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Judy Plapinger

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Occupation: Writer and researcher
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Education: College graduate
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Judy posted and liked this story - Nov 7, 2009
Judy posted this story - Nov 2, 2009
Judy posted and reviewed this story - Oct 21, 2009
Judy's Rating
3.8

A nice feature story with a local angle.

Just a good newspaper story.

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Judy posted and reviewed this story - Oct 21, 2009
Judy posted and liked this story - Oct 20, 2009
Judy posted and reviewed this story - Oct 5, 2009
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4.0
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Judy posted and reviewed this story - Oct 5, 2009
Judy's Rating
3.8

A good blog post that dispels yet another mythical health care debating point. Can we please just insure everyone, please? Give everyone access to ... More »

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Judy posted and reviewed this story - Oct 5, 2009
Judy posted this story - Oct 5, 2009
Judy posted and reviewed this story - Oct 5, 2009
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3.8

The story of torture is not going away. Now there is video. Will we ever see it? Do we want to?

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Judy posted and reviewed this story - Oct 5, 2009
Judy reviewed this story - Oct 5, 2009
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3.8

Mountaintop Mining is one of the truly bizarre practices that go on in this country. There is a chance that the Obama Administration and the ... More »

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Judy posted and reviewed this story - Oct 4, 2009
Judy posted this story - Oct 4, 2009
Judy posted and reviewed this story - Oct 3, 2009
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4.7

Amen to Dr. Weil.

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Judy posted and reviewed this story - Oct 3, 2009
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4.0

I'm amazed that the best critique of the right-wing noise machine--and the mass media's reaction to it--comes from...David Brooks??

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Judy posted and reviewed this story - Oct 3, 2009
Judy's Rating
4.5

This is good, practical advice. I found myself a little stunned that such an article needs to be written; everything in it seems like common-sense ... More »

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Judy posted and reviewed this story - Oct 2, 2009
Judy posted and reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2009
Judy reviewed this story - Oct 1, 2009
Judy's Rating
4.4

This whole thing is fruit of the poisoned tree. The intentions here, whether illegal or only unethical, are disgusting because all parties were ... More »

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Judy posted and reviewed this story - Sep 29, 2009
Judy reviewed this story - Sep 25, 2009
Judy's Rating
2.6

I love Bill McKibbon. I love his passion and devotedness to cause, but this piece is really a plea for involvement in his 350.org cause (which ... More »

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Judy reviewed this story - Sep 25, 2009
Judy's Rating
4.0

This story provides interesting detail and analysis of the tenuous relationship between Pakistan and the U.S.

This article highlights the difficulties the U.S. faces in working with Pakistan (and Afghanistan) to fight the Taliban and other extreme ... More »

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Judy reviewed this story - Sep 25, 2009
Judy's Rating
3.1

Dan Froomkin is persuasive in his main point that it would be a sign of strength not weakness were Obama to change his mind about staying in Afghanistan because of evidence and reassessment of the military strategy.

Though this opinion is persuasive, there's little discussion of what would happen if we did pull out of Afghanistan, especially what it would mean ... More »

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Judy posted and reviewed this story - Sep 25, 2009
Judy's Rating
3.8

This is a perfect example of the difference between politics and reality. I have no doubt that the administration would have taken just as much ... More »

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Judy posted and reviewed this story - Sep 25, 2009
Judy posted and reviewed this story - Sep 24, 2009
Judy's Rating
3.6

So hard to separate the corruption from the public interest. Health Care legislation is like compost--the end result can be a rich product that can ... More »

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Judy posted and reviewed this story - Sep 24, 2009
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