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Global Warming's Hot Airnew

What's galling to me is the exponentially larger number of people, often wealthy celebrities and politicians, who've jumped on global-warming bandwagon as a recreational activity.
Baltimore City Paper  |  Russ Smith  |  05-15-2007  |  Commentary

Winning Vote$new

Now that it's clear that campaign finance reform has done nothing to decrease the amount of money infiltrating the country's electoral apparatus except create loopholes that politicians and special-interest groups exploit, isn't it time to put this issue to rest?
Baltimore City Paper  |  Russ Smith  |  05-01-2007  |  Commentary

Age d'Gorenew

When push comes to shove, Al Gore is not a rock star -- he's a politician.
Baltimore City Paper  |  Russ Smith  |  03-07-2007  |  Commentary

Steroid Scandals Can't Erase Fine Moments in Baseballnew

One-time Yankees superstar Jason Giambi’s disgrace -- and the photos of his sickly body -- provides more of a deterrent to impressionable kids than any new rules about steroid use that the Major League Baseball’s management and players union can agree upon.
Baltimore City Paper  |  Russ Smith  |  12-08-2004  |  Commentary

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