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Why the WSJ Is a Great Newspaper (California PG&E Terrorist Attack Edition)
Rebecca Smith’s front-page Wall Street Journal piece yesterday about the attempt last year to knock out a California power station is a knockout. Assault on California Power Station Raises Alarm on Potential for Terrorism April Sniper Attack Knocked Out Substation, Raises Concern for … Continue reading
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Tagged California, California Public Utilities Commission, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Foreign Policy, Jon Wellinghoff, Metcalf Transmission Substation, New York Times, PG&E, power station, Rebecca Smith, Santa Clara Sheriff's Dept., terrorist attack, Wall Street Journal, WSJ.
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For All You Know, Facebook Owns Your First-Born Child
The New York Times reports that “despite how much we say we value our privacy — and we do, again and again — we tend to act inconsistently,” which is the Times-nice way of saying stupidly. To half-wit: Letting Down Our Guard … Continue reading
Boston Firms Rally For Same-Sex Marriage
In the run-up to this week’s Supreme Court bakeoff on gay marriage (which includes a call to strike down both California’s Proposition 8 and the federal Defense of Marriage Act), a group called the Respect for Marriage Coalition has launched an advertising … Continue reading
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Tagged Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Boston Medical Center, Boston Scientific Corporation, California, Defense of Marriage Act, DOMA, Liberty Mutual Group, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, Proposition 8, Respect for Marriage Coalition, same-sex marriage, State Street Corporation, Supreme Court
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California Goes From Gimbels To Lohan
Monday Wall Street Journal op-ed piece: California: The Lindsay Lohan of States Lede: Listen up, California. The other 48 states—your cousin New York excluded—are sick of your bratty arrogance. You’re the Lindsay Lohan of states: a prima donna who once … Continue reading