Daily Archives: February 25, 2003

Rainout

Posted on February 25, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

I cancelled team practice today because of the nasty weather today. We’ll try again on Thursday. I’m going to try to find an indoor batting cage that we can use as a backup in case the weather doesn’t cooperate then. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Not such a sure thing after all

Posted on February 25, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Would you believe that one cause of our recent economic downturn is because not enough people are dying? NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stewart Enterprises Inc., America’s No. 3 funeral home and cemetery operator, cut its earnings estimate for the year, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Crime and punishment, NCAA-style, take 2

Posted on February 25, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Steve Smith has a followup post to his obituary of crooked Michigan booster Ed Martin, which I had commented on here. Where we disagree, I believe, is on the notion of whether there should be a statute of limitations on … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The city council and the war, take 2

Posted on February 25, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Last week I chastised the Houston City Council for taking time away from cleaning up its perilous finances (today’s cheery news is the possibility of unpaid furloughs for city workers and even fewer services for the city’s 100,000+ mentally ill … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Will the tide finally turn against electronic-only ballots?

Posted on February 25, 2003 by Charles Kuffner

Like many counties around the country, Santa Clara is getting ready to adopt electonic voting machines. Also like many of those counties, Santa Clara is getting warnings from computer security experts who say that machines which do not produce paper … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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