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Where Do You Stand?

by David Oatney on 6/22/2008 10:20:46 PM

I'm not normally one to go out of my way to promote blog aggregators, but I want to take the time to encourage my readers to sign up for the aggregation and the unique services available at WhereIStand.com. I've been a member for over two years now, and blog aggregation isn't what makes Where I Stan... Continue »

Oil Giants and Iraq--Together at Last!

by Carol Hoenig on 6/19/2008 8:49:50 AM

Now that the story has broke, I’m eager to have many questions answered.   Four Western oil companies are in the final stages of negotiations this month on contracts that will return them to Iraq, 36 years after losing their oil concession to nationalization as Saddam Hussein rose to power.  Exxon ... Continue »

America is #97th

by MisterE on 5/21/2008 4:26:37 PM

We're not number one, we're not even number two... we are number 97th, in terms of peace when ranked against the rest of the world.  Take a look... Continue »

Uncluttering the Mind

by Tall Paul on 4/28/2008 5:09:29 PM

Are people too busy to think anymore?  I ponder that question as I fear the cell phone is more dangerous than folks believe.  I wonder if this technological device harms the thought process.  And you reasoned the only harmful thing about the phone was talking while driving.  I beg to differ.   I mu... Continue »

Old Technology

by Tall Paul on 4/19/2008 3:37:09 PM

I have written stuff for a long, long time.  Back when I started, writers didn’t use computers and they were only in the dream stage.   I was fortunate however as I operated an electric typewriter.  This was big stuff because most people typed on manual typewriters.  But because I can only use one h... Continue »

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The Nashville Skyline Debate: The Fix Twitters!

by The Fix (blog) on 10/7/2008 9:14:02 PM

The Fix will be twittering tonight's debate -- LIVE from Nashville, Tenn. (the debate, not The Fix) -- beginning around 9 p.m. ET tonight. Want to follow our observations, Simpsons references and other juvenalia? You can either sign up for... Continue »

First Debate Thread

by Chris Bowers on 10/7/2008 8:59:32 PM

Updates scrolling from top to bottom New debate thread above this one. A real village moment: Brokaw refuses to allow Obama to respond to a McCain attack so that he can a question about how McCain and Obama will fix the universally recognized "time-bomb" of Social Security. Brokaw also whines that h... Continue »

Is Biden an asset or a liability for Obama?

by Jack Cafferty on 10/7/2008 8:11:52 PM

FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: Senator Joe Biden is never at a loss for words. That is both the good news and the bad news. See not everything Biden says is helpful to the Democrats' cause. Example: He told the CBS Evening News this week that in 1929 "when the stock market crashed, ... Continue »

What role do the Pres. candidates play in the bailout plan?

by Jack Cafferty on 10/7/2008 8:11:52 PM

Click the play button to see what Jack and our viewers had to say.(PHOTO CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES) FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: We've never had a situation like this before, where a national crisis has intervened six weeks before a presidential election. So far, despite all the grandstanding, Senators Ob... Continue »

What should be next for the bailout plan?

by Jack Cafferty on 10/7/2008 8:11:52 PM

What should be next for the bailout plan? FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: Wall Street was looking for something yesterday. As the vote on the bailout package approached, the stock market was hinting that it wanted the package passed. In fact, as the votes were being tallied, the Dow Jones Industrials re... Continue »