Tag: random musings
group name: publicradio
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November 21, 2007 01:02 PM EST --
Ah Thanksgiving, the holiday that means people share personal and profoundly moving "things to be thankful for" lists. Although I love reading or hearing about what really truly deeply matters . . .
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July 30, 2006 01:36 PM EDT --
Well, it's been a full week since I've signed up here at Gather and it's been quite interesting. Having spent some time - make that a LOT of time - looking around and commenting and meeting . . .
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September 12, 2006 10:24 AM EDT --
As the Iraq war grinds deeper into its fourth year with sectarian strife increasing, not abating, and with more and more U.S. servicemen and women dying in -- not departing from -- that nation, I find . . .
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September 20, 2006 04:28 PM EDT --
Well, it has been a quiet week in mine. The neighbors are visible more, doing their various lawn tending chores and waving from their work with rakes, and brooms. Our neighbor to the north has been out . . .
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January 27, 2007 09:09 AM EST --
"Jon Ponder" has a great article out today:
http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/01/26/more-rumors-that-cheney-is-out-condi-is-in-as-vp/
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October 25, 2006 02:05 PM EDT --
This year's graduating seniors at Northwestern University heard three great leadership lessons from their commencement speaker, Illinois Senator Barack Obama. The lessons came from his own extraordinary . . .
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November 29, 2007 09:10 AM EST --
MPR's Curtis Gilbert reports Video blogger learns YouTube stardom has a price :
Minnesota native John Holden recently found himself a YouTube star. It sounds like a dream come true for . . .
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December 03, 2007 10:56 AM EST --
So far I've found a couple on my own:
Bob Collins wonders What's China got? (see capture)
Midmorning talks about the Best books of the year (11:06 ET / 10:06 CT on the . . .
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October 21, 2006 11:09 AM EDT --
Some observations of history leading to a perspective that differs from provincial wisdom: you connect the dots.
The Great Clinton Economy: Remember the campaign slogan was, "it's the . . .
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October 21, 2006 11:33 AM EDT --
There is a widespread belief among workers, those who are ignorant about the laws of economics, that unions can actually raise wages. In spite of the overwhelming evidence that labor productivity is the . . .
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October 21, 2006 11:00 AM EDT --
A brief political history of modern times:
Norman M. Thomas was a six-time presidential candidate of the Socialist Party of America (1928 to 1948) with a platform to establish a "Socialist America." . . .
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October 21, 2006 05:39 PM EDT --
The so-called wire tapping story, the hot political potato until replaced by debates over immigration and gasoline prices, and sure to be on the front burner again as we approach the fall elections, is . . .
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November 01, 2006 01:50 PM EST --
When Barack Obama challenged himself by becoming a community organizer in the Chicago slums rather than go to law school, he very nearly lost the challenge. In the end, he won through, and his risky path . . .
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November 02, 2007 09:54 AM EDT --
Don't be caught without a topic!
On the radio, whoaa-oohh:
Don Imus will be back on the air (NPR)
Indian leaders win concessions from KQRS (MPR)
According to The Splendid Table . . .
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November 09, 2007 11:29 AM EST --
Don't be caught without a topic!
Leave no factoid unturned Some angles: Is Hillary a bad tipper? Would you vote for a candidate who was rude to waitstaff? How do candidates control their . . .
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October 10, 2006 03:34 PM EDT --
As heard on Minnesota Public Radio's Morning Edition Will they, will they, rock you?:
With a classic arena song now banned, sports teams look for the next generation of jock jams. MPR's Cathy . . .
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November 16, 2007 02:43 PM EST --
Don't be caught without a topic!
Tightwads and Spendthrifts We all know a total tightwad or a reckless spendthrift. You might even be one. Things to debate: What kind of marketing makes . . .
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June 28, 2006 02:33 PM EDT --
Quirks and Quarks from Canadian Public Radio has a very interesting show (available as mp3 download) addressing the science of Happiness.
It turns out, Happiness is not about being beautiful and successful. . . .
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July 23, 2006 06:23 PM EDT --
4/23/06 -
The night that the 96-year-old lady is my patient. She's dying and kind of knows it. She is in the last stages of heart failure. On this night, about every 4 . . .
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October 21, 2006 05:45 PM EDT --
The third anniversary of the invasion of Iraq has been an occasion for members of both parties to make a spectacle out of them selves, posturing for the upcoming mid-term election and the 2008 presidential . . .
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