Oklahoma’s governor race: Cracks in the glass ceiling
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 29th, 2010 4:37 am by HL
Oklahoma’s governor race: Cracks in the glass ceiling
In a week filled with a massive leak of classified documents and a change at the helm of the company that’s been disastrously spilling barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the race for governor of Oklahoma might not seem like big news.
Oklahoma – United States – Politics – Republican – Candidates and Campaigns
Unusual bunch of foes to postal rate increase unites as Affordable Mail Alliance
By the time the U.S. Postal Service announced plans to raise rates earlier this month, an unusual alliance of customers was in place to oppose it.
Mail – United States – Recreation – United States Postal Service – Stamps
Air leaks from the WikiLeaks balloon
Boy, that was quick. One day, the WikiLeaks uproar was sparking a once-in-a-generation debate about the disclosure of classified information, the audacious role of a stateless organization beyond the reach of sovereign nations, and the old media’s complicity in packaging the 91,000 pages of Afghanistan war documents.
Wikileaks – Recreation – Ballooning – Aviation – United States
2010 likely to bring more negative campaign ads than ever, analyst says
It’s getting ugly out there. In Florida, Democratic Senate candidate Kendrick Meek unveiled his first TV ad Monday, a disco-themed portrait of primary opponent Jeff Greene as a billionaire carpetbagger and Wall Street hustler who “helped to fuel the economic meltdown.” Brad Ellsworth also rolled …
Negative campaigning – Politics – Campaigns and Elections – Election Reform – Republican
VA is stepping up its services for female veterans
About 1.8 million women have served in the U.S. military, and with 245,000 female soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, it’s estimated that within a decade, women will make up 16 percent of all veterans.
United States – Veteran – Military – Organizations – Government
