• Heads Up: 12.11.07
  • Arnold distances himself from "Conan" video game. Oakland Tribune CRISIS SOLVED!!!! Atlanta public schools ban saggy pants. AJC Los Angeles' water savings just ...
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  • Praise for Indy's New Library
  • Indianapolis' new library addition has been a long time coming, with years of delays and millions of dollars in cost overruns. (I mentioned it briefly ...
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  • Heads Up: 12.10.07
  • America's drunkest cities. Men's Health Looking for legislative action in CA next year? Don't hold your breath. Sac Bee Corrupt official used Louisiana's film incentive ...
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  • Confrontational Speaker
  • Charlie Crist, the governor of Florida, enjoys an approval rating around 60 percent. Marco Rubio, the speaker of the Florida House and a fellow Republican, is apparently part of the other 40.
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  • Heads Up: 12.7.07
  • Some CA lawmakers "no" to pay hike. Sacramento Bee How would you run a subway? NYT Wyoming Gov. Freudenthal doesn't like any of ...
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  • Banging the Gavel
  • Wasn't it just the other day that you were thinking, "Man, I wish I could find a blog that covered issues of fairness and ...
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  • Gay Bars and Urban Planning
  • What do gay bars have to do with urban planning? Maybe a lot. In a very interesting Boston Globe op-ed, writer Robert David Sullivan discusses ...
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  • Heads Up: 12.5.07
  • Is Chicago's top cop worth $310,000? Sun Times Ex-gov.: Politicians run better on booze. Sacramento Bee Even submerged under water, Seattle can't get support for flood ...
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  • Are You Nuts?
  • A new Gallup poll reports that Republicans are more likely than Democrats to consider themselves in good mental health. Of course, the study also notes ...
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  • Huckabee's Home-State Immigration Debate
  • I recently called up Arkansas state Rep. Jon Woods to ask him about legislation he's sponsored designed to crack down on illegal immigration. I also wanted to ask for his thoughts on former governor Mike Huckabee, a fellow Republican with very different views on immigration.
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