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Daylight Savings Time
I always forget — it hit us again this year. Daylight savings time, which annually borrows an hour this time of year, then gives it back (without any interest) in the fall. My 11:00 AM appointment disappeared this morning and became a noon appointment without so much as consulting my schedule.
Gulf War Syndrome
Free detox program for vets suffering from Gulf War Syndrome …
Cyclone Larry – volunteer needs help
An acquaintance, Lisa Miller of LA, is seeking funds to to go Australia to help the victims of Cyclone “Larry”. Not a joke – Lisa spent several weeks last year helping victims of Hurricane Catrina as a full time Church of Scientology Volunteer Minister and now wants some help from you to go help the […]
Maryland Education
The Maryland school board has bypassed local school boards in Baltimore and will be operating four high schools directly, according to an article in today’s NY Times. Invoking the federal No Child Left Behind law, the Maryland school board voted today to take control of four Baltimore high schools with chronically low achievement and strip […]
Lyn Nofziger Dies at 81
“In politics there is no such thing as a sure thing.” — Lyn Nofziger
Dr. Szasz: Psychiatry Stigmatizes
psychiatric labeling is not diagnosis, it is stigmatizing…
London
My prayers go out to those who died or lost loved ones in the bombings in London this week.
War of the Worlds
The sequence with the ferry boat is, all by itself, worth the price of admission…
Slant
Today I saw this quote in The Federalist and it resonated with me as this is a good description of the kind of insanity I see when I try to read the New York Times….