Swamp

Two Scheduled Ethics Trials = "Mission Accomplished"?

Melanie Sloan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Melanie Sloan

We've come a long way from the days of Tom DeLay and Jack Abramoff, but now is not the time to give up the fight, or declare mission accomplished.

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Friday Talking Points [132] -- The DMV? Really?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Last week, this column took a week off, due to an extended trip into the desert for the Netroots Nation convention. But now, we turn our sights back ...

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It's a Swamp Thing

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Washington Ethics, 2010 Elections, Charles Rangel, Congressional Ethics, Washington, David Patterson, Elliot Spitzer, Nancy Pelosi, Congressional Democrats, House Ways and Means Committee, Swamp, Charlie Rangel, Democrats, Elections 2010, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

The thing about promising to drain the swamp is that people tend to remember. Then they expect you to do it. What a pain in the gavel! Actually, that's only partially true.

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Fixing the Everglades: Looking for Wisdom in An Artificial Swamp

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Restoration, Encroachment, Joe Browder, Ibises, Knight Foundation, Tropical, Knight Center for International Media, Birds, Dr. Dale E. Gawlik, Sawgrass, Herons, Everglades, Airboat, Egrets, Wood Storks, Eric Cline, Canal, Helicopter, River of Grass, Wilderness, Swamp, University of Miami, South Florida, Drinking, Swamp Buggy, Fred Sklar, Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Water, Fish, Environment, South Florida Water Management District, Open-Air Laboratories, Florida Atlantic University, Technology News
Joseph B. Treaster

Researchers have designed open-air laboratories that are big enough for birds and fish to come in and react to what is going on. They become part of the experiment.

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One Year After Obama's Election: Still Smarter...Than The Alternative

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

What puts this first year in perspective for me is that: Obama may not be smarter than all of us, but he sure is smarter by a long shot than McCain would have been. And that, for now, is enough for me.

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Atchafalaya: Floods, Fear, Snakes and Murder

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Killing, Serpents, Louisiana, Poisonous Snakes, Nature, Atchafalaya, Swamp, Spirituality, Bayou, Healthy Living News
Georgianne Nienaber

Image: Outrunning the Fear Blood coagulated between the eyes of the water moccasin like the Hindu bindi as its flaccid five-foot length dangled fr...

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