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Murdoch In The First

July 19, 2011 – 12:36 pm | 10 Comments | 2 views
Murdoch In The First

We all know that there is much trepidation about being a whistleblower. The laws in the States seem full of loopholes. The employer can claim there were false allegations and in turn, sue the whistleblower, or find some inane reason to fire the person. I do not know what the laws are in the U.K., but 47 year old Sean …

Do You Believe in the Power of Prayer?

June 16, 2011 – 11:32 am | 12 Comments | 4 views
Do You Believe in the Power of Prayer?

One of my earliest and most profound memories as a child was playing outdoors when I was about five years old. I looked up at a blue sky and saw something that even I knew was incredulous. There were three cameos, large but not too large; colorful but not too colorful, and they were there as though placed by God …

Women: Pawns in Health Care Debate?

November 22, 2009 – 5:14 pm | 14 Comments | 0 views
Women: Pawns in Health Care Debate?

The further ahead women get, the further behind we are. Whom do we believe and will this actually be a form of health care rationing? It will be fought out on the floor of the Senate, I suppose, but many of those doing battle are men who have no worries about such illnesses, unless they care about the women in their lives.

YEAH, WHEN PIGS FLY: TAKING DELTA’S NORTHWEST

October 28, 2009 – 9:56 am | 26 Comments | 1 views
YEAH, WHEN PIGS FLY: TAKING DELTA’S NORTHWEST

I don’t know about you, but I have had a few bad flying experiences in the past. Rockin’ and rollin’ in snow storms; a wing that missed the ground by mere inches on a landing; and one nauseous experience in a sardine-can commuter flight, are but a few. Now we learn that the pilot and co-pilot of a Delta Northwest …

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