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Now lets talk about an historical figure who was a: Christian Democrat Populist William Jennings Bryan ran for President of the United States as the Democrat nominee in 1896, 1900 and 1908. He lost three times lacking the money and power of the business forces backing the Republicans. Bryan also know for defending Creationism at the Scopes Trial right before his death in 1925. Bryan also a pacifist who left his post as Secretary of State as events moved towards US involvement in World War I. Mr. Bryan actually called for the government to own the railroads. What a dirty...

It happens. Something intended by New York Times editors and reporters for one audience gets seen by another. We in the newsroom were reminded this week to be more scrupulous in flagging phrases like “Here are New York Times stories about —” with embedded links, which serve web and mobile readers but make no sense if they appear in the newspaper, as they have. This contemporary problem is not the only way The Times has challenged readers’ comprehension and sanity over the years. Occasionally, a “cq” will creep into Times copy. This standard proofreading mark means that what may look...

Searching comments on presidential candidates’ Facebook pages in search of grammatical errors, typos, misplaced or missing apostrophes, unnecessary capital letters and redundant exclamation points bears fruit in seconds: Amid this flawed, headache-inducing verbiage, there is a pattern. So says Grammarly, a private, San Francisco-based company behind what’s billed as “the world’s leading automated proofreader.” The company analyzed comments on 19 presidential candidates’ Facebook pages and found that: 1) supporters of Republican candidates make more mistakes than supporters of Democrats; 2) supporters of Republican candidates use fewer unique words than supporters of Democrats; and 3) Donald Trump supporters made the most...

ScienceDaily (Mar. 19, 2010) — Centuries ago, scientists began reducing the physics of the universe into a few, key laws described by a handful of parameters. Such simple descriptions have remained elusive for complex biological systems -- until now.Emory biophysicist Ilya Nemenman has identified parameters for several biochemical networks that distill the entire behavior of these systems into simple equivalent dynamics. The discovery may hold the potential to streamline the development of drugs and diagnostic tools, by simplifying the research models.

Get The Arc Ready: Tri-State In For Deluge CBS 2 HD Weather Team Tracking Gigantic Storm That Could Drop 3-5 Inches Of Rain On Our Region By MondayNEW YORK (CBS) ― The rain starts Friday with better coverage in the afternoon and evening. Get ready for some major weather changes. Expect to see increasing cloud coverage Thursday night as a monster storm works its way into the tri-state area. There remains a slight chance of shower Thursday night through lunchtime on Friday. However, once Friday afternoon rolls around the showers will come more frequently and get heavier overnight into Saturday.

Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash,Expert Says No crap, really? Ya think? Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers Now that's taking things a bit far!

I have been working as an independent professional rewriter and editor for many years and have recently began upgrading my resources and skills to handle science and medical technical papers, etc. I have heard some good things about Stylewriter, but I have also heard it takes a long time to get used to and the settings are difficult to manage. I have also seen online advertisements for a product called White Smoke, that seems much easier to use, but I have no idea of how capable it actually is. I know Free Republic has a great number of writers and...

All 50,000 scratch-off tickets for car dealership contain grand prize Published: Friday, July 20, 2007 | 3:59 PM ET Canadian Press ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) - Everyone's a winner after a direct-mail marketing company hired by a local car dealership mistakenly sent out 50,000 scratch-off tickets to residents - all of them declaring the ticket-holder the $1,000 grand prize winner. Just one of the tickets was supposed to be the grand prize winner. Jeff Kohn, Roswell Honda general manager said a typographical error by Atlanta-based Force Events Direct Marketing, which printed the advertisment, had given all 50,000 scratch-off tickets grand prizes....