That's right: . . .
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April 27, 2009 06:48 PM EDT --
Imagine the Prime Minister of Canada, telling U.S. citizens that they ought to overthrow their national government. It isn't very likely that many people would act on such advice. Canada is, after . . .
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June 08, 2009 06:43 PM EDT --
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) released its opinion in the case of Brent Benjamin today. Benjamin is the Chief Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court. In 2004, when the story began, . . .
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June 22, 2009 06:36 PM EDT --
In case you missed it last week, here are Six Silly Stories from the Right about Universal Health Care .
Continuing the discussion from last week, here are nine more fairy tales from the right about . . .
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August 17, 2009 06:06 PM EDT --
Some say that religion is the human answer to the cognitive dissonance that arises from realizing that humans die. Because religion lets people believe life goes on after death, it gives life meaning. . . .
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September 14, 2009 06:15 PM EDT --
A passing snippet from the radio: “We, as Christian parents, have to become counter-cultural.”
There is a difference between being counter-cultural and having oppositional-defiant disorder, . . .
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October 05, 2009 06:53 PM EDT --
The perky lady with the video camera made her way around the tables at the high school reunion. She explained that she was making a YouTube video.
“What would you like to say to the kids in . . .
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