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How To Transition Your Home Off Oil

Chelsea Green | Stephen and Rebekah Hren | Posted 08.11.2008 | Green

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Puttering around your own home, you may think the possibility of freeing it from fossil fuels to be somewhat remote. As our culture has progressed dow...

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"Home, Sweat Home"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 07.18.2008 | Living

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Jerry Zezima

In the last 10 years, I have learned that a house is not a home unless there is something to do. And there always is.

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Senator Nunn's Last Chance

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

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Aubrey Sarvis

Sam Nunn will not be on the ticket with Obama. But if he would like to be offered the job of Secretary of State or Defense, he has to tell Obama that he supports repealing DADT -- and he has to mean it.

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Exclusive: Congress Plans Historic Hearing on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

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Aubrey Sarvis

Any serious discussion of the crisis the country faces in recruiting and retaining qualified men and women in the military will require a fresh and serious look at the odious "compromise" known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."

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Obama Should Go North To Alaska

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Alaska is going to be very close this year. This stems from Republican office-holders apparently trying to take the "first in political corruption" award away from Louisiana.

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The 269-269 Electoral Tie Scenario

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

So what would happen if the Electoral College tied? Well, it goes to the House of Representatives. And since the Democrats have an advantage in the House, you'd think "President Obama." But you'd be wrong.

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Friday Talking Points [33] -- If It Quacks Like A Lame Duck...

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

President George W. Bush, asked in a press conference why Republicans in the House and Senate are increasingly defying him, proven by the fact that do...

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Top 20 Shows Of 2007-2008 TV Season

New York Times/TV Decoder | Brian Stelter | Posted 05.23.2008 | Media

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The 2007-08 broadcast TV season came to a close on Wednesday, and Nielsen (and the networks) have been busy crunching the numbers since then. Which r...

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Friday Talking Points [32] -- Democrats Throw Bush A Few Elbows

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Borah Peak, at 12,662 feet high, is the highest point in Idaho. [That may sound like a strange place to begin this column, but please bear with me.] I...

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Democratic Landslide In November?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

[Those of you who prefer "all cynicism all the time" should just skip this column, since I'm about to get blisteringly optimistic here. You have been...

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Friday Talking Points [31] -- Time To Beat McCain

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.09.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Now that that's all over with, can we please focus on beating John McCain? Virtually everyone (with the possible exception of Hillary Clinton -- I gue...

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Paper, Plastic, Stainless Steel, or Corn?

Lisa Selin Davis | Posted 04.30.2008 | Living

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Lisa Selin Davis

Here's the real problem with corn plastic: it's nearly impossible for the little lone consumer to find.

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House Republicans Overwhelmingly Desert Bush On Medicaid Rules

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

For an election-year issue, this is hard to beat. Which is obviously why two-thirds of House Republicans jumped ship from Bush's position.

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Olivia Wilde: Her Fantasy Life, Campaigning For Obama And Playing Bisexual

Men's Vogue | Hudson Morgan | Posted 04.22.2008 | Entertainment

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You know Olivia Wilde. She's the one who impressed you as the naughty nympho in Alpha Dog, the old-souled lass in The Black Donnellys, the coed prey i...

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Hugh Laurie Talks 'House,' Fame And Adjusting To LA

The Times | Robert Crampton | Posted 03.29.2008 | Entertainment

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It may surprise some readers to learn that Hugh Laurie was "papped" - photographed without permission - on his way to this interview. We still tend to...

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Friday Talking Points [23]

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.14.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

As Robert Anton Wilson pointed out (or William S. Burroughs, if you prefer), hexagram 23 of the I Ching is "breaking apart." Anyone who subscribes to...

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Hugh Laurie Experimented With Vicodin For House Role

People | Posted 03.11.2008 | Entertainment

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Not that he's been labeled a realistic Method actor before, but Hugh Laurie admits he attempted to get closer to the character he portrays on House --...

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Friday Talking Points [19] -- A "Rare Uprising" Of Democrats

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

It's been a busy week for Democrats, with a lot to cover. There has been good news and bad, but on the whole I'd have to judge the week a success for...

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Waterboarding Our Democracy

Robert Scheer | Posted 12.12.2007 | Politics

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Robert Scheer

Not only did the congressional Gang of Four fail to inform the public about the use of torture by our government, but it also kept the 9/11 Commission in the dark.

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Friday Talking Points [Vol. 11]

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

It's been a week of circular logic from the political world. To begin with, Mitt Romney gave a speech on religion. This speech was brilliantly summed...

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No Budget? No Paycheck.

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

President Bush has been proven wrong in some big and spectacular ways this week. But while he continues to channel his foreign policy advice from Plu...

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Getting Back Home: Prologue to a Work in Progress

Carol Hoenig | Posted 10.28.2007 | Living

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Carol Hoenig

I'm up to moving again -- if it's back home, back to the house that once held so much promise and hope; the house where my children's laughter is embedded in the woodwork.

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If We Don't Stand Up for Our Children's Health -- Who Will?

Gov. Kathleen Sebelius | Posted 10.15.2007 | Politics

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Gov. Kathleen Sebelius

If it's good enough for congressional kids and the president's kids, it should be good for the low-income children who are desperate for health care coverage.

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House Call

Ken Levine | Posted 10.11.2007 | Entertainment

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Ken Levine

House just seems to get more and more outrageous. Always entertaining but they seem to be reaching for stories now more than ever.

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Boshox

Erika Schickel | Posted 10.01.2007 | Living

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Erika Schickel

Botox is a blight on our culture. It is destroying faces, personal histories and prime time television.

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