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Archive for August 24th, 2005


Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Rogers won't run for governor
By Steve Sebelius
University Chancellor (and broadcasting mogul) Jim Rogers told a news conference at the Stirling Club this morning that he won't be a candidate for governor in 2006. Although Rogers said he would have had to spend $8 million of his own money and had serious doubts about his chances, the real X-factor in his decision [...]
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Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Shut up, for God's sake!
By Steve Sebelius
Religious broadcaster and lunatic Pat Robertson is at it again, conclusively proving America did the right thing by not electing him president in 1988. Capping a career of insane public statements, many of which he actually stands by, Robertson declared on "The 700 Club" that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez should be assassinated. Here's Robertson, on [...]
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Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Saving lives comes first
By Len Butcher
The Columbia Journalism Review published the following: “Journalists love thinking that they can save lives. What could be more purifying, more self-affirming, after days spent wading in muck and sensation, than the feeling that, like doctors, you too can stave off death? “When a skeletal, dying African baby appears on the front page, we are being [...]
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