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Date: August 18th, 2009

AARP adding insult to… insult?

18 August, 2009 (17:17) | Medicine, Politics | By: ricjames

AARP has been having some troubles with their membership over their apparent stance on the Obamacare proposal. I say “apparent” because even though AARP’s brass is saying they aren’t endorsing any specific plan at the moment, their actions and words are indicating they are, in fact, supporting Obama’s initiative. The AARP rank-and-file aren’t pleased and [...]

Chevy Volt – a great idea but is it too expensive to make it?

18 August, 2009 (17:06) | Environment, Technology | By: ricjames

I’ve mentioned the Chevy Volt a few times here and I haven’t changed my mind about it: it’s a great idea. The notion of a completely electric car that carries a generator to charge its own systems is good one, neatly removing the big concern about electric cars in general, namely getting stranded with a [...]

Roberk Novak dead at 78.

18 August, 2009 (16:37) | Human Interest, Politics, The Media | By: ricjames

Journalist Robert Novak has died of brain cancer at the age of 78. Columnist Robert Novak, one of Washington’s most well-known political commentators, has died after a battle with brain cancer. He was 78. Novak died early Tuesday morning at his home in Washington. He had been a columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times for decades [...]