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...During Advent, I am obligated to wear purple, the color of penitence but also the Minnesota Vikings," he says. "If we play them at that time, you can bet the players will have a bit of fun with me and call me a traitor." (See pictures of John 3:16 in pop culture...
...Columbine, national anti-violent sentiment, combined with poor critical response, led to the shoot ’em up’s release being curtailed to a 1-week stay at only a handful of theaters; essentially, it went straight to video. Since then, however, it has acquired a bit of a cult, assaulting the hearts of adolescent boys and men across America. The film’s director, Troy Duffy, emphasized this in a recent interview. “Half of [the success of] ‘Boondock’ was one guy sitting the other guy down...
...light of the fast-approaching Undergraduate Council Presidential Elections, UC insiders have confirmed the two leading tickets. But this year, they say, will be a bit different. Entering the race from a variety of backgrounds, the candidates will face new institutional challenges in light of budget cuts and a restructured...
...coupled with the dread toll of Democrats - from Walter Mondale to John Kerry - who got clobbered for hinting that they might want to, uh, raise revenues. An antitax fetishism has overwhelmed both parties. Along the way, despite the melodramatic rhetoric, the actual rate of federal taxation has wobbled a bit, from a high of 20.9% of GDP in 2000 to a recession-driven low of 17.7% last year, but averages out to just under 19% from 1980 to today. If the not-so-onerous Clinton tax rates are restored when the economy recovers, the federal Treasury would be enriched...
...does this matter now? Because we are in the midst of a debate over how to fund a health-care-reform plan - and the idea of raising taxes, even just a little bit, to pay for it is causing heart failure among our legislators. They are looking for somewhere between $30 billion and $35 billion per year. If the bill isn't properly funded - if working-class families don't receive large enough tax credits to help pay for their newly mandated health insurance, if they're forced to pay thousands of dollars in new out-of-pocket expenses - Republicans...