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Oct. 15, 2009

Strands of Frogs' Eggs: Nobel Voices from GA, MS, NC, DC, Iran and Kenya Playing among the arrowroot leaves I tried in vain to pick up the strands of frogs' eggs, believing they were beads. --Wagari Muta Maathi, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Winner  The Nobel Prizes have a long history, having been awarded for more than a century, starting in 1901. The Nobel Foundation ... Posted by walterrhett at 10:23 a.m. | Talkbacks Category: Politics

Oct. 10, 2009

Death Row Capital Crimes and Punishment            Last month (September), the State of Ohio failed to execute an innate who spent 25 years on death row for the murder and rape of a 14 year old girl. The state's failure was not due to any legal action, new... Posted by walterrhett at 10:09 a.m. | Talkbacks Category: Politics

Sept. 14, 2009

Pants on fire! Think carefully for a minute: those who call others liars are usually deceivers themselves.      Do you think I am talking about the recent flap with SCCongress member, Joe Wilson? My fault, I forgot to say who or what was the object or cause of my opening aphorism--and t... Posted by walterrhett at 7:56 p.m. | Talkbacks Category: Politics

Aug. 27, 2009

A Memory of the Kennedy Journey    The one time I was in the room with Edward Kennedy was almost 26 years ago, for an afternoon announcement of the Senate's passage of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday bill. Senator Kennedy, and others, including Coretta Scott King, stood to the right of the podium, as Bob Dole, the... Posted by walterrhett at 12:44 p.m. | Talkbacks Category: Politics

Aug. 26, 2009

The Invisible Health Care System Health Care Reform is confusing and scary. Will the proposed changes make costs go up or come down? How will the quality of service be effected? Will treatment improve or get worse? And who will make the decisions that determine how cases and patients are handled? An unknown bureaucrat in Washing... Posted by walterrhett at 12:43 p.m. | Talkbacks Category: Politics

Aug. 9, 2009

Blogging Around: Facts & Laughs from 6 Perlo Cities A neat thing about blogging is the chance to share the great ideas that are circulating across the land. Here are 6 great blogs from cities where Perlo posts! Enjoy this exclusive Perlo digest. (Add to the Perlo, put your favorite link in the comments.)   #1: Discord77's blog post, ... Posted by walterrhett at 3:26 p.m. | Talkbacks Category: Living

July 25, 2009

Confederate gold  For those who love history, dream of adventure, riches, and fame; for those really believe they'll hit the jackpot on the lottery scratch-off, for those still look up at night to see the stars and passing clouds. and for those who love to touch the past, here's a challenge to give meaning t... Posted by walterrhett at 9:42 a.m. | Talkbacks Category: Travel & Visitors Guide

July 22, 2009

Jim DeMint's Waterloo     Jim DeMint is mad, but not without method. That combination makes him dangerous.  His madness is not being anti-Democratic or fiercely partisan; it is the utter lack of moral compass, compassion, and vision for the people of the nation or the state he represents. “It will... Posted by walterrhett at 5:55 p.m. | Talkbacks Category: Politics

July 19, 2009

Two foreign policy models A couple of weeks ago, a Des Moines reader left this comment after a post about the rise of the movement for democracy in Iran after the national election: “Well nobody [Obama] spoke out and they still got their butts kicked around and then some. Are you defending or giving credit to pr... Posted by walterrhett at 5:53 p.m. | Talkbacks Category: Politics

July 17, 2009

Check out the record: Hillary is in charge and amused by the gossip   Tina Brown, the tired and flamed-out gossip columnist, New Yorker editor who was once thrown out of 3 English boarding schools, branched out last week into foreign territory. Publisher of The Daily Beast, a website that combines soft journalism and celebrity gossip, Brown flanked the mains... Posted by walterrhett at 3:07 p.m. | Talkbacks Category: Politics

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