http://www.lansingcitypulse.com/lansing/articles.sec-5-1-.html I find it odd that there%uFFFDs this pejorative word %uFFFDslut%uFFFD for women who sleep around but no similar strong pejorative for men who do. Of course, there is a pejorative for men who don%uFFFDt: loser. ]]> Whitmer's bills fallacious

After reading “New frontier
or no-man's-land?” (City Pulse, July 19) I was struck by the disparity
in the two prongs of state Sen. Gretchen Whitmer's bills on embryonic
stem cell research and human cloning.
 ]]> Why doesn't our congressman, Mike Rogers,
care about the working poor, college students and high school kids? 
Conversely, why is Rogers committed to cutting taxes for the richest of
the rich?

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As the Director of
Riverwalk Theatre's production of “Cobb,” I feel obliged to comment on
Len Kluge's review (“With three Cobbs on base, Riverwalk still can't
score,” July 19). While he is certainly entitled to his opinion, Kluge
seems to have missed the point on several key issues. ]]> In politics, you can pay for a campaign
in two ways — from yourself or from other people. If your connections
are good or if you're not afraid to stick your hand out, others pay for
your campaign. If you're rich, your connections aren't good or you are
uncomfortable asking people for money, you pay your own way.

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The current governmental processes and policies concerning stem cell research are wrong-headed.

]]> You know the silly season has arrived when John Pollard begins yet another recall against a Lansing politician.

]]> You might think a vaccine that prevents a common form of cancer, addresses the most prevalent sexually transmitted disease in America and prevents a majority of genital warts would be enthusiastically and widely embraced in our society. Yet even this scientific breakthrough has sparked socio-political controversy.

 ]]> If you were to ask 15 people who will win
the 69th District state House Democratic primary, five would say former
East Lansing Mayor Mark Meadows, five would say Mary Lindemann and the
other five would just shrug their shoulders.

]]> A few weeks after reading City Pulse's
paean to Lansing's east side (“Lansing's east side: The un-gated
community,” June 7), I met my friends Zach and Fred over a couple of
cold ones. 

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The recent cover story on global warming (“Lansing prepares to make 'Truth' more convenient,” June 28) misses the mark. 

]]> I begin with the words of the prophet Jeremiah, who wrote these words in Jeremiah 6:13-14, from the Message Translation: “Everyone's after the dishonest dollar, little people and big people alike. Prophets, priests, and everyone in between twist words and doctor truth. My people are broken – shattered – and they have treated the wound of my people carelessly, saying, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace.”

 ]]> Lansing City Council Vice President Brian Jeffries did not miss a regular Council meeting through the first half of the year.

 ]]> For those hoping the various yard signs in the 68th District House Democratic primary will provide some clarity in this race, I'm afraid to say that tarot cards may prove more helpful.

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The fog of election campaigning is rolling in, making it harder than ever to see a candidate for who he or she really is.  I look for relevant experience that equips and predicts effective public service.

]]> Minnie Redmond had a mission: to keep her husband out of the bars.

 ]]> In front of the local debut of Al Gore's film “An Inconvenient Truth,” City Pulse and other newspapers reported last week on local efforts to combat global warming. Global warming and U.S. dependence on Middle Eastern oil are converging to create a social and economic crisis, and neither the Bush administration nor state and local officials are talking much about public transportation as a solution.

 ]]> Here's some local trivia: Name the first woman to chair the Ingham County Board of Commissioners. After taken the reins in 1977, her claim to fame was building a new county jail.

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