John McCain, war hero, knows a little bit about war. That's probably why he is not interested in changing the rules for draft registration.
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John McCain, war hero, knows a little bit about war. That's probably why he is not interested in changing the rules for draft registration.
[...]In what is being (somewhat giddily) called “its biggest point gain in a single day ever,” the Dow Jones Industrial average proved once again that no one can predict what the heck will happen next on the stock market.
The image below is from Yahoo Finance.
“As far back as I can remember, I’ve had a fascination for the sound of words,” Poet Robert Pinsky told a near-capacity crowd gathered in the library’s Fehlow Room. The past U.S. poet laureate, Boston University professor, essayist, literary critic and translator held his audience spellbound with readings of his [...]
I suppose this is like pointing out that the sun rises in the east. But WTKK Radio (96.9 FM) talk-show host Michael Graham is running a fake photo on his blog showing Barack Obama speaking in front of a poster of the Latin American [...] 
Dennis, the alge-covered manatee that had been slowly swimming around Sesuit Harbor in East Dennis on the Cape, died just an hour from the rehab center at SeaWorld in Orlando, Fla.
The rescue team monitored the manatee in an 18-foot moving van during the 20-hour drive south. [...]
The Methuen City Council, in response to a series of complaints, has moved to prohibit the operation of dirtbikes within 500 feet of a neighboring residence. I will post the full text of the proposal online sometime tommorow, but I know this issue can be hotly debated and thought I [...]
I am sure that many readers dislike Krugman for his relentless - and often deceptive and hysterical -political partisanship in the NYT. However, he has apparently made some genuine contributions to economics.
The NJ's link to Marginal Revolution on Krugman's Nobel led me to this somewhat technical essay by Krugman on [...]
We found Ars Psychiatrica via Dr. X.
He seems like a thoughtful, literate, and kind person - and one of us Psychiatrists who is still willing to regard many human problems as problems of the soul and spirit rather than of "chemical imbalances."
I deeply disagree with his [...]
Governor Palin Campaigns in New Hampshire!
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
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Dover Victory Rally
Dover High School Gymnasium
25 Alumni Drive
Dover, NH 03820
Doors Open @ 9:00AM
Laconia Victory Rally
Weirs Beach
Lakeside [...]
The San Diego Chargers, seemingly reeling after a slow start to the season, handed the New England Patriots a butt-whupping of epic proportions by beating the reigning AFC Champions 30-10 while throughly dominating every phase and aspect of the game.
The Patriots had their chances to turn the tide or at [...]
UPDATED BY DUNCAN
As you have read below, or will read below, Raven is moving ARS over to another platform until we can find another that can support us. I’ll let her update with the actual link to the new digs. However, I wish to leave a salute to this old [...]
Enrollment drop, competition from other schools drain aid
By Alexandra Mayer-Hohdahl, amayer-hohdahl@lowellsun.com
TEWKSBURY — They are already facing a structural budget deficit and now an economic crisis of national proportions.
Having to worry about school enrollment is likely the last thing Tewksbury officials want to do.
In the last four years, Tewksbury’s public-school population [...]
In case readers out there are interested, I’m teaching a one-session class at Lowell Telecommunications tomorrow night, Tuesday, October 14th, from 6:30-9pm. The class assumes a basic knowledge of the internet, like browsing and using sites like Gmail, but is geared towards people who want to start a blog of [...]
The problems confronting the Republican Party in particular & the conservative movement in general go beyond Massachusetts. Returning this past weekend from the Americans For Prosperity (AFP) conference held in Washington, DC, Next Right blogger Soren Dayton had this to say on the subject:
First, this crowd (AFP attendees) is very pessimistic about the [...]
ACORN, Obama, Barney Frank, and Dodd are the real cause of the banking crisis. I do believe that. And it especially peeves me that so many of these "homeowners" were speculators with several houses, playing Monopoly during a bubble.
During Bird Dog's Dylanorama last week, I suggested we continue doing the occasional weekly musical theme and he agreed. It might be a particular artist or band, or it might be a certain genre of music. Additional info is