Bob McCarty Writes

People in Denver appear to be getting excited about the upcoming Democratic National Convention which takes place there Aug. 25-28. According to an article in yesterday’s edition of the Rocky Mountain News, one man in the Mile-High City is pushing a ballot initiative to create an Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission to prepare the city [...]

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At home and abroad, short people dominated the news today.
In Sweden, gangs of criminals have been found to be hiding dwarves in sports bags and smuggling them onto buses to steal luggage, according to a Sky News report. Once inside the baggage hold of a bus, the tiny terrors rummaged through personal belongings of [...]

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For the first time ever since 2000, “Fat Tuesday” and “Super Tuesday” – this year dubbed “Super Duper Tuesday” — fall on the same day, Feb. 5.
If you’re not familiar with the term, Fat Tuesday, you might be quicker to recognize it by its French name, Mardi Gras. Each year, this event draws hundreds [...]

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An article published Saturday in Stars & Stripes offered members of the overseas military community a glimpse into the minds of five presidential candidates on issues related to national defense and military spending. Unfortunately, seven other candidates remain a mystery to readers of overseas daily. Why? Because, apparently, those candidates chose to [...]

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In an editorial published in the Los Angeles Times today, Dr. Daniel G. Amen recommends brain scans for presidential candidates.
As a neuropsychiatrist and brain-imaging expert, he writes:
I want our elected leaders to be some of the “brain healthiest people” in the land. How do you know about the brain health of a presidential candidate [...]

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