Cash for Clunkers
Somebody please pay me to buy a car! One of these days there will be one of these stimulus programs for which I can qualify, but I haven’t found one yet. The “cash for clunkers” program is a genius idea that gives people a credit of $3,500 to $4,500 to trade in their old car for [...]
A GOP That Can Say No
Reports of the death of the Republican Party appear to have been premature. Not since Sen. Bob Griffin derailed LBJ’s scheme to replace Chief Justice Earl Warren with crony Abe Fortas, before Nixon got to the Oval Office, has the GOP defied this city and voted to reject a liberal judicial activist for the court. [...]
‘Monk’ Crafted USA Into Cable Powerhouse
Adrian “Monk”, the USA’s (and the USA Network’s) favorite obsessive-compulsive detective, is looking to get his badge back from the San Francisco police – and then hang it up. “Monk” began its eighth and final season Friday (9 p.m. ET/PT) after a trailblazing run that helped vault USA Network to cable’s top spot for three [...]
Spirit of Woodstock Lives in ‘Mountain Girl’
Carolyn Garcia didn’t attend the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in 1969. But she maintains a historic relationship to the famous festival held in Bethel, N.Y., that transcends the four days of music, dozens of bands, hundreds of thousands who attended and 40 years of nostalgia. Garcia, you might say, embodies the “spirit of Woodstock” [...]
Grilling Chicken on the Bone
Nowadays, someone who’s never been to a farm might be forgiven for thinking that chickens are miraculous creatures without any bones or skin. Walk past the meat cases in supermarkets and most of what you see in the poultry section seems to be packages of boneless, skinless chicken breasts and thighs. I can understand why [...]
Bigger and Better Now Kia’s Forte
A wave of the magic wand, and the compact Spectra sedan is replaced by the longer, wider, beefier Forte. Forte also is better equipped, with stability and traction control, plus anti-lock brakes, standard. Kia rolls out the Forte as an encore to the Soul, a boxy, compact rival to the Scion xB and Nissan Cube [...]
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