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Okay, I’m opening a can of worms more than likely, but…..how do you feel about The Tennessean’s site, tennessean.com?
epidemic
Tennessean.Com
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Posted on July 22, 2008 - 9:00am at Nashville is My Home
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Bonnaroo: an alternate take
Katz:"There is no epidemic in suicide in VA." Response: "Katz's irresponsible actions have been a disservice to our veterans...
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Posted on May 14, 2008 - 8:40am at Stone Soup Station
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"It is completely outrageous that the federal agency charged with helping veterans would instead cover up the hard truth -- that more and more Americans coming home after bravely fighting for their country are suffering from mental illnesses and in the most tragic circumstances, committing suicide.
"It was the crack epidemic — at its height in the 1980s — that prompted the federal mandatory minimums for drug offenses."
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Posted on March 5, 2008 - 6:43am at Stone Soup Station
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- Community
- Politics
- court hearings
- drug offenses
- echegaray
- epidemic
- fairness
- federal authorities
- federal mandatory minimums
- federal public defender
- inmates
- middle district of tennessee
- middle tennessee
- petitions
- prison terms
- prisoners
- racial disparity
- sentence reduction
- sentences
- sentencing commission
- sentencing guidelines
- yarbrough
Some common sense and fairness in sentencing has arrived....
New sentencing rules for crack-related crimes may free 10 prisoners Eventually about 100 inmates in Middle Tennessee may be eligible for early release
Best Post I’ve Read In Awhile
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Not to nitpick ACK, but . . .
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Posted on February 26, 2008 - 2:10pm at WisdomIsVindicated
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ACK at Volunteer Voters has a tongue-in-cheek post up about legislative hope of curing the epidemic of on- and off-ramp parking ("Finally, An End To The Highway Off-Ramp Parking Epidemic").
I get ACK's point, and I'm kind of a fan of Sen. Henry, and I'm a fan of part-time legislatures. But I'm not sure this is a good example of legislative busy-bodyness.
Oh Forbes! You Came So Close!
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Posted on February 26, 2008 - 7:31am at SamDavidson.net
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A recent issue of Forbes Magazine has a cover image of a young boy, laboring away as his underaged hands weave a carpet for export. The cover copy suggests I'll find a story about child labor inside. I'm intrigued.
A New Age of Social Ventures
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Posted on February 18, 2008 - 6:24am at The Entrepreneurial Mind
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Many of those who manage non-profits will tell you that it seems that they spend more time raising money than actually working toward their cause of choice. The competition for donations and gifts seems to get tighter every year. And so-called donor fatigue seems to be becoming almost epidemic.
Another Belmont Social Entrepreneur in Latest ideablob Heat
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Posted on February 17, 2008 - 11:29am at The Entrepreneurial Mind
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Megan Lopez is the latest Belmont Social Entrepreneur to throw her hat in the ideablob ring.
The Flu Takes Out My Agency
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Posted on February 8, 2008 - 9:18am at Stone Soup Station
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After just about a week of being cooped up here in my computer room with this godforsaken flu, I got up enough ambition and strength to leave the homestead yesterday and travel into work for a few hours. I had quarterly reports that needed completing so took care of that crap, then made my way downtown to stop in and let folks know I hadn't fallen off a bridge somewhere.
Imagine my surprise when I entered my agency's east unit and heard the same coughing and hacking and sneezing an
