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JFK assassinated 46 years ago today. What do you believe? (200 comments)
POLL: Dictionaries and Linguists are unveiling their 'best new words of the year/decade' lists. What's your vote? (6 comments)
State Dinner-party crashers not only got close to the President, they managed to shake his hand! Should they or Secret Service staffers be punished? (19 comments)
Poll: The Two Stories of Thanksgiving (5 comments)
Will there be a Queen/King of daytime talk shows once Oprah leaves broadcast TV? If so, who? (8 comments)

State Dinner-party crashers not only got close to the President, they managed to shake his hand! Should they or Secret Service staffers be punished?

Sat Nov 28, 2009 6:23 PM EST

The White House released a photo showing that contrary to initial Secret Service reports, Michaele and Tareq Salahi did manage to get close to President Obama. In fact, they were able to shake hands and speak with him, as a photo released by the White House clearly shows.

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Poll: The Two Stories of Thanksgiving

Thu Nov 26, 2009 2:56 PM EST

By Aunk (The Cultural Health Guy)

Story one; Pilgrims sit down to eat with Native Americans, or Story two, Pilgrims sat down and eat Native Americans on "Thanksgiving". The question posed is, which is the real story? And how should you view and interact with the holiday thanksgiving?

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POLL: Dictionaries and Linguists are unveiling their 'best new words of the year/decade' lists. What's your vote?

Wed Nov 25, 2009 5:17 PM EST

By Carloz

In June we had the Millionth Word enter the English Language according to the Global Language Monitor. Last week Oxford American Dictionary announced its ‘Word of the Year’ was unfriend. Now the American Dialect Society has announced it is accpeting nominations for &l …

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Poll: Ted Kennedy Watches Over Senate & Health Care Bill

Sun Nov 22, 2009 11:47 PM EST

By Aunk (The Cultural Health Guy)

Saturday was a proud day for the American Senate, as they passed a resolution 60/39, to bringing the Great Kennedy Health Care Debate to the floor. A surprising leap forward for American Health Care. Lets go to the Video Tape

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JFK assassinated 46 years ago today. What do you believe?

Sun Nov 22, 2009 5:54 PM EST

By Carloz

Surveys show that 60 to 70 per cent of Americans believe that there was a conspiracy and that Oswald was not the only shooter that day.

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Will there be a Queen/King of daytime talk shows once Oprah leaves broadcast TV? If so, who?

Sun Nov 22, 2009 2:59 PM EST

By Carloz

Today the Chicago Tribune ran an article in its Chicagoland section called, “Who is Oprah's heir apparent in daytime?” Possible successors mentioned were, Ellen DeGeneres, Dr. Phil, Dr.

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POLL: What new movies are you looking forward to this holiday season?

Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:48 PM EST

By Carloz

Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s mean different things to different people, but I think no one would disagree with the following – it is a season for big movie releases.

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Study claims E-mail to die out by 2020 thanks to Texting, IM, and Social Networking Sites. What do you think?

Tue Nov 17, 2009 5:57 PM EST

By Carloz

I’ve come across 13 stories in as many hours on the upcoming demise of e-mail over the next ten years at the hands of social networking sites, texting and instant messaging.

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School teachers are raising cash and questions by selling their lesson plans on-line. What's your opinion?

Mon Nov 16, 2009 6:15 AM EST

By Carloz

The New York Time published an interesting story this Saturday on the phenomenon of teachers making their lesson plans available on-line for a fee. The article, “Selling Lessons Online Raises Cash and Questions”, reported that

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education, internet, schools, teachers, lesson-plans, on-line-commerce

Poll: Veterans Day, My Dad, Health Care and Me

Sun Nov 15, 2009 7:26 PM EST

By Aunk (The Cultural Health Guy)

Veterans day came this week and it reminded me of my dad and my time in the service. We both needed health care while serving and we got the best the Army had to offer. Shouldn't all citizens have access to quality health care?

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