Daily Archives: December 22, 2005

Open Thread – Holiday Travels

Posted on December 22, 2005 by Pete Guither

I’ll be gone for about a week starting today, visiting relatives in places that don’t have convenient wireless access. So while I’ll be able to check email and keep up with the news, I won’t be able to use my … Continue reading →

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Up Goose Creek

Posted on December 22, 2005 by Pete Guither

U.S. Marijuana Party Blog reports a tentative settlement in the outrageous Goose Creek School Drug Raid. The students could receive between $2,000 and $5,000 each. I hate the notion of depriving schools and communities of much-needed funds, but sometimes hitting … Continue reading →

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Student financial aid provision possibly on its way to partial reform

Posted on December 22, 2005 by Pete Guither

Not a very strong headline, but… Dare Generation Diary reports that reform to the horrid HEA (Higher Education Act) financial aid provision (that denies financial aid to students with a drug conviction) passed the Senate yesterday (as part of the … Continue reading →

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An editorial gets it right

Posted on December 22, 2005 by Pete Guither

Yesterday’s Lima News (Ohio) and Ft. Wayne News Sentinal (Indiana) editorials discuss the spying business and bring up the 4th Amendment… It was bad enough when The New York Times revealed that, since early 2002, under an executive order from … Continue reading →

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