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by Al Bienstock

AL GORE GREEN

On things "green," Al Gore opts to expound.
Funny ... what goes around comes around.
Students will soon be seen
With faces turning green -
The Al Gore School's built on toxic ground.

FOXNews, 9/7/10: "A Los Angeles school district has named a new academy after Al Gore - the only problem is the school was built on toxic soil."

NINE-ONE-ONE REMEMBERED

The attack that took place nine-one-one
Signaled that a new war had begun.
Now we cannot forget
That it's not over yet
And it won't be until we have won.

biCZAR WORLD

Barrack has lots of czars, like for TARP,
And some of them are not very sharp.
Now he's added one more
To engage in a war.
Against terrorists? No, Asian carp.

Chicago Tribune, 9/8/10: "The White House has tapped a former leader of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and the Indiana Wildlife Federation as the Asian carp czar to oversee the federal response to keeping the invasive species out of the Great Lakes."

WHAT DROPPED - JOBLESS CLAIMS OR STANDARDS?

Jobless claims dropped. Dems were elated.
But the results were overstated -
Were real numbers used? No.
Just an Obama show -
For nine states they were estimated.

Bloomberg, 9/9/10: "Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits declined more than forecast last week, easing concern that employers will accelerate firings as the world's largest economy cools." "For the latest reporting week, nine states didn't file claims data to the Labor Department in Washington because of the Labor Day holiday earlier this week, a department official told reporters. California and Virginia estimated their figures and the U.S. government estimated the other seven."

Joseph Horton

Mon, August 30, 2010

Back to School, Back to the Books

The high price of college textbooks is getting a lot of press. Legislators are considering bills to bring down costs, such as requiring professors to use the least expensive "educationally ...

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Fri, August 13, 2010

An Outsider's View of Christianity

Review of The Unlikely Disciple

"The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest
University" By Kevin Roose | Grand Central Publishing [Paperback] (June 3,
2010) | 336 pp. | List Price: ...

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Thu, July 08, 2010

The Thin Culture

My favorite section of the paper is still the comics. Lately I have been reading what seems to have become an annual theme in the "Cathy" comic strip. Not only can Cathy not find a suitable ...

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Tue, June 01, 2010

First, Do No Harm

As a psychology professor I teach students who plan to be practitioners of social science. They have been moved with compassion by the problems so many people face, such as being in a painful ...

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Wed, August 26, 2009

Credit Cards and Predictable Unintended Consequences

Imagine being a contractor and regularly using your credit card to purchase building materials for your job. Without warning you receive a notice that effective immediately your credit limit has been ...

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Wed, August 05, 2009

Sleepy, 'Lazy' Teenagers?

We are now well into summer vacation, and it is time for a quiz. How many hours per night does your teen sleep during vacation? How many hours of sleep does your teen get on school nights during the ...

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