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• Vegan Thanksgiving? It can be done (deliciously)

  Fri Nov 18, 2011
  • The only times I've eaten seitan it tasted like pencil erasers smell. Awful!!! I would be thankful this Thanksgiving if the vegans and the omnivores would just leave each other alone.

• Who's to blame for US debt downgrade?

  Fri Aug 5, 2011
  • By scaring the Republicans out of any chance of compromise, the tea party is to blame for the downgrade.

• 5 tips to make fitness last a lifetime

  Mon May 9, 2011
  • I find this entire challenge offensive. Posing as beefcake cheapens the role of legislator -- just when I thought it couldn't sink lower.

• Wis. governor: Ax $900 million from education

  Mon Feb 28, 2011
  •  Walker can't even tell the truth about the amount of increase for state worker's benefits. My health insurance isn't going to 'double', it's going to more than triple --going up 350%. But then nobody ever accused him of being intelligent.

• How the GOP could force a repeal vote in the Senate

  Thu Jan 20, 2011
  • Here's the deal. Until everyone has health coverage, EVERY public official either resigns or forfeits ANY health care. No excuses. No exceptions. Then let's see where the debate goes.

• Good Graph Friday: What the NFL teaches us about work

  Fri Jan 21, 2011
  • What does the NFL have to do with the 'real world'? Not a damn thing. In any dimension.

• Women: Pa. doc's abortions left us sterile, near death

  Sat Jan 22, 2011
  • The scientifically credible research shows that legal abortions have NO affect on fertility.

• Women: Pa. doc's abortions left us sterile, near death

  Sat Jan 22, 2011
  • The empirical research is clear - the most common reaction after abortion is relief. It's a legal procedure. But no-one should victimize poor women who have no other option. If you advocate adoption, then shut up until YOU have adopted an unwanted infant.

• Vote: Weigh in on Palin's reaction

  Wed Jan 12, 2011
  • A 'journalist' doesn't think words persuade?! Did she sleep through college?

• Guns in kids' bedrooms? Ohio town approves

  Sun Jan 9, 2011
  • Interestingly enough, the NRA does support these ideas. I'm an ex-NRA member, hunter safety instructor, handgun instructor, liberal, feminist college professor. I only dropped my NRA membership because of financial exigencies. The NRA supports responsible firearm ownership -- always has.