Author - Bob Cesca

Trains

More Choo-Choos!

The back story on commuter rail funding in the recovery bill: The $787.2 billion economic recovery bill — to be signed by President Barack Obama on Tuesday — dedicates $8 billion to high-speed rail...

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Economy

Sorry, Lee

To suggest that the Republicans aren't by-in-large motivated by politics and retaking Congress in 2010 is absolutely naïve. Adding... Lee also wrongly assumes that I'm against tax cuts. I'm not. I'm...

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Animal Rights

Chimp Attack

Just a brief word on this: The chimpanzee, considered a fixture in the north Stamford community, turned into a monster on Monday afternoon, attacking a 55-year-old woman after she showed up at the...

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Environment

Super Stupid

George Will's new and totally ridiculous column: According to the University of Illinois' Arctic Climate Research Center, global sea ice levels now equal those of 1979. The University of Illinois...

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Movies

'Conservative Movies'

The National Review compiled a list of the Top 25 greatest conservative movies of the last quarter-century. Prepare to say WTF?! 1. The Lives of Others (2007) 2. The Incredibles (2004) 3...

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History

Naming the Presidents

In honor of President's Day, I tried to list all of the presidents from memory in less than 60 seconds and, as always, I stumbled on #11 and #12, and I misplaced Benjamin Harrison. My results after...

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Torture

Keeping Us Safe

When Bush used to say he was smoking the evildoers out of their holes, he apparently wasn't being metaphorical. Seriously, this will sicken you. A former Guantanamo guard has exposed some of the most...

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Republican Party

The Last Straw

President Obama: "Look, once a decision was made by the Republican leadership to have a party-line vote -- a decision that I think occurred before I met with them -- then I'm not sure that there was...

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Economy

Very, Very Weird

I'm still shaking this off. There was a span of about three or four minutes this morning when I actually agreed with Lindsey Graham and Peter King who expressed support for nationalizing the banks...

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Afternoon Awesome

Afternoon Awesome

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