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Is This Raise Too Little Too Late?
This week the U.S. minimum wage increases from $5.85 to $6.55 per hour. It is part of three phases of increases. The last increase will take place in 2009, when it tops out at $7.25. I have to confess that it was a long time before I understood the ...
KS-04: Donald Betts Jr. Liveblogs Future Majority
As an author at both FM and Everyday Citizen, I wanted to promote Donald Betts' 2pm live blog at Future Majority today. This is a catch up from a few weeks ago where there was a family emergency and the team couldn't make it to the event. As you kn...
carPATbagger Roberts
Car·pet·bag·ger \-ˌba-gər\ n [from their carrying all their belongings in carpetbags, 1868] 1: a Northerner in the South after the American Civil War usually seeking private gain under the reconstruction governments 2: outsider; especially :...
It's Not All In Our Heads
The American Medical Association has apologized for 100 years of racism. I heard the report as I drove to get some gas. What was my reaction? The first reaction was, "Maybe there are some people who will finally believe that it's not all in our imagi...
Is Libby Dole the Most Out-of-Touch US Senator?
I'm beginning to think that North Carolina Senator Libby Dole, married to one-time Kansan Bob Dole, might be the dimmest bulb in the United States Senate. Now I don't follow North Carolina politics closely, but here are two real bone-headed moves....

