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Category Archives: Social
Continuing Success in Education for All Demands Hard Work and Common Sense
I had the chance to see my high school physics and calculus teacher, Pat Chang, in Easley this week. She was gracious enough to attend a press conference my campaign held on the topic of public education. Ms. Chang was … Continue reading
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Jane Dyer – Education Event In Easley
EASLEY, SC (Sept. 29) As part of an ongoing series of policy talks throughout the Third Congressional District, candidate Jane Dyer spoke on the issue of public education Tuesday outside of Easley High School, her alma mater. Dyer took the … Continue reading
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Jane Dyer – South Carolina Progressive Candidate
Jane Dyer is a Democratic Candidate for the South Carolina’s Third Congressional District. The campaign will start in about 40 days, but I want to pay your attention on that woman beforehand. It is a great candidate with a deep … Continue reading
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McCain And Sick Veterans
The way John McCain tells it, the injuries he suffered at the hands of his captors in Vietnam would have ended his career as a Navy pilot were it not for the help of physical therapist Diane Rauch. And that’s … Continue reading
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Can insufficient water intake make you sick? Dan Negoianu and Stanley Goldfarb, writing in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (that’s the study of kidney diseases, folks) say we’ll never know: Only large and expensive randomized trials could … Continue reading
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Almost Daily Corner Bashing
The task of cutting greenhouse gas emissions enough to avert a dangerous rise in global temperatures may be far more difficult than previous research suggested, say scientists who have just published studies indicating that it would require the world to … Continue reading
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Health Care Agonizing
First, Obama aside, mandates matter because, sometimes, folks have to be protected from their worst instincts. That’s why we force everyone to pay into fire departments through taxes. Otherwise, some folks would opt out under the theory that they don’t … Continue reading
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Almost Daily Corner Bashing
Jonah — I have never voted for a Democrat in my life. And I don’t intend to start anytime soon. I even voted for Bob Dole, though that required holding my nose. In the last mayoral election in New York … Continue reading
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Krugman Brooks Cage Match
Steve Benen caught on to a subtle feud being played out between NYT’s Paul Krugman and David Brooks in their respective op-eds recently. Krugman’s column a few weeks back pointed to Ronald Reagan’s notable embrace of a Southern Strategy during … Continue reading
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A Cure For Insolence
Researchers at Ohio State University garnered little attention in February when they found that youngsters who lose their virginity earlier than their peers are more likely to become juvenile delinquents. So obvious and well established was the contribution of early … Continue reading
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