"Once in a while you get shown the light In the strangest of places if you look at it right"
Public Citizen has released a report (warning pdf file) detailing how "18 families worth a total of $185.5 billion have financed and coordinated a 10-year effort to repeal the estate tax, a move that would collectively net them a windfall of $71.6 billion."
I was quite amused to read this in the Washington Post
How nervous are Republicans that the Iraq war could hurt them in November? Nervous enough that Rep. Christopher Shays visited the same senior center twice in one week to defend his stand.
At Discourse.net Professor Froomkin reports that 20 students have taken over the Ashe Administration Building at the University of Miami and asks why is Donna Shalala afraid of Father Frank Corbishley?
The SEIU led strikers are demanding better pay, healthcare benefits and union representation. God knows UM charges enough for tuition.
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