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That the National Guard has entered New Orleans "to reinforce a depleted police department and battle a surge in violence" disturbs me.

Not that I don't want stability for New Orleans.

But the Guard went in not because of a disaster or sudden crisis. They did so just "to reinforce a depleted police department." This after six people were killed in a weekend.

What's to stop my governor from sending in the Guard to beef up the police in Detroit?

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'Thirst for knowledge' may be opium craving

Septum keeps neurons in synch, can reduce epileptic seizures by 90 percent -- induction of a theta rhythm is what causes the reduction

Behavioural therapy can restore ovulation in infertile women

Why men are more aggressive: What a mother should know

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Happy Solstice, everyone.

We here in SE Michigan are celebrating with torrents of rain.

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Suskind: W personally ordered Mentally Ill Terrorist be Tortured. (My response: Not much of a jump from putting the mentally ill to death.) Here is Dan Froomkin's preview of Suskind's book.

Thanks to supergee: African-American Soldiers Scrubbed by Secret GOP Hit List -- disenfranchised due to serving one's country

our democratic republic

It's amazing now, to me, how we as a society just don't mention New Orleans.

We're extolled to go on about our business lives. Much like we were when the towers fell. "America is open for business."

We're not to mourn as a country. For that would cause us to have national grief--grief that transcends the personal. We're to ignore what would bind us.

Divide and conquer.

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ACLU sues Fla. schools over Cuba book ban

Marines announce murder, other charges

House Delays Renewal of Voting Rights Act