Archive for October, 2006
Friday, October 27th, 2006
My World Series prediction went down the tubes this week. Maybe I should have paid more attention to my own advice:
I get very leery when picks are this seemingly unanimous. Remember when everyone thought Miami was going to destroy Ohio State in the 2002 Fiesta Bowl? Remember how Texas probably ...
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Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
We have news from The Seattle Times this morning:
The Bush administration has dropped the phrase "stay the course" from discussions about Iraq amid a recent surge in violence and renewed calls in the U.S. for a different approach to the conflict.
Press Secretary Tony Snow feels that the phrase does not ...
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Friday, October 20th, 2006
The St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Mets last night in game seven of the National League Championship Series and now move on to face the Detroit Tigers in the World Series. The often asked question this morning appears to be "Can the Cards take a game from the ...
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Wednesday, October 18th, 2006
I read this article today about the Democratic resurgence in the state of Ohio. It turns out that people are fed up with all of the Republican corruption and failed governance, and Ohioans are warming up to the Democratic party as a whole.
While that part was interesting, I was shell-shocked ...
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Wednesday, October 11th, 2006
I already wrote in some detail a few months ago about how the federal minimum wage has not been adjusted since 1997. I compared the lack of a minimum wage adjustment to the eight pay raises Congress has given itself in that same time period. That sounds pretty fair.
Well, even ...
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Sunday, October 8th, 2006
The first bit of sports I enjoyed yesterday was the annual Texas-Oklahoma Red River Rivalry football game. Texas won that game my first year in school, and they proceeded to lose my last three years. And two more years after that. Last year, we ended our five year losing streak ...
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