Daily Archives: January 22, 2003

For thee but not for me

Rob reports on this article about abstinence-only education as it’s practiced in Lubbock, Texas (which as Rob also notes has the highest rate of teen pregnancy in Texas). Abstinence-only is how Team Bush wants sex ed taught around the country, … Continue reading Continue reading

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Why blogging is better than old media

Blogging is better than old media because I can do things like quote Ted Barlow: From today’s Howard Kurtz profile of Paul Krugman: Online columnist Andrew Sullivan, a frequent Krugman antagonist, derides “the extreme partisanship, the self-righteousness and the moral … Continue reading Continue reading

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Next on COPS: When political extortionists attack

Michael Morales, brother of onetime Democratic gubernatorial candidate and former Attorney General Dan Morales, will plead guilty to a charge that he attempted to extort money from the Tony Sanchez For Governor campaign. The criminal investigation began churning last September … Continue reading Continue reading

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The Bradford trial: Why are we here?

Several jurors in the perjury trial of Chief C.O. “BAMF” Bradford expressed confusion and frustration about why they were all there in the first place: “I don’t see how this issue is worth the court’s time. … It seems like … Continue reading Continue reading

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Fifty thousand

Well, by my inexact and arbitrary reckoning, my 50,000th visitor arrived last night at 11:54 PM CST. Woo hoo! At my current traffic rate, visitor number 100,000 will likely arrive in September. Thanks again to everyone for reading. Continue reading

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