Marroni: Care for the Earth
By Ed Marroni The decisions and choices we make have consequences that are important to consider. For example, take the 71 year uranium mining ban that our General Assembly will b ...
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By Ed Marroni Did you know stopping or reducing your consumption of meat and cheese would be an effective way to decrease your carbon dioxide footprint? The Environmental Working ...
Read More »Marroni: When Life Gives You Lemons…
by Ed Marroni When life gives you lemons...REUSE them! You probably do not often include LEMONS on your grocery list. Perhaps you will now, after learning what tasks can be done w ...
Read More »Marroni: Calling All Coffee Drinkers! Don’t Throw Your Used Grounds Away!
By: Ed Marroni What do you do with your spent coffee grounds? Tossing them into the trash is not a good idea because they break down like all organic foods and release meth ...
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Huge Victory on Predatory Lending in Chesapeake!
While the Virginia General Assembly utterly failed to take action on predatory lending this session, the City of Chesapeake sought more transparency and public input on the predat ...
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Ehrenthal: Voter Fraud & Bigfoot, They Make Exist, But are Hard to Find
The right to vote, in a democracy, is a basic right. Under the United States Constitution that right in established by the 15th Amendment. “No one can be denied the ...
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Ehrenthal: The House is Playing Reindeer Games with Unemployment & Middle Class Tax Cut
Once again the House of Representatives, led by the radical conservative bloc is holding up a needed tax break for most working Americans. After crafting a compromise budget bill ...
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Ehrenthal: Pepper Spray is Not Food and Occupy is Not Ambiguous
As Yogi Berra is purported to have said, “It’s like Deja Vous all over again”. Watching the treatment of those assembling in protest for the Occupy movement brings me back to the ...
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Ehrenthal: The Dangerous Myth of Supply Side Economics
During the late 1940's and 1950s, a vibrant middle class developed in the United States. Manufacturing grew and prospered and so did the workers who were making a living wage and ...
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VIDEO: Wendell Potter in VA Beach, “Health care law already saving the lives of millions”
Virginia Organizing, Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy and Empower Hampton Roads were prompted to hold the "Real Dialogue on Health Care" forum because they feel that m ...
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