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• Outrage on campus over student's suicide after sex is broadcast online

  Thu Sep 30, 2010
  • What happens to otherwise bright, privileged young adults that makes them think it is somehow O.K. to taunt and abuse another person like this? I'm not even sure if the point is that he's gay...in fact, I would argue that making the issue a "gay issue" does Tyler Clementi a disservice.

• 'Long-simmering dispute' sparks deadly spree

  Mon Aug 23, 2010
  • Dear NRA member...What if I don't want to be armed? What if I don't want my 3 year daughter to be armed? With all due respect, this is not the Wild West.

• Statement by Ag. Sec. Vilsack on Shirley Sherrod

  Wed Jul 21, 2010
  • Sec. Vilsack modeled exactly what I expect from our leaders--acknoweldgement of responsibility, contrition and then a plan of correction.

• 'The whole plane felt like it was dropping'

  Tue Jul 20, 2010
  • I do hope those injured recover soon. And I ALWAYS keep my seatbelt on tightly. This question is just out of my own selfishness: I am a terrible flyer, though I've flown many thousands of miles. Bizarrely, my greatest fear is this kind of turbulence.

• Toyota recalls Lexus hybrid for fuel spills

  Fri Jun 25, 2010
  • Though Toyota has clearly made mistakes, the constant thrashing by the the feds and press is beyond the pale...in the last several weeks--buried deep within the regular news--GM, Volvo, etc have ALL had various models recalled.

• Is President Obama doing enough to tackle the oil spill and its effects?

  Tue Jun 15, 2010
  • What else would you have him do? Go down & skim the oil himself? If you want to point a political finger, point it Dick Cheney's way.

• Is Pope Benedict too compromised by revelations about how he handled sex abuse allegations against priests to continue leading the Catholic church?

  Thu Mar 25, 2010
  • This story makes me ill. Why does the church believe it has the right to make it's own rules?

• Obama to sign health bill, take it on the road

  Mon Mar 22, 2010
  • I guess we're even now...I'm repulsed by McCain

• Va. passes 1st bill banning health care mandate

  Wed Mar 10, 2010
  • Good ol' Virginia...where the  Attorney General just filed suit against the EPA because he believes that there is no scientific evidence for global warming, the lesgislature just passed a law that does not include sexual identity as a basis for employment discrimination AND the senate several …

• Should the 10 American missionaries stand trial in Haiti for trying to take children out of the country?

  Thu Feb 4, 2010
  • So typical of the arrogance of some (but certainly not all) religous organizations to assume that what we have to offer is better.