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Newsbriefs you May Have Missed: Bringing the Heat

stevieslwaw Senate Republicans announced today through their spokesperson, Byon Bleef, that the immigration deal will require a little more than a seven hundred mile border fence costing nearly 30 billion dollars, if it is to have bipartisan support in the … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw Book Review: Unleashing Corporate Compassion

In her new book, “Profit of Privatization,”(Fascion Press, $29.95 or company script, 343 pps) the conservative Becky Rishlim writes of a modern utopia in which the tyranny of unions and local and national government has been replaced by the benevolence … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw: Cousin Myron and the Corned-beef Conspiracy

Cousin Myron and the Corned-beef Conspiracy We all knew that Myron, our fiery red-headed cousin, had met his match in marrying Marsha. Myron had made a fortune using his untutored math skills to bet on the ponies. He had taken … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw: As Is- The LAGuide to Your Best Sale Yet.

As Is: The LAGuide to Your Best Sale Yet. Trust me. Here in Central Pennsylvania, there is many a morning in early March so raw that it sends all sensible people back to bed with a hot water bottle and … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw: Global Warming Gets Personal

Stevieslaw: Global Warming gets Personal Smokey Diamond, our intrepid reporter, practically shredded the main section of our local newspaper, the CDT, this morning—even before she finished her first cup of coffee. “Hold on,” I said, “I haven’t even looked at … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw: Eye Contact-Voices Column for May

Eye Contact: The LAguide to Becoming a Human. Last Thursday night at a dinner at my Cousin Myron’s house, our Uncle Arthur was using all of his verbal skills to try to convince the assembly that maintaining the minimum wage … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw: Uncle Tom

Man of the people, Governor Tom Corbett, was quoted in our local paper as suggesting that one significant reason the unemployment rate in Pennsylvania was lagging the nation was that people were not applying for jobs because they would fail … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw: Recession Proof Income

Smokey Diamond, our intrepid reporter, has always been exceptionally good at “cat and mouse” games, so she seems a natural for the CIA. I fear, however, that this time she may have gone too far. She put an ad in … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw: Getting Out of Dodge

Stevieslaw: Getting Out of Dodge Both the House and the Senate passed legislation today that would allow the FAA to transfer up to 243 million dollars from other programs to “prevent reduced operations and staffing” through September 30th. “No traffic … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw: Representation

Stevieslaw: Representation Smokey Diamond, our dynamic reporter, was still in shock over the Senate refusal to pass a bill with even a minor change to the rules governing gun ownership, when he came across the term “elected representative” in today’s … Continue reading →

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