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A dejected Schreiber (Lower Left) and a Jubilant Mulroney wins the Disco danceoff

Canada: Mulroney-Schreiber Inquiry

OpinonBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThe Mulroney-Schrieber Inquiry into kickbacks to our former Prime Minister started off with a simple question by the panel of inquisitors. Did you Brian Mulroney...

created by Barry ORegan | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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John Edwards and the $400 haircut

A little digging in to John Edwards' campaign spending has revealed that he has twice dropped $400 in a Beverly Hills salon...in three weeks. The blogosphere is, of course, all over this news; similar to...

created by Kaitlin | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Hide the Report Card: Homeland Security's Mediocre Performance

Back in high school, whenever I brought home a C- in math I would be proud-- proud that I had dragged myself up from a D-. My folks, on the other hand, reacted with somewhat muted enthusiasm. Such should be the case here."Information security procedures in federal government...

created by Jordan Yerman | 4 years ago
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Arctic sea ice vanishing: NASA

"The Arctic in 2005 saw little renewal of the thick, perennial sea ice that normally melts and is replenished every year, a NASA study has found. Renewing the layer is crucial to maintaining the summer ice cover's...

created by steve468 | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Grasses 51% Better Ethanol Source Than Corn

Edmund Jenks

Grasses 51% Better Ethanol Source Than Corn :: MAXINE

In a report found in the Scientific American, a team of economists and ecologists at the University of Minnesota say that "these diverse grassland species [prairie grasses] constitute a carbon-negative source of...

created by Edmund Jenks | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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Sex and spirituality: the new predicament

"What a predicament - sex and spirituality! This is a tough nut to crack, and I wonder if anybody has really cracked it satisfactorily, even after thousands of years. Of course, if we want to be free, it's not sex itself that is the problem, but our relationship to it. The...