Indecision 2016: After months of preliminary jockeying, Republican and Democratic candidates for president finally are nearing their first real contest, Feb. 1 in Iowa. “Until now, it’s just been noise,” said one Iowa voter.
He said more but we couldn’t hear him over all the candidates shouting over each other. Something about an “idiot,” “sound and fury” and “signifying nothing.”
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Why Romania has a Lone Wolf McQuade Day: A PBS documentary, “Chuck Norris vs. Communism,” explores how Hollywood helped incite rebellion in Romania
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Hollywood? It was all Chuck Norris; he single-handedly led the rebellion, then brought down the Berlin Wall with one roundhouse kick.
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Ask your doctor: The American Medical Association is recommending Congress ban direct advertising of prescription drugs because they create a demand for expensive medications.
And there’s the fact that most of us can’t go for a walk in a park or other pleasant outing without being followed by a voice-over warning of dire side effects worse than the disease.
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