Daily Archives: May 14, 2002

The poor will always be with us

Posted on May 14, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Larry wants to know what I think about this story about a proposed City Council ordinance to prohibit “Dumpster diving”, “aggressive panhandling”, and sleeping on city sidewalks during daytime hours. I wish I had a good answer to this. My … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Liberals are too nice

Posted on May 14, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Chron readers fire back at Bill Coulter for his obnoxious editorial in yesterday’s paper. Note to Stanley Kurtz: The letter writers were all a heck of lot nicer than Coulter was. (I am resisting the urge to add “Nyah nyah … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Oopsie

Posted on May 14, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Now Reliant Energy has admitted that they, too, used controversial Enron trading tactics in California last year during that state’s electricity crisis. They claim it wasn’t very much, but their stock price got pummeled anyway. This will surely give California … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Wading in

Posted on May 14, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

I’ve waded into a debate about Iraq, Gore Vidal, Ralph Nader, and other stuff in the comments on this Matt Welch post. Please tell me if you think I’m off base. UPDATE: Be sure to read the responses from Patrick … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Really Cool Stuff Dept.

Posted on May 14, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Would you believe bomb-sniffing bees? No, really, it sounds cool. Go check it out. (Link via Little Green Footballs.) Continue reading →

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