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The three stooges: The president won't fire Alberto Gonzales. He needs him to protect White House secrets, including the schemin

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Taking One For The Team: Gonzales' Resignation As A Diversionary Tactic

Alberto Gonzales will resign today as Attorney General of the United States. The long-awaited and yet unexpected move comes after months of controversy and congressional scrutiny into his role in the US Attorneys...

created by killfile | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Setting The Record Straight: Net Neutrality

Between the recent hullabaloo about the Fairness Doctorine, the FCC's dismissal of Net Neutrality, and the general Web 2.0 craze Americans are going to be hearing about the Net Neutrality issue a lot -- particularly as it becomes the hot-button technology issue in the...

created by killfile | 4 years ago
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Brooch - First gold smelting in Johannesburg, South Africa

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Debunking The Gold Standard: The Myth of Inflation

The popular children's television network Nickelodeon derives its name from the early movie theaters that appeared across the United States near the turn of the 20th Century. For the price of a shiny nickel,...

created by killfile | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Debunking The Gold Standard: The Myth of Legality

Thanks in large part to the hype surrounding Ron Paul's candidacy within the Republican Party, the notion of a US return to the Gold Standard has enjoyed renewed popularity as of late. Mr Paul supports the...

created by killfile | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Debunking The Gold Standard: The Myth of Stability

Thanks in large part to the hype surrounding Ron Paul's candidacy within the Republican Party, the notion of a US return to the Gold Standard has enjoyed renewed popularity as of late. Mr Paul supports the dissolution of the United States Federal Reserve and a return...

created by killfile | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Twenty Five Years Of Special Love

Dave Smith, guitar in hand, grins as he launches into the chorus of his original musical number "No Mo Chemo." At a table to his side, Coleen McGowan and her mother Rose sing along to lyrics 25 years in...

created by killfile | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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The Revolution Will Not Be Socialized -- The Homogenization of Social Media

Almost since the first web-page was displayed upon the first browser over the tiny and fragile networks that would eventually become the Internet, technophiles have been trying to figure out what the World Wide Web really is. In the early 1990s we thought it was a library....

created by killfile | 4 years ago
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Lightweight Exo-Atmospheric Projectile (LEAP)

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Mr Putin Has A Point -- Anti-Ballistic Missiles and the Threat of a New Cold War

Before 9-11, before the war on terror, before Iraq and Afghanistan, the Surge, and the Hunt for Bin Laden – Anti-Ballistic Missiles were the controversial leading-edge of the Bush Administration’s Foreign...

created by killfile | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Virginia Tech Graduates - Media's Moral Hazard

"Saturday, May 12 2007 marks graduation at Virginia Tech the end of the media stake-out of Blacksburg Virginia. Since the April 16 shootings in Ambler Johnston and Norris Halls, every news organization from BBC to...

created by killfile | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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"What Now" For The Republican Party?

"Bush's approval ratings seem to have flattened out around 28%1. The Democratic Congress is trying to work out some sort of compromise so that Bush will actually pass a funding bill for his war; and all the while...

created by killfile | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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Burruss Hall, Virginia Tech Candlelight Vigil

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Healing On Stage -- Virginia Tech, Tragedy, and Theatre

"Though nearly three days have passed since the shooting spree that left thirty-three Virginia Tech students dead and dozens more wounded, the international news media still crowd this quiet South-Western Virginia...

created by killfile | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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Imus Was A Fool To Apologize

"Don Imus was a fool to apologize for his remarks calling the Rutgers' Women's' Basketball team "Nappy Headed Hos." This is not to say that the aforementioned team is either nappy headed or sexually promiscuous...

created by killfile | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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A Critical Choice - The Fate of the Republican Party Hangs on Bush's Veto

"It has been 95 days since the Democratic Party took over control of the United States Congress. Though Pelosi's "First Hundred Hours" agenda met with success, the term of the 110th Congress has been bogged down...

created by killfile | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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When The Hell Is Easter? -- An Introduction to the Computus

"Tomorrow is Easter, perhaps the most important fest and event in the Christian Liturgical Year. Easter Sunday marks the celebration of Jesus' resurrection in the first century AD, viewed by Christians as a...

created by killfile | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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Talking to Iran a mistake for strategic, moral reasons - Victor Davis Hanson

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Prisoners of Ahmadinejad - Iran's International Powerplay

"Thirteen days after their capture in the waters of the Persian Gulf, the sailors of the Royal Navy have returned home to their native Britain, prisoners of Iran, casualties of worsening East-West relations, and...

created by killfile | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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