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New York, New York
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging on May 21st, 2012
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. [...]
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Resolving Any Doubts……
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging on May 19th, 2012
Does anyone seriously doubt the persistence of racism in America? Or the influence of that racism on our politics? Phyllis Schlafly–never a subtle communicator–responded to news that minority births in the US had outnumbered Caucasian ones by explaining that this is a calamity because “those people” don’t “share our values.” I devoutly hope they don’t share [...]
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The Persistence of Snake Oil
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging on May 18th, 2012
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. “Snake Oil is Alive and Well: the Clash Between Myths and Reality” takes on the logical fallacies and medical frauds so near and [...]
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Bipartisanship
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging on May 17th, 2012
There’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 [...]
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Indiana’s Choice
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging on May 16th, 2012
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 [...]
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