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	<title>Sheila Kennedy &#187; Random Blogging</title>
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	<description>Thinking about Liberty</description>
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		<title>New York, New York</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/05/new-york-new-york-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 11:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City that works]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indianapolis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My husband and I are city people, so when one of our sons moved to Manhattan, we increased the frequency of our trips to the Big Apple. We just got home from one such trip, a long weekend in New York, and I continue to marvel at what that city has done and is doing. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Resolving Any Doubts&#8230;&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/05/resolving-any-doubts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 20:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birthers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Schlafly]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2813</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Does anyone seriously doubt the persistence of racism in America? Or the influence of that racism on our politics? Phyllis Schlafly&#8211;never a subtle communicator&#8211;responded to news that minority births in the US had outnumbered Caucasian ones by explaining that this is a calamity because &#8220;those people&#8221; don&#8217;t &#8220;share our values.&#8221;   I devoutly hope they don&#8217;t share [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Persistence of Snake Oil</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/05/the-persistence-of-snake-oil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[con men]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morton Tavel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[readable book]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scientific method]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snake Oil]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Morton Tavel, a well-known Indianapolis cardiologist, has previously confined his writing to medical journals and textbooks. Recently, however, he has written a very readable book intended to discomfit most of its readers. &#8220;Snake Oil is Alive and Well: the Clash Between Myths and Reality&#8221; takes on the logical fallacies and medical frauds so near and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bipartisanship</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/05/bipartisanship/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/05/bipartisanship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 12:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bipartisanship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the nation's business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[zealotry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a lot of talk these days about bipartisanship and the lack thereof. One the one hand, we have cartoon characters like Richard Mourdock and peevish pundits like George Will decrying the very idea. (In a recent column, Will attacks all the bad ideas that have become law as a result of the dreaded cooperation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indiana&#8217;s Choice</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/05/indianas-choice/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/05/indianas-choice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 11:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boneham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governor's race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gregg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hoosiers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pence]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2801</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that the primaries are over, and the outlines of the gubernatorial campaign are getting clearer, it is beginning to look as if Hoosiers will have a choice between a candidate with bad ideas and one with no ideas. The Star reports that Democrat John Gregg is advocating both a tax cut for businesses and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking Backward</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/05/looking-backward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 16:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[backward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Party of No]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In 1980, I won the Republican primary for what was then Indiana’s Eleventh Congressional District, defeating three opponents. I was pro-choice and on record supporting equal rights for gays and lesbians (same-sex marriage was not yet an issue), positions that were consistent with the generally libertarian Republicanism of the day. Indeed, my loss to Andy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Couple of Gloomy Observations</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/05/a-couple-of-gloomy-observations/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/05/a-couple-of-gloomy-observations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 11:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lugar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mourdock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Super Pacs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2789</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I got a phone call from an old friend. Unlike most of my other Republican friends, who have been appalled by the Lugar-Mourdock results, he was euphoric. Why? Because Mourdock &#8220;is a bomb thrower! He&#8217;ll go to Washington and he won&#8217;t play the game!&#8221; Also yesterday, a commenter to one of my recent blogs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indiana&#8217;s Hangover</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/05/indianas-hangover/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/05/indianas-hangover/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 12:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gregg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lugar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mourdock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pence]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2784</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, we&#8217;ve had our &#8220;party&#8221;&#8211;yesterday was Primary Election day. Today, we have to live with the hangover. The most troubling result, of course, was the defeat of Dick Lugar by an embarrassing know-nothing unworthy to polish his shoes. I have posted several times about the pathetic campaign run by a once-towering statesman. Truth be told, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Guess I Pissed Him Off&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/05/i-guess-i-pissed-him-off/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/05/i-guess-i-pissed-him-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 10:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2771</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of years ago, after receiving a particularly nasty (unsigned) letter presumably triggered by one of my columns in the Indianapolis Star, I posted a rebuttal of sorts. In it, I noted my frustration with people who respond to ideas with which they disagree by calling names rather than specifying the nature of the disagreement. Today, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voting on the Word of God</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/05/voting-on-the-word-of-god/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/05/voting-on-the-word-of-god/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 10:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PFLAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Straight for Equality]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2766</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My husband and I attended a &#8220;Straight for Equality&#8221; event sponsored by PFLAG yesterday. PFLAG&#8211;for those who don&#8217;t know the acronym&#8211;stands for Parents, Friends and Families of Lesbians and Gays; the organization has 350+ chapters in the US and abroad.  &#8221;Straight for Equality&#8221; is an advocacy campaign the national organization has just launched. The President [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I Love Neil DeGrasse Tyson</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/05/why-i-love-neil-degrasse-tyson/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/05/why-i-love-neil-degrasse-tyson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 18:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agnostic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atheist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neil DeGrasse Tyson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2764</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I find Neil DeGrasse Tyson consistently reasonable, rational and persuasive. In this brief video, he does two things I think are important: he explains why labeling is the enemy of discourse, and he defends the distinction between agnostics and atheists. It&#8217;s well work watching.]]></description>
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		<title>Must&#8230;Hang On&#8230;Almost Tuesday&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/05/must-hang-on-almost-tuesday/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/05/must-hang-on-almost-tuesday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 11:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[content-free politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political ads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[primary election]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2762</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t imagine what life is like for people who don&#8217;t have TIVO. Our live TV watching is limited to the evening news&#8211;we can skip commercials otherwise&#8211;and we are drowning in negative, content-free bilge. Not to mention the colorful fliers in the daily mail&#8211;you know the ones I&#8217;m referring to: Candidate A would let women [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five More Days&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/05/five-more-days/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/05/five-more-days/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 11:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[primary elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voter ID laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2758</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;until the primary election is over. If you are like me, you are fed up/disgusted with the incessant negative television spots that tell you nothing about the candidate who has &#8220;approved&#8221; them and the constant stream of email messages &#8220;urgently&#8221; requesting money so that good can overcome evil. I&#8217;m just hiding under my desk until [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Different Worlds</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/04/alternate-realities-2/</link>
		<comments>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/04/alternate-realities-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of my husband&#8217;s favorite stories about his college years concerns a wealthy fraternity brother who, upon learning of the pregnancy of another  member&#8217;s wife, congratulated him and asked him whether the happy couple had hired a governess yet. A couple of days ago, Mitt Romney spoke to a group of college students worried about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OMGs of the Day&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://sheilakennedy.net/2012/04/omgs-of-the-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shekenne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Random Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disgrace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ego]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eugene White]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public servants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Lugar]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sheilakennedy.net/?p=2735</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, it&#8217;s really hard to choose the most appalling news of the day. I could begin with the continued embarrassment that is Dick Lugar&#8217;s campaign. Yesterday, Lugar was one of 31 (male) Republican Senators who voted against reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act; evidently, &#8220;true Indiana conservatives&#8221; consider laws against wife-beating an infringement of [...]]]></description>
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