Tag: news
member name: Cheri Cabot
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August 12, 2009 03:44 PM EDT --
An estimat ed crowd of 3,000 descended on Alhambra, CA, Tuesday night for Congressman Adam Schiff’s town hall meeting on health care. A Democrat, representing California’s 29th district, Schiff . . .
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February 28, 2008 12:17 AM EST --
It was supposed to be a relaxing vacation. My friend, Suzi, and I were going to spend a few days loitering around the Four Corners' town of Durango, Colorado. We planned to read, write, chat with . . .
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March 20, 2007 02:21 PM EDT --
“Bushies” as those loyal to President Bush are called, have been a driving force behind his success for many years. Karl Rove, Alberto Gonzales, and Harriet E. Miers have been with him for . . .
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April 15, 2009 01:13 AM EDT --
Tax Day Tea Parties
Those silly, spontaneous Republicans are at it again. And boy, do they know how to part y! They are going to get down with a tax day tea party !
The so-called “spontaneous . . .
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May 16, 2009 02:27 AM EDT --
During his eight years as vice president, Dick Cheney was rarely seen or heard. Now he can't seem to get in front of a camera or microphone enough. He craves attention. He demands it.
“He . . .
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February 26, 2008 11:47 PM EST --
Fire spre ad rapidly through three structures on Main Avenue in historic downtown Durango, Colorado, Friday afternoon resulting in a violent explosion from the burning buildings. The force of the . . .
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February 20, 2007 12:48 PM EST --
Quietly, some might say with stealth, Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez of the United States Justice Department has fired (according to the Wall Street Journal) 11 U.S. attorneys . . .
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March 06, 2007 02:49 PM EST --
Winters in Vermont have become warmer and shorter, threatening the livelihood of ‘sugar makers’ as maple syrup producers are called. Several weeks of cold, . . .
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June 05, 2007 04:55 PM EDT --
I find the odyssey of Andrew Speaker, the 31- year -old attorney with a multi- drug resistant tuberculosis (TB), disturbing on many levels.
Andrew Speaker is an Atlanta personal injury . . .
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February 12, 2007 11:53 PM EST --
The perjury and obstruction of justice trial of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, former chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney, is a case of White House spin turned . . .
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February 27, 2007 09:05 AM EST --
Once again separation of church and state, the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, has found its way into the Supreme Court.
This Wednesday, Feb 28, the U.S. . . .
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March 13, 2007 06:06 PM EDT --
NOTE: I first published this article on Gather on Nov. 13, 2006. I am re-posting it for two reasons. One, it is tax time again, and two, I am in Iowa for the birth of my granddaughter. . . .
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March 27, 2007 02:06 PM EDT --
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and the Justice Department seem to have fallen down the dark rabbit hole and can’t get out.
On Friday, which is the day of the week the . . .
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April 03, 2007 08:39 AM EDT --
Three weeks ago my daughter had a baby. She will be taking three months of maternity leave, just as she did with her first baby. There was never any doubt or question that she would be allowed to . . .
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April 25, 2007 01:52 PM EDT --
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May 08, 2007 02:02 PM EDT --
Julie MacDonald, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks for the Interior Department, abruptly resigned April 30 on the verge of a congressional committee hearing. Saying that . . .
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May 15, 2007 11:13 AM EDT --
It was bound to happen sooner or later. People stopped shopping. Well, they didn’t stop all together, but enough to make a sharp drop in retail sales for the month of April. A 2.4% fall in sales . . .
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May 22, 2007 10:21 PM EDT --
I have always been intrigued by blind loyalty, both those who follow someone blindly, and those who command such loyalty.
Blind loyalty is a common thread throughout the Bush administration. What . . .
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August 23, 2007 11:37 PM EDT --
Ripples caused by foreclosures on Main Street have suddenly sent shock waves through Wall Street and beyond.
In 2005, with interest rates at record lows, subprime lenders were practically giddy . . .
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September 07, 2007 02:19 AM EDT --
Hypocrisy: 1) a feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one des not; the false assumption of an appearance of virtue or religion 2) an act or instance of hypocrisy
Dave Barbee, head of the Richmond . . .
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