Author: Steven D

NH GOP Backs Pro-Wife Beater Laws

It’s difficult to understand why even Republicans would be in favor of laws that make it harder for police to arrest men who beat up their wives, girlfriends or other women, but apparently that is the case in New Hampshire...

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Question: Iran, Israel, the US and War

Having read the entire NYT article by the Israeli journalist, Ronen Bergman, discussed by BooMan here, I was struck by his report of the extraordinary comments the outgoing head of the Mossad, Meir Dagan, made to a group of...

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My Daughter’s Piano Teacher is in Hospice

My daughter is 16. She’s been through a lot in her young life. She was diagnosed with ADHD and an anxiety disorder when she was seven years old. When she was eight, a woman she knew three houses down from ours, to whom she...

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Romney’s taxes: Who Cares?

It seems the Mitt payed only a 13.9% effective income tax rate in 2010 on $21.6 MILLION. And all I can say to that is so what? I know 30 “people” who paid no US income taxes between 2008 and 2010 and they made a lot...

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Tornado Season Starts Early

Who knew tornado season would be starting in January this year? A terrible night across the South. 24 reports of tornadoes in the last 24 hours across Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi. The National Weather Service...

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