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Politics
Fabulous News on the Environment
This is wunderbar: The computer system used by the Environmental Protection Agency to track and control water pollution is obsolete, full of faulty data and does not take into account thousands of significant pollution sources, according to a new government report. Efforts to modernize the program have been mismanaged for several years, said the report, …
Information, Please
One of the most annoying things about this administration is that they have been so wildly successful at slowing the flow of information. Mike McCurry and company would have loved to have had this amount of success. The problwm with this isthat it leaves the rest of us in the dark, and no one knows …
UnHinged Liberals
This is not a parody: After reading the paper this morning I’m so depressed that I just want to crawl into a hole and go to sleep forever. I’m afraid that there are days when I just can’t stand to watch any longer as the Republican party continues its ceaseless, step-by-step quest to destroy a …
Good Week For the Times
All in all, another stellar week for the NY Times: 1.) New York Times Loses Libel Case A federal jury ruled today that the New York Times and one of its reporters libeled an Ohio Supreme Court justice in an article about a lawsuit filed by the son of Sam Sheppard. But the jury said …
Question for the Day
I should have asked this yesterday, but, that is just things go. Here is the question for the day: Are tax rates a moral issue?
Prediction
After watching the Democrat candidates for a couple of months, I have decided that Gephardt or Dean are the ones who stand the best chance of winning the nomination. Balloon Juice readers will note that this is a complete reversal for me regarding Gephardt, who months ago I said was completely unelectable. I still think …