between the lines

Dec
23
Between The Lines: Oil’s Well With Drivers, But Not Consumer Prices

Between The Lines: Oil’s Well With Drivers, But Not Consumer Prices

Gas prices at a Knapp Street gas station. Photo by Neil FriedmanBETWEEN THE LINES [/tag/between-the-lines/]: The law of gravity
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Nov
18

Amending Archaic Law Won’t Turn City Into The Big Reefer

Source: Hupu2 via Wikimedia Commons“…Legalize it, yeah yeah, that’s the best thing you can do” – Peter Tosh, “Legalize
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Mar
18

Streets Paved With Good Intentions Won’t Solve The Pothole Predicament

Source: _chrisUK/FlickrBETWEEN THE LINES [/tag/between-the-lines/]: Since the snow and ice evaporated, most drivers probably assumed maneuvering along city
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Dec
03

“Knockout” Attacks Are Anything But A Game

Source: What What/FlickrBETWEEN THE LINES [/tag/between-the-lines/]: There has been a succession of media reports over the last few
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Oct
29

When It Comes To E-Fraud, I (Hope I) Won’t Get Fooled Again

Yeah, screw Canada. (Source: mezzoblue/Flickr)BETWEEN THE LINES [/tag/between-the-lines/]: In conjunction with occasional Sheepshead Bites postings of Crime
6 min read
Jun
27

Op-Ed: DOMA’s Dead — Let Freedom (& Wedding Bells) Ring!

Source: joseanavas/FlickrBETWEEN THE LINES [/tag/between-the-lines/]: The Supreme Court gaveth a day after it tooketh away. Less than 24
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Apr
23

Op-Ed: Congressional Cowards Need To Bite The Bullet

Source: Silvercore Training / FlickrBETWEEN THE LINES [/tag/between-the-lines/]: What we have in Congress — to paraphrase the iconic line from “Cool
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Dec
26

Do All Our Guns Make Us Any Safer?

A Bushmaster AR-15, one of the three firearms the Newtown killer used to ambush his defenseless victims. Source: barryt83 / FlickrBETWEEN
6 min read
Oct
02

Op-Ed: Military Stays In Step After Repeal Of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell

Source: FacebookBETWEEN THE LINES [/tag/between-the-lines/]: Fifty-three weeks ago, the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) policy,
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Jul
03

Op-Ed: Rush To Report Is Not Always The Right Decision

President Harry S. Truman gets a chuckle out of the November 3, 1948 edition of the Chicago Tribune, with the
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