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Entries in United States (10)

Tuesday
Aug282012

The Table: US Guns For Sale, Hurricane Isaac, and Governor Christie's Big Moment

Lunch is big. US profits big in arm sales. Hurricane Isaac is promising a big punch. Chris Christie will be in the big limelight at the RNC tonight.

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Thursday
Aug162012

The Table: Big Win for US Soccer, Big Trouble for Melky Cabrera, Big Hopes for Andrew Bynum

Sports are on the Table. Uncanny win for US soccer will make you feel better about losing Melky Cabrera for the SF season. But will Andrew Bynum re-create the Sixers?

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Friday
Aug102012

The Table: Agent Orange Clean Up, Elvis' Favorite Coaster, and a Sky Walker in A.C. 

We are heading places for lunch. First, we head back to Vietnam, then for the King's roller coaster, and finally to Atlantic City for a circus. Enjoy.

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Monday
Jul022012

The Table for 7/3/12: Let Your Voice Be Heard

Join us for lunch and let Your Voice Be Heard.

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Wednesday
Apr042012

4 Key to Financial Success – Money Tips to Consider

Are you aware of the financial steps that you need to take to help you stay on top of your finances? If the answer is no, the time is now to read on.

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Tuesday
Jan312012

If You Don’t Speak English, Forget about Running for Office

The ability to speak English is not a sign of intelligence or stupidity. The ability to communicate in English is not a sign you are American. The sign you are an American is that you take your voting power and the great gift of democracy to change the country for the better.

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Saturday
Sep242011

No Last Supper: Texas Has Discontinued the Death Penalty’s Only Kindness

Texas has killed more prisoners than any other State in the union and it is right that this State, above all, should eliminate the last overt action of kindness towards its prisoners.

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Wednesday
Jun302010

Suing the Pants and Mask off the Phillies Phanatic

Lawyers are flocking to hospital patients around the Philadelphia area to see if the big green menace has caused their ailments. City lawyers have been overwhelmed by the eagerness of fans to explain how the actor of their injustices has caused havoc in their personal and professional lives.

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Friday
Dec042009

Pondering a Decade: Starting with Y2K

So in the next few weeks, as we reflect on the past year and decade, I hope the table will provide the best and worst collective incidents that have shaped and reshaped the new American landscape. This conversation will help us digest this decade and provide great fodder for discussion in our unique perspectives, and in the end provide perhaps our finest nutrition.

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Monday
Oct052009

California: The State of Disrepair According to Steinbeck 

There are some places I would like to see before I die. Places that are born in idyllic circumstances and set in the world as Edens of hope. These places dot mankind’s history and imagination like the ancient cities of Babylon, Alexendria, and Athens. Even the remnants of the cities would invoke the possibility of mankind’s resourcefulness and reach beyond our animal instincts. For Americans, California has always embodied the potential for America’s quest for happiness. I wonder what Steinbeck would have retorted to "Will California become America's first failed state?" It is not hard to imagine when you have the Grapes of Wrath in front of you.

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