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    A DRIVING ISSUE

    MARCH 8, 2012 6:18PM

    By Shawn O'Shea


    Topics: disabilities, dating, love, sex, writing, recovery, relapse, booze, health, gay/lesbian, food/drink, aids, hiv, choices, drinks, nightlife, bars, crystal, meth, crystal meth, drunk, 12-steps, recovery, crystal meth, crystal methamphetamine, meth, drugs, alcohol, booze, addiction, fear, panhandlers, homeless, hate, kindness, chocolate, project open hand, hiv, aids, health, gay/lesbian, food/drink, family, belief/religion, military, navy, discharge, don't ask don't tell, school, college, gi bill, crimes, belief/religion, family, food/drink, gay/lesbian, health, aids, hiv, project open hand, chocolate, kindness, hate, homeless, panhandlers, fear, addiction, booze, alcohol, drugs, meth, crystal methamphetamine, crystal meth, recovery, 12-steps, gay/lesbian, health, aids, hiv, recovery, drugs, alcohol, booze, life, new start, begining, san francisco, arvs, philadelphia, mom, mother, loss, family, death, support, recovery, relapse, self-will, procrastination, 911, help, anger, driving

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    • 12 Ratings
    • 4272 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    The Tram Lady and the 9/11 Panhandler

    DECEMBER 7, 2011 3:56PM

    By Deborah Méndez Wilson


    Topics: over crowding, crowding, over population, denver, colorado, in-migration, hypocrisy, cross-cultural misunderstandings, panhandling, immigration, sun sets on the british empire, human diasporas, nationalism, emotional terrorism, terrorism, xenophobia, hatred, bigotry, racism, london tram lady, 911

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    • 13 Ratings
    • 2452 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Bush ignored the warnings.

    AUGUST 3, 2011 2:05PM

    By Steven Rockford


    Topics: daily briefing, 911, al qaeda, bush

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    • 4 Ratings
    • 3388 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    I Snuck Someone Into West Point

    MAY 25, 2011 3:13AM

    By bonnie bernstein


    Topics: open call, mortifying disclosures, bonnie bernstein, terrorist, chocolate, flirt, spanish, west point, bullet proof vest, avon, united states military academy, thayer gate, 1979 chevy caprice, general douglas macarthur, cadet chapel, memorial day, museum, hudson valley, security, guards, 911, tour guide, hockey, stumbleupon, facebook, twitter, new york city, nyc, divorce, nanny, thayer hotel, football, stepford, michie stadium, military, my tiny hypocrisy, open call, mount saint mary college, afghanistan, iraq

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    • 15 Ratings
    • 4828 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    I Was Turned Down For Food Stamps

    MAY 18, 2011 12:00AM

    By bonnie bernstein


    Topics: ticket, happy thanksgiving, thanksgiving, 911, attack, metal detector, inspection sticker, old tanta, new york city, president obama, american, rasmussen report, hoarding food, food pantry, salvation army, divorced, president bush, walmart, hudson valley, new york, hyundai, social services, mercedes benz, caprice, chevy, food stamps, politics, health, food/drink, family, crime, bonnie bernstein, politics, police, economy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 41 Ratings
    • 2502 Views
    • 46 Comments
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    Cops & Daughter

    MAY 13, 2011 6:06AM

    By Linda Treiber


    Topics: daughter, mother, smart kids in dumb situations, cops are here to save us, house parties gone nuclear, half wit kids, family, 911

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 1542 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Moving Beyond Bin Laden

    MAY 5, 2011 10:47AM

    By Amy McMullen


    Topics: iraq, afghanistan, war, 911, middle east, osama bin ladin, politics

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    • 21 Ratings
    • 14539 Views
    • 79 Comments
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    Islam is Not the Problem. Try Hopelessness, Fundamentalism

    SEPTEMBER 2, 2010 8:35AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: 911, 9-11, politics, terrorism, islam, park51, anti-mosque protests, ground zero mosque, toxic populism, incitement to hatred, religious tolerance, religious freedom, first amendment, understanding islam, roots of terrorism, oil oligarchy, foreign affairs, politics and religion, radicalism, fundamentalism, hopelessness, comparative religion

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    • 12 Ratings
    • 4344 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    Why We Lurch from Disaster to Disaster & How to Fix It

    MAY 20, 2010 8:53AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: epic fail, public policy, business, e. coli. politics, usda, upper big branch mine disaster, war in iraq, george w. bush, massey energy chairman don blankenship, drill baby drill, rush limbaugh, exxon valdez, brian b. o’neill, mississippi governor haley barbour, citizens united decision, 501(c)4s, richard shelby, market talk blog, paul vigna, joyce appleby, government regulation, charlie savage, luke mitchell, transocean, halliburton, bp america, three mile island, bp deepwater horizon oil disaster, ideological rigidity, technology will fix it, short-term perspectives, short memories, political capture, regulatory capture, reactive government, man-made disaster, 911, gulf oil spill, economic meltdown, hurricane katrina, war on terror, disasters

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    • 22 Ratings
    • 5785 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    Reflections On The End Of An Era

    JANUARY 19, 2009 2:05PM

    By Mortimer Hayden Smyth


    Topics: four years, politics, neoconservative, 911, iraq, bush administration, crisis, torture, president, barack obama, inauguration week, mortimer hayden smyth

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    • 22 Ratings
    • 2896 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    Taxi Cab Confessions on 911

    SEPTEMBER 11, 2008 9:00PM

    By marytkelly


    Topics: cabbies, taxi cab drivers, world trade center, new york city, 911

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