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Stephanie SalterTea Party official has access to power
By Stephanie Salter Peruse the Web site of Liberty Central Inc. and you learn that Brian Faughnan, the managing editor of the nonprofit lobbying group, likes to make mint chocolate chip treats, that national coordinator Sue Hamblen lives in Virginia with her husband and two “very large” Labradors, that Amy Feather, the director of development and marketing, lives with her two teenage boys, and that general counsel Sue Field enjoys marathon training and sailing with her husband. But what of Liberty Central Inc.’s founder, president and CEO, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas? The site’s personal info tells us she’s a fan of Rush Limbaugh, author Mark Levin and Laura Ingraham, is “intrigued by” and is “listening carefully to” Glenn Beck, and she likes “motorhoming” and watching the TV series “24.” "
Columnist goes chasing ghosts in the Arizona desert
By Stephanie Salter It’s springtime, so I’ll be gone for a few days to chase ghosts in the desert. In fact, I’m already there — and, by now, I’ve probably caught myself two or three ghosts, with another full week to go. Many of the chunks of ectoplasm I’m chasing have a name and a numeral on the back of their polyester uniform. Other ghosts wear white shirts and bolo ties or brightly colored golf shirts with a team logo embroidered over the heart. A few of them carry notepads, maybe one or two lug a cassette tape recorder. "
Rounding off pi to 3.20: It seemed like a good idea at the time
By Stephanie Salter Last Sunday was National Pi Day, so a fellow Purdue alumni pal forwarded a great rendition of one of my favorite Indiana stories: When the state Legislature nearly passed a law rounding off the mathematical number, pi, to 3.2. Reading the account — on agecon.purdue.edu — was not only entertaining, but also it reminded me how little has changed in politics since 1897. That is a good thing to keep in mind when we find ourselves getting all nostalgic about how civilized and enlightened our elected representatives supposedly used to be. "
Does anybody really know what time it is?
By Stephanie Salter The future is something which everyone reaches at a rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is. — C.S. Lewis And so Sunday, March 14, we begin a uniquely human period, one we made up to “save” the daylight segment of a concept we also made up to foster the delusion that the span between our birth and death can be ordered. We’re talking time. Or rather, the fiction of time. "
Never mind the wheelchair. You want to buy some cards?
By Stephanie Salter If you happen upon Pam Grimes selling her handmade greeting cards this coming week, do her a favor: Don’t tell her what an inspiration she is or how courageous you find her to be. Sift through the packets of pretty cards, find some you like and buy them for the benefit of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. You will save yourself and Grimes all the time it takes for her to instinctively deflect anything that looks or sounds like praise.
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