Category Archives: Current Affairs

OMG

February 17, 2008 – 8:36 am

OMG
We live in a fast paced, high tech, always on the move world. We can GPS our every destination, instantly download our newest favorite songs, hold meetings online with folks from every far flung point on the globe, become "friends" with people we will never meet via the cyberneighborhoods …
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MAYOR NEWSOM DISCUSSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY WITH THE EDITOR OF CALITICS.COM, BRIAN LEUBITZ

February 5, 2008 – 12:57 pm

MAYOR NEWSOM DISCUSSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY WITH THE EDITOR OF CALITICS.COM, BRIAN LEUBITZ
Mayor Gavin Newsom was interviewed by Brian Leubitz, editor of Calitics.com on Friday, February 1, 2008. Here’s an excerpt of Brian asking Mayor Newsom about his decision four years ago requiring city officials to issue same-sex marriage licenses: BRIAN LEUBITZ: It’s a big leap […]

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Every day, five U.S. Soldiers try to kill themselves!

February 3, 2008 – 2:23 pm

Every day, five U.S. Soldiers try to kill themselves!
  CNN has a story "Concern mounts over rising troop suicides" and that was a shock and a surprise to me.  Average of 5 soldiers per day tried to commit suicide in 2007, Army figures show Sen. Jim Webb introduces legislation to improve care for soldiers Army […]

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Christmas Gone To The Dogs

December 27, 2007 – 8:01 am

Christmas Gone To The Dogs
I don’t think it’s much to ask, especially in these terror-troubled times in which we find ourselves, to simply enjoy a holiday with family. No drama (aside from the usual fights over drumstick allocation, football teams, and who gets the last drop of egg nog), no angst (unless, of course, YOU […]

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Resolutions from the Sunday News

December 16, 2007 – 6:43 am

Resolutions from the Sunday News
EVERY YEAR in Ireland, the run-up to the Christmas holiday season is reflected in the page count of the Sunday broadsheets. The number of pages normally decrease and the papers start to boost their cover price by five cents right around the start of the new year. I despise Sunday talk […]

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