Here is John Tierney, writing from behind the NY Times firewall. I took the quote from The Agitator.
As the baby boomers age, more and more Americans will either be enduring chronic pain or taking care of someone in pain. The Republican Party has been reaching out to them with a two-step plan:
1. Do not give [...]
Posted on January 21st, 2006 by pwyll
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Several of my daughter’s doctors are at UNC; I have been favorably impressed by their professionalism. It is gratifying to know that UNC is doing important medical research.
CHAPEL HILL — Working half a world away from each other, two teams of medical scientists have identified what they believe is a simple, effective and inexpensive [...]
Posted on January 19th, 2006 by pwyll
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Senator Kennedy has either an evil sense of humor or a tin ear:
Senator Ted Kennedy has a dog named “Splash”, who’s the co-star of the Senator’s new book. (Hat tip, The Chief.)
Well, one imagines that “Chappaquiddick” isn’t very doggy, and “Mary Jo” was right out.
Scrivener.net
Posted on January 17th, 2006 by pwyll
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And as we think about rebuilding New Orleans, surely God is mad at America, he’s sending hurricane after hurricane after hurricane and it’s destroying and putting stress on this country. Surely he’s not approving of us being in Iraq under false pretense.
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, The Times-Picayune
One of the difficulties of interpreting God’s will [...]
Posted on January 17th, 2006 by pwyll
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A reader recently commented that ‘Senator Kennedy is doing his job under the Constitution, “advising and consenting” regarding a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court’.
Here is how the NY Times chararterizes the Democrats’ role in the recent hearings on the Alito nomination.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 - Disheartened by the administration’s success with the Supreme Court [...]
Posted on January 16th, 2006 by pwyll
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some commenters to my recent post noted that Tookie Williams was not executed for writing children’s books, but for killing four people. Christ, I must have missed that small fact when i was reading about Williams on the Huffington Post. I thought all he did was write children’s books!
thanks for the heads up!
QUOTE OF THE [...]
Posted on January 14th, 2006 by pwyll
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