RE: What if super-rich in U.S. helped save Africans?
by As printed in the Houston Chronicle, Jeffery D. Sachs asks what if super-rich in U.S. helped save Africans? Good question, what if they did? The …
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Columbia Report In: NASA Criticized
The Houston Chronicle says that astronauts can’t explore space on a wing and a prayer. Sure, they’ve got a point. If more people knew more …
Not Found: Weapons of Mass Destruction
Here’s “proof” that Mr. Bush misled us. Ha, ha, ha! If only anyone cared, myself included.
Re-districting Solution?
Usually William Raspberry makes me faintly ill. But his recent editorial about winner-take-all elections and redistricting/gerrymandering actually makes some sense. Of course, that means it …
Supreme Court: OK to be Gay!
The Supreme Court of the United States says it’s OK to be gay. Charming. Thanks, Justices, for your help in raising strong, healthy children in …
Biology Means Very Little, Really
Thom Marshall wrote about a girl who wants to live with her step-mother instead of her biological one, only to be stymied by the courts. …
A National Championship for a Real College – Hoorah!
It’s nice to see a real academy of education win an NCAA (baseball) championship for a change. Congrats to the Rice Owls! I’d love to …
OK to Filter Porn at Public Libraries
In a better ruling than was issued in regards to the scourge of affirmative action, the Supreme Court ruled it is constitutional for libraries to …
Affirmative Action Lives On, Unfortunately
The Supreme Court has voted to allow “limited” forms of affirmative action in college admissions policy. Here’s what Houstonians had to say. Notice anything odd …
Spam Is Killing the Internet
National columnist Jacquelyn Mitchard is taking her email address out of circulation because of spammers. This is the same problem as us common-folk have; perhaps …