Men and Pecans Breakthrough Sparks Puzzling Debate
A satirical column recaps a Missouri pecan scare and a Massachusetts study on why men look at attractive women. It jokes about spontaneous pecan combustion, lizard-brain theories, and asks why airlines give nuts. The piece ends with cheeky conclusions about male behavior.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Heather Ratcliffe
Pacific
Post-Dispatch
The
Missouri
Elizabeth James
Congress
Massachusetts General Hospital
Florida
Britain quiets marijuana crackdown plan gains pace
Sheryl McCarthy argues Britains plan to downgrade marijuana to a lesser offense aligns with Western Europe and frees police for serious crime. She cites US arrests, states experimenting, and calls for federal policy change to allow state level reform.
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Tony Blair
Britain
Europe
Spain
Portugal
Belgium
Netherlands
Sheryl McCarthy
United States
Blair
George W. Bush
FBI
Rudy Giuliani
New York City
Spending puts us back in the hole Congress blamed for new deficits
The Bush administration projects a about 165 billion dollar deficit this year due to war costs and weaker capital gains receipts. Critics accuse Congress of pork and waste, citing a June spending bill with millions for Amtrak fisheries data center and other projects, arguing that government spending outpaces private growth.
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Cagw.org
CAGW
Tom Schatz
Congress
House
Bush
Schatz
Senate
Amtrak
New England Fisheries
Earth Resources Observation Systems Data Center
South Dakota
Interior Department
Columbia Hospital For Women
Washington
Smithsonian
Wausau, Wis
Health Foundation
Paducah
Department of Energy
Ohio
Ames, Iowa
National Taxpayers Union Foundation
NTUF
GOP
Stephen Moore
Club For Growth
Wall Street Journal
Senator Jeffords Pushes 25 Million for Barn Preservation Act
Editorial urges cutting government waste and questions the 25 million request for the National Historic Barn Preservation Act. It argues volunteers could handle repairs and calls on President Bush to press Congress to curb spending, citing Reagan on deficits and government overspending.
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Jim Jeffords
Bush
Congress
Ronald Reagan
Two Bush Harken tales clash over SEC findings and insider deals
The piece weighs two narratives about George W. Bush and Harken Energy. It notes SEC conclusions, insider trading questions, and the role of deregulation and government in corporate scandals. It urges clearer links between business misdeeds and policy.
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George W. Bush
Harken Energy Corp
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Bush
United States
Young Bush
George W
Harken
Alpha Petroleum
Enron
Center For Public Integrity
Publics.org
Washington
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