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Buh bye, Helen Thomas. Screen door, and all that.

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Well, perhaps there is hope for the grand old republic.  Apparently it’s still possible to say something so vile that you’re run out of town no matter what your politics. Helen Thomas, 147, was forced to retire today.  (Here I was thinking she’d been gone for decades.  Didn’t Darth Vader throw her down the Death … Read more

Opposing an Alabama lottery, and not because God tells me to

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One of our gubernatorial candidates, Ron Sparks, is making racket about starting an “education lottery” in Alabama. We’ve had debates and votes on a state lottery before.  There are cases for each side.  The stereotypical narrative is that fire-and-brimstone preachers get little old ladies fired up about voting no.  Then, busloads of them descend upon … Read more

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