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Poetry: Stoning Glory
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Jenkins, Levy, Driver in Dancing With The Stars 2012 final
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Anti-NATO, Occupy protesters release photo of alleged 'terror' device (PHOTO)
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Bee Gees Robin Gibb dead at 62 after battling colon cancer (VIDEO)
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Facebook rolling snake eyes in pre-market trading
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‘Hunger Games,’ ‘Harry Potter,’ ‘Narnia,’ and Christ-like girl power
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Ugly bear spoils Facebook's Wall Street party
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Arizona election official vows to keep Obama off the ballot because of birth certificate
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Renting Your Home Intelligently
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Why Tummy Time is Important
Brass Tacks
We all need a non-partisan perspective on factors contributing to the unresolved, burgeoning political and economical crisis. Join in with Charles Ortel and Brass Tacks to discuss just what went wrong and the potential solutions.
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Going Gaga: Why Facebook's IPO may crown an epic market "top"
Facebook: "It's free and always will be." Will you give it $100 billion worth of free information in return? Published 12:36 p.m. May 17, 2012 - Comments
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Photo: Darjeeling Cuppa/www.darjeelingcuppa.com
Where the West could truly lose
Is the Western way of life no longer viable thanks to the financial purgatory we entered in 2008? Published 9:10 a.m. May 2, 2012 - Comments
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Creating business opportunity; What obstructs the "Pursuit of Happiness?"
But out-sourcing too many personal and familial responsibilities to government officials and bureaucrats defies basic common sense. Published 12:08 a.m. April 17, 2012 - Comments
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Photo: American Revolution: Surrender at Cornwallis
Will the Obama Revolution advance America’s interests?
So why should anyone worry now in 2012 when President Obama and his supporters even more fervently take up the mantle and rhetoric of “revolution”? Published 4:41 p.m. March 1, 2012 - Comments
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Photo: George Washington, birthday
Happy Birthday President Washington: Looking back over Washington's life and words
The alternate domination of one faction over another... has perpetrated the most horrid abnormalities, is itself a frightful despotism ~ George Washington Published 10:43 p.m. February 21, 2012 - Comments
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Photo: Associated Press
Obama Report Card: How safe can America be?
I believe history will judge President Obama’s tenure harshly. Published 2:19 a.m. February 15, 2012 - Comments
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Photo: http://blog.hostelbookers.com/travel/desert-tour-offer/
Remembering Ronald Reagan: Will 2012 define a new America
Americans have come to understand that all persons are, indeed, "created equal,” but we live in nations that are not. Published 11:22 a.m. February 7, 2012 - Comments
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Concert review: M. Ward
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Charles Ortel became a lapsed member of the silent majority in August 2007 when he began alerting the public to dangers posed by structural changes in the global economy. Since then, Charles has appeared in the print, radio and television media with increasing frequency. Brass Tacks will attempt to offer non-partisan perspective on factors contributing to the unresolved, burgeoning crisis and discuss potential solutions. Graduated from Horace Mann School, Yale College and Harvard Business School, Charles tries to learn each day.
