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Real name: R. Matthew Fretz

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2006 Independent challenger in the 5th District.  Currently, blogging at Blog the Fifth.

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There's something missing from the Republican Convention. There is a need for a camera behind the curtain where speakers greet ... >

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Tibet – the broad, high plateau between India and China – is bigger than Western Europe and the source of the great rivers of Asia: the Indus, ... >

Dr. Joseph Marbach

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For the past few weeks, I've watched with fascination as politician after politician have appeared on a beach or a boardwalk and declared their ... >

Rob Tornoe

RNC Convention Sketchpad, day four: A POW now and forever

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Michael P. Riccards

Understanding Nancy

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, on Meet the Press, made a statement that incurred the wrath of members of the Catholic bishops club. She dared to say that ... >

Joey Novick

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And now we go back in time, to Mr. Dembo's eighth grade science class and JHS 278, and a sixteen millimeter film about the seasonal migration of ... >

Juan Melli

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