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Yesterday’s passing of James Van Allen means that two of my childhood heroes of the 1950s have died during the current baseball season. In April, a plane crash killed former test pilot Scott Crossfield.

Thursday, August 10th, 2006

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Des Moines Register
“Physicist James Van Allen dies
Wed Aug 9, 2006 4:27 PM ET
CHICAGO (Reuters) - American physicist James Van Allen, who helped propel the United States into the space race and discovered the bands of radiation that surround the Earth that were later named for him, died on Wednesday, the University of Iowa said.
Van Allen, […]

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Who would have thought the decisions of the Episcopal Church could have caused such dismay?

Monday, June 19th, 2006

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Posted in Religion, Golf, Womens' Issues |

With leads like this, who needs male chauvinists?

Friday, June 9th, 2006

For Washington Women, Dinner With a Taste Of Real Power
By Jennifer Frey
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, June 9, 2006; C01

So Geena Davis strides in — stride is the only word that goes with those legs — in a sparkle of silver, a swish of red hair, and slides up next to Ruth Bader Ginsburg with her […]

Posted in Womens' Issues |

DeMockRacy, Iraqi style.

Thursday, June 8th, 2006

For the women of Iraq, the war is just beginning
By Terri Judd in Basra
Published: 08 June 2006

The women of Basra have disappeared. Three years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, women’s secular […]

Posted in Religion, Iraq, Womens' Issues |

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