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		<title>Risk and Reward</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/18/risk-and-reward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of us, when we hear the phrase &#8220;risk and reward&#8221; think of Wall Street.  Or business in general. But in reality, &#8220;risk and reward&#8221; affect us throughout our lives. Our parents take a risk when they conceive us.  They &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/18/risk-and-reward/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Smarty Pants</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/18/smarty-pants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every day, Professor Keith Burgess-Jackson reprints a Letter to the Editor from the New York Times.  This offering left me gape-jawed. The Professor&#8217;s first point is well-taken. Where is the evidence that Barack Obama is more intelligent than John McCain? &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/18/smarty-pants/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Gulag</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/17/the-gulag/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Armando Valladares]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Too often, I have heard people I know laud Cuba&#8217;s health care or some other aspect of their nation. If you are someone who admires Castro&#8217;s Cuba &#8211; please read this]]></description>
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		<title>Age Old Problem</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/17/age-old-problem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[age]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nebraska]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My time at the Nebraska Regional was super.  Our team won three of the four Knockout Events, was second in a shorter &#8220;Compact&#8221; Knockout &#8211; then struggled to 13th place in the last day&#8217;s Swiss Team, although we were in &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/17/age-old-problem/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reporting for Duty?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/17/reporting-for-duty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My guess is that if I were a liberal, I would find Obama to be an attractive candidate.  Surely the man is well spoken, charismatic &#8211; and whatever else you may believe negative about him, Obama is nobody&#8217;s fool.  Even &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/17/reporting-for-duty/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Humpty Dumpty Language</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/17/humpty-dumpty-language/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you&#8217;re Speaker of the House, I guess that, in addition to all your other powers, you can make language mean whatever you wish it to mean. PELOSI: I’m never certain of anything. Today, I would be certain. I just &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/17/humpty-dumpty-language/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Dinosaur, The Dodo</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/17/the-dinosaur-the-dodo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[And now?  The end of the mainstream media as we know it. Edwards, 55, now admits that he had an affair with Hunter, now 44,in 2006, but denies that he is the father of the child she had in February. &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/17/the-dinosaur-the-dodo/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>With This Ring</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/16/with-this-ring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What attracted you to your spouse?  Was it his devilish sense of humor?  Her warmth and abilities to be a fine mother?  His strength and intelligence?  Her beauty and sexiness? Today, we find couples tying the knot for another reason:  &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/16/with-this-ring/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Priorities</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/16/priorities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Money in a freezer.  Sex scandals on either side of the aisle.  Cozy relations with developers, lobbyists and businessmen.  Someone call the Ethics Committee! Done. Here&#8217;s why. No wonder it&#8217;s difficult to find almost any profession with ratings lower than &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/16/priorities/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Taxed to Death?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/16/taxed-to-death/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe.  Professor Mankiw has the gory details.]]></description>
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		<title>A Special &#8220;Energy&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/16/a-special-energy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Few of us approve of marital indiscretions.  Personally, however, I hesitate to toss too many stones.  Knowing what occurs in the confines of a marriage is difficult, if not impossible, to know.  Some marriages are marriages of convenience, be it &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/16/a-special-energy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What If I Played Bridge All Week?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/08/what-if-i-played-bridge-all-week/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/08/what-if-i-played-bridge-all-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you note very light blogging, it&#8217;s because I&#8217;m at a huge regional bridge tournament in Omaha this week.? When I&#8217;m not playing bridge, I&#8217;m taking photos or writing bridge columns.? When I&#8217;m not doing that, I&#8217;m working on real &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/08/what-if-i-played-bridge-all-week/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The McCarthyism of 2008</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/04/the-mccarthyism-of-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/04/the-mccarthyism-of-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you now, or have you ever been a conservative?]]></description>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s GOP</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/02/todays-gop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Occasionally I have arguments with my liberal friends about which party was responsible for what actions throughout history.  Some liberals think, for instance, that it was always the Democrats who battled for civil rights and against Jim Crow.  Yet, for &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/02/todays-gop/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Moving Day</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/01/moving-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a Realtor, I often am able to congratulate folks on a move to a wonderful new home. Today, good wishes are extended to Professor Keigh Burgess-Jackson on his new abode.  The Professor won&#8217;t be cooking in his new home, and he &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/01/moving-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Earth&#8217;s Evolution</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/01/earths-evolution/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/01/earths-evolution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you ever find yourself holding views that are mutually exclusive?  If so, do not despair.  My experience is that virtually all of us do this, even if very rarely.  With the thousands of issues and millions of details pertaining &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/01/earths-evolution/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Two Americas</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/01/two-americas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ann Coulter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Edwards]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am not an Ann Coulter fan.  Sometimes, however, you must give the woman her due. Evidence is accumulating that John Edwards is right &#8212; there really are &#8220;two Americas.&#8221; There&#8217;s one where men cheat on their cancer-stricken wives and &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/01/two-americas/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Just Say &#8220;No&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/01/just-say-no/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/01/just-say-no/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Peg's Page]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Do you want to know why terror thrives today in the world?  Please read this. VIOLENCE may be endemic to mankind, yet the community of nations nevertheless managed to outlaw poison gas and criminalize genocide. Is it beyond people&#8217;s capacity &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/08/01/just-say-no/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Let Sleeping Dogs Lie</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/31/let-sleeping-dogs-lie/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/31/let-sleeping-dogs-lie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Peg's Page]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan Estrich]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sleeping dogs or flying cockatiels?  Matters not.  Each of us has our particular pets that we adore. My best friend from first grade, Roxane Gilbert, shares a similar political viewpoint to my own.  Yet, we recognize that we can all &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/31/let-sleeping-dogs-lie/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Campaign Racism</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/31/campaign-racism/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/31/campaign-racism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Peg's Page]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2008]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McCain]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ABC&#8217;s Jake Tapper thinks it&#8217;s primarily being leveled by Democrats. There&#8217;s a lot of racist xenophobic crap out there. But not only has McCain not peddled any of it, he&#8217;s condemned it. What I have not seen is it come &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/31/campaign-racism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fountain of Youth</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/29/fountain-of-youth/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/29/fountain-of-youth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Peg's Page]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Want to stay youthful?  No magic potion, pill nor surgery will deliver it to you. But, you can follow this prescription to ward off Father Time:  keep active and working! Thanks to my friend and very smart guy Mitch Perlstein &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/29/fountain-of-youth/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>And You Think the Housing Market is Tough?</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/26/and-you-think-the-housing-market-is-tough/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/26/and-you-think-the-housing-market-is-tough/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[dating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marriage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Oy! Just as the economy is headed to recession, the shidduch system is in crisis mode. Or so the rabbis moan, noting the surplus of women eager to marry and the corresponding shortfall in the quality and quantity of available &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/26/and-you-think-the-housing-market-is-tough/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Greg Mankiw for President</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/25/greg-mankiw-for-president/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/25/greg-mankiw-for-president/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it really too late for him to be a candidate? Too bad. Mankiw&#8217;s platform surely would be our nation&#8217;s best. Mankiw coyly calls it &#8220;pandering.&#8221;  I call it a breath of fresh air &#8211; along with refreshing rationality. No wonder &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/25/greg-mankiw-for-president/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fascination and Frustration</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/25/fascination-and-frustration/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/25/fascination-and-frustration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bridge]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I leave for an international tournament, my friends wish me good luck &#8211; and tell me to have a lovely, relaxing vacation. Huh?! A bridge tournament is about as far as one can possibly get from relaxing! Here it &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/25/fascination-and-frustration/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Free To Fail</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/25/free-to-fail/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/25/free-to-fail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fannie Mae]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As anyone who reads my blog knows, I love competition.  Bridge is all about using your mind and creativity to best advantage &#8211; and then hoping that you can best the opponents due to it. In America, we&#8217;ve always been &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/25/free-to-fail/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Freedom of Choice</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/24/freedom-of-choice/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/24/freedom-of-choice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why do so many deny parents the ability to chose a superior education for their child? The straight talk on education. “Parents ask only for schools that are safe, teachers who are competent, and diplomas that open doors of opportunity,” &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/24/freedom-of-choice/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tim Russert Saves A Life</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/24/tim-russert-saves-a-life/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/07/24/tim-russert-saves-a-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The universe works in mysterious ways.]]></description>
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		<title>And On This Topic -</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/01/and-on-this-topic/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/01/and-on-this-topic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 04:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[John McCain gets my vote. What exactly is the problem with the American health-care system? The problem is not that Americans don’t have fine doctors, medical technology, and treatments. American medicine is the envy of the world. The problem is &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/05/01/and-on-this-topic/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hoist by His Own Petard</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/25/hoist-by-his-own-petard/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/25/hoist-by-his-own-petard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[John McCain was one politician I admired greatly. While I still believe that the man is a true hero, and while I still do applaud some of what he does, the veil has been lifted from my eyes for one &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/25/hoist-by-his-own-petard/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stop the Madness</title>
		<link>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/25/stop-the-madness/</link>
		<comments>http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/25/stop-the-madness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[biofuel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sooner rather than later. And this: Perhaps turning food into transportation fuel would make sense if massive amounts of grain spoiled every year from a lack of demand, but that certainly isn’t the case. Farmers love the higher prices that &#8230; <a href="http://asecondhandconjecture.com/index.php/2008/04/25/stop-the-madness/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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