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MAKING POVERTY HISTORY, OR JUST MAKING POVERTY? PART I; ARGH

Few things are as dangerous as the crusades of the good intentioned and clueless. None make this more obvious than the Make Poverty History campaign.

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'TWAS NOT THE TIME TO BE MERRY; 48-HOUR WEEK
As far as my writing goes, the just-departed election season was probably the most depressing one for me. I was, and am, uncomfortable with the fact that I was utterly indifferent to the outcome of something as important as an...

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VOTE "NONE OF THE ABOVE"; THE ONE COMMANDMENT; QUOTE; SCANNER!

I have tried to refrain from commenting too much during the disgusting hand-out contest that is this election season. Partly because after a while it just gets depressing, but also because I hesitate to be a wellspring of negativity while not arguing voting for any party. Yet, though none of the parties are fit to run the country, I am also reluctant to actively advocate staying at home. This is why I will be voting "none of the above" on the fifth, and I suggest you do too.

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Come now, and let us reason together: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. -- God (Isaiah 1:18)