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September 18, 2006 - The Campaign for America's Future has released a new report today, "War Profiteers: Profits Over Patriotism in Iraq" (pdf). Although the findings aren't new, the way connected corporations are squandering billions of public resources bears repeating.

September 15, 2006 - Moving into the November elections, terrorism and foreign policy were viewed by the Bush Administration as the trump card issues that could lift slowly-rising-but-still-low poll numbers and minimize the White House's drag on GOP ca

September 15, 2006 - Dinner time for Black Crowned Night Heron (click image for larger view)

September 14, 2006 - Former Senator John Edwards said during his campaign for President that there were Two Americas: one for the privileged and another for the disadvantaged. Now, researchers at Harvard University have identified Eight Americas in terms of life expectancy:

September 14, 2006 - Except for Ernesto, hurricane season has been mostly quiet so far this year. There are a couple brewing right now, but they aren't expected to pose much of a threat.

September 14, 2006 - A letter from today's Raleigh News & Observer:

September 13, 2006 - Progressives interested in taking back Southern politics often forget that the reasons for their difficulties in the region are not necessarily due to a lack of progressive voters, but are often due to widespread disenfranchisement of progressive constituencies in the region.