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Coming soon to a bedside table near you

by Peter Turnbull | 2 | Mar 18
Coming soon to a bedside table near you

The industry built around repairing equipment failure in American men is huge, larger, when you factor in the costs of research, regulatory clearance, marketing and sales (at $17 bucks a pop for Viagra, Levitra, Cialis) than the combined economic output of Surname, Somalia, Belize, Monaco, and Sierra Leone. And it’s worth every cent.

There are a few things a guy doesn’t chintz on. Along with good tires and good scotch, a working organ is one of them. Yet, all things aren’t equal.

In the 12 years since Viagra hit the market no equivalent pharmaceutical has yet been introduced to treat sexual dysfunction in women …

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In Praise of Flowers

by Kate McNally | 2 | Mar 18
In Praise of Flowers

I used to smoke. Back then, everyone did. I smoked a pack of cigarettes a day for many years. I quit, I re-started, I tried to cut back, I was hooked. Cigarettes were my best friend: They were always there, any time of the day or night when I needed the comfort they could bring. Cigarettes were my worst enemy: They stole my breath, they made me stink, they damaged my health. I had to quit.

I had my last cigarette on November 5, 1982, at half past noon. It was a Friday,

Southern Politics

The Arkansas Senate Situation

by Monica Smith | 0 | Mar 18
The Arkansas Senate Situation
Arkansas is, along with Georgia, one of those “small Southern states” that featured prominently in Al Gore’s stump speech back in 1992. ... Read on →

Health Care Reform Is Bipartisan, Even If The Votes Are Not

by Jim Fitzgerald | 8 | Mar 17
Health Care Reform Is Bipartisan, Even If The Votes Are Not
Conservatives are really good at acting like victims. The latest injustice they are suffering is the proposed use of reconciliation to pass ... Read on →

Health Care: When You’ll Get Yours

by Lee Leslie | 12 | Mar 17
Health Care: When You'll Get Yours
The Democrats say it is going to pass - maybe this week. For those of you who haven’t had a chance to ... Read on →
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    Leprechaun shot dead; body found in bed frame

    by Ron Taylor | 3 | Mar 18
    Leprechaun shot dead; body found in bed frame
    Southern oddities and entities making news: A man dressed as a leprechaun and another man were shot dead in an exchange of gunfire with police after a St. Patrick's ... Read on →

    Young Adults and the Borg Collective

    by Barry Hollander | 10 | Mar 16
    Young Adults and the Borg Collective
    According to a recent survey, 83 percent of young adults sleep with their cell phones. And I thought my generation had all the best weird sex stuff. When I first ... Read on →

    Biggest Loser? Our Kid’s Enthusiasm for School

    by Michael J. Solender | 4 | Mar 16
    Biggest Loser? Our Kid's Enthusiasm for School
    As if being a sixth grader wasn’t difficult enough, now it's the teachers that start going for youngsters psyche. No wonder our kids don’t find school conducive to ... Read on →

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    Hard wired to look

    by Mike Cox | 4 | Mar 16
    Hard wired to look
    I was sitting in the mall, innocently finishing lunch and reading Cormac McCarthy when I noticed someone walking by. Glancing toward the movement, I was hypnotized. She wore a pair ... Read on →

    Gerrymander 101

    by Mike Copeland | 12 | Mar 16
    Gerrymander 101
    Thirty to thirty-five years ago Lee Atwater and other Republican strategists figured the Republican Party had a symbiotic interest with Southern black Democrats. The regular redistricting mandated by the United ... Read on →

    How Racial Profiling Gets It Wrong All Of The Time

    by Matthew Wright | 1 | Mar 16
    How Racial Profiling Gets It Wrong All Of The Time
    I’m, for one — I know it’s not politically correct to say it — I believe in racial and ethnic profiling. I think if you’re looking ... Read on →

    Southern Life

    Max

    by Steve Krodman | 3 | Mar 17
    Max
    Back in the early 1930’s when Max was a lad, he would often play soccer with his friend Karl. In those days, it was, perhaps, unusual for a Jew and a Catholic to be friends ... Read on →

    Hair Follies

    by Mark Johnson | 4 | Mar 16
    Hair Follies
    “A little off the sides, add more to the top.” (Snort.) The disparaging expletive is from my barber, Tommy Thomas. Tommy, the owner of Thomas Barber Shop, has been cutting my hair for some time now. He is a barber, ... Read on →

    Wisdom from the dirt

    by Lee Leslie | 7 | Mar 14
    Wisdom from the dirt
    Ed and Harriet have a zip line that begins at the top of a six-foot ladder tied to a 300+ year old live oak at one end of their backyard. It dead ends 100 feet later ... Read on →

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    International EATAPETA Day, 2010

    by Steve Krodman | 17 | Mar 14
    International EATAPETA Day, 2010
    No better way the Dinner Hour to greet, Than with a Plate piled high with tasty Meat. No matter be it Fowl or Beef or Lamb, I eat, and to the PETA folks say “Damn!” I’d rather eat a Chicken ... Read on →

    Friday Fish

    by Kate McNally | 10 | Mar 12
    Friday Fish
    Growing up in an Irish Catholic family meant that we ate fish on Friday. Every Friday. Without fail. The only exception we ever saw was when my older brother had rheumatic fever and ... Read on →

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    Alice in Tigerland

    by Austin McMurria | 0 | Mar 15
    Alice in Tigerland
    Patent Office, may we help you? Yes, I'd like to register a meme, but perhaps I am in the wrong place. Go on. Well, I might think I need to be at the Copyright Office. Wait ... Read on →

    When Dylan Was A-Changin’

    by Jeff Cochran | 1 | Mar 11
    When Dylan Was A-Changin'
    Rockin' The White House, part 7 A Wicked Messenger? No, Kevin Mattson is a fine political reporter. His recent book, "What the Heck Are You Up To, Mr. President?" is an observant and thorough ... Read on →

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    Religion and politics: a hellish marriage

    by Frank Povah | 2 | Mar 16
    Religion and politics: a hellish marriage
    In my article about the forthcoming Tasmanian election I made reference to the role played by the Exclusive Brethren (EB) in past campaigns ... Read on →

    PR and the Southern Strategy

    by Monica Smith | 6 | Mar 15
    PR and the Southern Strategy
    The “Southern strategy,” supposedly put in place by Richard Nixon and his minions in response to the civil rights revolution of the 1960s, ... Read on →

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    Winter-Spring Romances

    by Tom Poland | 13 | Mar 13
    Winter-Spring Romances
    Few things shock the eyes like the quintessential “in-love” couple. I’m talking about an aged, well-heeled gentleman with an extremely young woman on his arm. Extremely young. Their age difference runs into the 50s ... Read on →

    On Googling Gods…and Willie Mays

    by Will Cantrell | 2 | Mar 12
    On Googling Gods...and Willie Mays
    Never Google ‘Willie Mays’! Just don’t. It ain’t right. First of all, Willie Mays was a god and gods are … well dammit, they’re gods!  They shouldn’t have to be Googled. We should just know that ... Read on →
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    Frank Povah: More on Tassie election sourced in part from themercury.com.au: The Labor Premier [leader of the State Govt] and the leader of the Opposition [Liberal] held the first-ever televised debate last night, Tassie time. The Greens leader was excluded at the [...]

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    Monica Smith: The New York Times op-ed on the supposed educational civil rights prompts yet another opportunity to point out that civil rights refer to a citizen's participation in governing. Providing for the education of the next generation, regardless of citizenship [...]

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