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60Firing Workers the Wrong Way and the Right Way by Lisa Belkin in the NYTimes 7-24-08
by Ralph Deeds
These days there's a whole lot of firing going on. Lisa Belkin in the article linked below examines some of the wrong and right ways to carry out this unpleasant but sometime necessary task Some examples:... published 2 days ago
69Robert Palmer Buttoned Down Blues Rocker of the 80s
by Ralph Deeds
One of my most indelible television memories of the 1980s was the seemingly ubiquitous Robert Palmer and his group of nearly identical female automatons doing his hypnotic video hits "Addicted to Love," and... published 5 days ago
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67Al Gore Proposes 10-Year Transition to Carbon Free Electricity Production
by Ralph Deeds
In Washington yesterday Al Gore challenged the presidential candidates and the nation to replace all dirty coal-fired electricity production with clean sources of power within 10 years. He warned that drastic... published 7 days ago
752008 Pacific Cup-- Racing from San Francisco to Hawaii
by Ralph Deeds
Sixty-one boats set sail on staggered starts this week in the biennial West Marine Pacific Cup sailboat race from San Francisco to Hawaii, 2200 nautical miles. The smaller and slower boats started on Monday... published 8 days ago
61United States Lags in Health Care
by Ralph Deeds
A Commonwealth Fund study on health care released today shows that the U.S. spends more than twice as much oin each person for health care as most other industrialized countries but it has fallen to last... published 9 days ago
62Phil Gramm McCain's Key Economic Adviser's "Truck Stop Women"
by Ralph Deeds
McCain's key economic adviser thinks the poor and unemployed constitute a "nation of whiners." Gramm's wife was a director of Enron whose excecutives enjoyed free access to his Senate office and staff.... published 10 days ago
5367Bloggers and the Law--Attack on Room 8
by Ralph Deeds
Recently, criminal prosecutors in the Bronx, New York, sent a grand jury subpoena to "Room 8" a political website apparently in an effort to get the names of individuals who posted certain comments on the Room... published 10 days ago
62100th Detroit Gold Cup deedsphotos
by Ralph Deeds
Rain interrupted the 100th running of the Detroit Gold Cup on the Detroit River off Belle Isle today. Gold Cup hydroplane racing dates back to the Detroit's glory days of Garr Wood and the genius of the auto... published 2 weeks ago
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