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Society of St. Vincent de Paul
      Inspired by Gospel values, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, a Catholic lay organization, leads women and men to join together to grow spir...
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Sideglances
AS MENTIONED before in this space, the English language is a wondrous thing when it comes to communicating with fellow human beings. The English-speaking world abounds in proverbs and folk sayings ...
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The View from Writers Roost
IF WE’RE lucky and smart, we own up to those few truly very good friends who bless our lives with their presence and influence. As I sit here in the pre-dawn hours (as is my writer’s wont and hab...
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Short Course in Happiness
What Will Really Make You Happy? Research Reveals 4 Common Misconceptions The idea of a happy and meaningful life has become unnecessarily complicated in some circles, says author a...
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The Failure of the Texas Legislature to Protect Taxpayer Dollars
Dallas, Texas — Last night procedural tactics were used to delay Senate Bill 11, which would have required adult recipients of federal taxpayer dollars under the “Temporary Assistance for Needy Fam...
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The Age of Authoritarianism: Government of the Politicians, by the Military, for the Corporations
The Age of Authoritarianism: Government of the Politicians, by the Military, for the Corporations By John W. Whitehead  May 24, 2013 “[F]orce alone cannot make us safe. We cannot use...
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Is Government Support for Homeownership Still Critical to American Democracy?
by ERIC JOHN ABRAHAMSON
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As the five-year anniversary of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy and the collapse of the mortgage market approaches, Americans are still struggling to cope with the consequences of the Great Recessi...
THE CONTINUING FORFEITURE SCOURGE
by JAMES BOVARD
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THE CONTINUING FORFEITURE SCOURGE by  James Bovard May 23, 2013 A federal crime wave is sweeping the nation, and prosecutors and G-men could not be happier about it. The  Wall Str...
TGIF: THE GREATNESS OF PEACE ACTIVIST JOHN BRIGHT
by SHELDON RICHMAN
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TGIF: THE GREATNESS OF PEACE ACTIVIST JOHN BRIGHT by  Sheldon Richman May 24, 2013 As we approach Memorial Day — or what I like to call  Revisionist History Day — it’s fitting to ...
Those Uninvited Guests at Your Barbecue
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Those Uninvited Guests at Your Barbecue With most samples of several common store-bought meats testing positive for antibiotic-resistant "superbugs," factory farming practices must change. ...
Oil Industry Profits Are...Good!
by ROBERT L. BRADLEY, JR.
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The world's largest energy companies just released their first-quarter 2013 earnings. The eye-popping numbers? Chevron, $6.2 billion. Shell, $7.5 billion. ExxonMobil, the biggest, $9.5 billion....
Tenaska Gateway Generating Station in Rusk County Cuts Costs and Reduces Water Treatment Needs; Receives Award from GE
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Tenaska Gateway Generating Station in Rusk County Cuts Costs and Reduces Water Treatment Needs; Receives Award from GE GE’s Advanced Water Treatment Technology Helps Texas Power Plant C...
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Calif. plastic ocean debris bill dies in committee

File - In this Aug. 11, 2009 file photo provided by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography shows Matt Durham, center, pulling in a large patch of sea garbage with the help of Miriam Goldstein, right, in the Pacific Ocean. Plastics discarded by people often end up in the ocean, creating coastal pollution that harms marine life and gathers out at sea in what's become known as the great Pacific garbage patch. Now, California state lawmakers have introduced a law that if passed would require makers of plastic bottles, bags and packaging to replace plastics with more environmentally friendly alternatives. (AP Photo/ Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Mario Aguilera, File)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California bill that would have required manufacturers to figure out how to keep the most common plastic junk out of state waterways has died in the state Assembly without a vote.


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No bail for Pa. parents in faith-healing death

FILE - This undated file photo combination provided by the Philadelphia Police Department shows Herbert and Catherine Schaible. At a bail hearing Friday, May 24, 2013, a Philadelphia judge ordered the couple, who believe in faith healing over medicine, be held without bail on third-degree murder charges in the April death of their 8-month-old son, Brandon. They previously had been convicted of involuntary manslaughter after another child, 2-year-old Kent, died in 2009. (AP Photo/Philadelphia Police Department, File)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — After their 2-year-old son died of untreated pneumonia in 2009, faith-healing advocates Herbert and Catherine Schaible promised a judge they would not let another sick child go without medical care.


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