As with a lot of the "grass roots" actions of the modern American far right, it's been hard to know whether to laugh or cry in recent days at the so-called "tea party" tax protests that have been taking place around the country. ...
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Thursday was a strange day in the state government world. The Senate spent much of the morning debating a proposal to bail out the State Health plan that would not only cost state employees more, but subject some of them to tests with a device to see if they have been smoking. ...
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It might be surprising to see two candidates running against each other in a hotly contested Insurance Commissioner race writing a joint guest column two weeks before a major election. But then again, stranger things have happened. ...
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The far right offers up its anti-poverty program
We Americans are notorious for our short attention spans and memories. So perhaps it's understandable, if not excusable, that many people delude themselves into believing that the "good ol' days" were somehow always superior to the modern era. Progressives, for instance, need to be careful at times not to get too carried away in deriding modern technology and consumerism lest we forget that the world of bumpy two-lane roads, non-wrinkle free clothes and two or three dreary TV stations wasn't always as much fun as some like to think.
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