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• Gingrich explains personal 'mistakes,' rejects charges of racist undertones

  Sun May 15, 2011
  • " he’s confident that many social conservatives will back him in his 2012 presidential bid."

• What's your take on mandatory resort fees?

  Mon Jan 10, 2011
  • I work for an airline. I think all our fees are a ripoff, too.

• NYC officials visit site of anti-gay gang torture

  Sat Oct 9, 2010
  • I sent a copy of this story to my Christian fundamentialist minister brother. Basically, his response was too bad, so sad, but thes kids (and me, 62) are sinners. The end is near, he says. We have a long way to go to stop this legalized hate.

• 90,000 Afghan war documents being leaked

  Sun Jul 25, 2010
  • Reminds me of the Pentagon Papers.... and I cheered their release, too. It's time that we stop the Military Industrial Complex that Eisenhower warned us to resist!!  

• Governor objects to Mass. condom plan

  Thu Jun 24, 2010
  • As a 62 year old former grammar school teacher, and former kid, I think if a young boy is planning to have sex (with a girl or boy) and he's smart enough to ask for a condom, give it to him. I remember too many young girls in my rural Maine town who were pregnant from mysterious causes.

• Ohio girl top speller with 'stromuhr'

  Fri Jun 4, 2010
  • How do you spell "king"? $ $ $ $

• Judge Washes Out Denton Co. Alcohol Vote

  Thu May 27, 2010
  • Liquor is a legal substance in the USA; as legal as a can of tomatoes or corn. We should not have to vote to permit/restrict sales. Anybody who wants to open a liquor store should be able to do so. Grow up, America.

• Court splits sharply on campus Christian case

  Mon Apr 19, 2010
  • If the Christian group wins, they basically become a church funded by tax dollars. That is unconstitutional.

• Ratigan: The cost of 'corporate communism'

  Fri Apr 16, 2010
  • An interesting commentary and the link to healthcare too. This paper was done at the U of Maine in Orono. Quite sad how the private insurance companies deliver to America one of the worst health care "systems" in the industrialized world.

• Senator will fight airline carry-on bag fee

  Sun Apr 11, 2010
  • Within reason, the more bags that customers carry on, the fewer ramp-rats they need to hire to schlep luggage to/from the airplanes. So charging for carry-on is a double whammy!