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Hometown: Asheville, NC
Interests: America's Future Now, Progressive Vision, Revitalizing Democracy
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H1N1 & My Famiy

By Terrance Heath
November 23, 2009

We'd talked about it earlier in the week, but hadn't really made a definite decision to go. Then, Sunday morning I came downstairs to find this Washington Post story on the computer monitor.

On Wednesday, Oct. 7, 6-year-old Heaven Skyler Wilson dragged herself off the school bus that dropped her in front of her home on a rural road in Jetersville, just south of Richmond. The little girl, who had never had so much as an ear infection in her life, was pale and feverish and complained of an upset stomach.

The next day, Heaven's grandmother, Pat Sparrow, took her to a nearby clinic. Heaven, usually a bright, bubbly girl with blond pigtails, dimples and effusive energy, had a sore throat and a 103-degree temperature. The doctor swabbed her for the flu, and the test was positive.

It was just something going around, Sparrow said she was told. The doctor told Sparrow to take Heaven home, give her Tylenol and chicken broth, and let her rest.

By the next morning, Heaven couldn't breathe. Sparrow called 911.

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China: Smart Intern, Stupid Question

By Eric Lotke
November 23, 2009

A really smart student intern I’ve had the privilege of working with (Jonathan Flack, GWU 2010) asked a really stupid question. “Why,” he asked, “Do we give China everything it wants? Why don’t we challenge them?” more »

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The benefits of a nuclear Iran

By Aetius Romulous
From atimes.com
November 23rd, 2009

atimes.com — This is not a headline you would ever see in the mainstream US press and I wish to make it clear that the benefits of nuclear technology for any purpose other than short term energy security in the face of declining world oil production are in my opinion questionable.

Out of left field, a smorgasboard of geopolitical bones of contention.

Enjoy.

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China is Unhappy with Spy Label

By Steven Capozzola
November 23, 2009

The Associated Press reports that China has criticized last week's U.S.-China Commission (USCC) report for asserting that Chinese spies are aggressively stealing U.S. secrets. more »

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Palin's Followers Sow the Seeds of Their Own Destruction

By Gary Younge
From guardian.co.uk
November 23rd, 2009

guardian.co.uk — The former Alaska governor represents thwarted aspirations and brooding resentment. But she backs policies which would increase them.

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Progress on Texas Wind Energy Jobs

By Natasha Chart
November 20, 2009

The dispute over whether or not a Texas wind farm receiving federal subsidies would source its components from a Chinese manufacturer has come to a more agreeable solution, with the partnering companies agreeing to open a 1,000 person turbine factory in the US more »

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Easy Choices

By Terrance Heath
November 20, 2009

Whether the Stupak amendment ends up in the final health care reform bill or is replaced by the more moderate compromises in the Senate bill, both the passage of the amendment and the almost immediate response that women and pro-choice progressives should "take one for the team" hold a lesson and a warning for both progressives and Democrats.

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Will Health Care Be Saved at the 11th Hour?

By Michael Tomasky
From guardian.co.uk
November 20th, 2009

guardian.co.uk — Ahead of the Senate's first major test vote on health care reform, the Democrats who refuse to show their cards face a political paradox.

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Obama’s Home And The Report Is Out: China Takes Us To School

By Eric Lotke
November 19, 2009

President Obama is home from China and the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission today releases its 2009 report to Congress. What have we learned? That we need to pay attention because we’re getting schooled. more »

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The GOP's No-Exit Strategy

By E.J. Dionne
From washingtonpost.com
November 19th, 2009

washingtonpost.com — Democrats in the Senate — the House is not the problem — need to have a long chat with themselves and decide whether they want to engage in an act of collective suicide. But it's also time to start paying attention to how Republicans, with Machiavellian brilliance, have hit upon what might be called the Beltway-at-Rush-Hour Strategy, aimed at snarling legislative traffic to a standstill so Democrats have no hope of reaching the next exit.

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