Earth Talk | Borax
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Dear EarthTalk: I’ve heard so much about using Borax for green housecleaning. But if this mineral has to be mined, doesn’t that negate some of its “green-ness?” – Elsa, Lincoln, Neb.
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Larry Struck | Fix health care by learning from other countries
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Picture yourself with a serious health problem and no medical care. This is not difficult to imagine for anyone without health insurance or with substandard coverage. Fortunately, my partner Debra, and I were in excellent health when we departed the U.S. aboard our sailboat for a multi-year sabbatical. We left corporate and government jobs which…
A View from the Right | Obama-Care makes America sick
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The American people are understandably queasy.” – Barack Hussein Obama, July 22, 2009. What is making the American people queasy is a Congress that does not pay attention to those who hired them in the first place. What is making the American people queasy is a Congress that does not do the job for which…
Stop the Presses | My take on the Gates-arrest controversy
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I’m about as on the outside of the controversy over the disorderly-conduct arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. as you can be, but since everybody else is weighing in … I can see why both Gates, the director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at…
Let’s be perfectly frank
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Another thing that stinks about government – your congressman can spend your tax dollars on a full-color mailer full of made-up numbers about a highly-tinged policy issue, and there’s not a damn thing you can do about it. It’s called the franking privilege, it dates back to 17th century England, and it can show up…
Bolling camp corrects record on Opportunity Fund
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“During her trip to the Valley and as you reported during her stop in Waynesboro, Wagner accused the LG of only recently supporting the Governor’s Opportunity Fund. However, Jody Wagner is dead wrong.” That was the message to me from Randy Marcus, the chief of staff for Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, pulling double duty in…
Updates from the Campaign Trail
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Tuesday, July 21 – Legislative forum to tackle behaviorial health, disability services issues Monday, July 20 – House Democratic candidates to discuss health care in Waynesboro – Deeds releases economic plan
Chris DeWald | I’ve stroked, now what? Part 2
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Hello my friends. While getting your Heparin Therapy, most of you will be gradually make a transition to Warfarin/Coumadin. These meds are to thin your blood to prevent further clotting.
Earth Talk | Water-powered cars?
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Dear EarthTalk: I’ve heard that cars can be modified to run on water. How is this possible? – Diane McMorris, Rockport, Maine There are a number of online marketing offers of kits that will convert your car to “run on water,” but these should be viewed skeptically. These kits, which attach to the car’s engine,…
Haresh Daswani | The Burger King marketing strategy: Offending cultures for more attention
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I was browsing through a few interesting articles writing about how Hindus got offended about the latest Burger King ad campaign. Honestly, it was offensive, and what I have realized, is that this was purely intentional on the side of Burger King. Every marketing campaign always has to go through a process review to ensure…
