SkeeterVT's Profile
A former print journalist and newspaper editor, I turned to blogging in 2005 to take advantage of the growing power and influence of the Internet.
Diaries published: 152 (1660 days since last diary on Sun Jul 12, 2015 at 12:00 AM PDT)
Comments posted: 493 (1411 days since last comment on Thu Mar 17, 2016 at 03:03 PM PDT)
Diary frequency: often
Comment frequency: often
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For many in the African-American and Latino communities, gun control is literally a matter of survival, as the vast majority of them live in urban areas long plagued by gun violence. Although a ...
by SkeeterVT
 82 comments
on Sun Jul 12, 2015 at 12:00 AM PDT
with 13 Recommends
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The NRA's Absolutist Position on the Second Amendment Right to Bear Arms Ignores History: Fully Automatic Machine Guns Have Been Banned Since 1934 -- And the Supreme Court UPHELD the Ban in 1939. It'...
by SkeeterVT
8 comments
on Thu Dec 27, 2012 at 07:41 PM PST
with 7 Recommends
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Lost in all the hullaballoo about the so-called "individual mandate" in the health-care reform law is the fact that there has been an "individual mandate" for another type of insurance in place for ...
by SkeeterVT
38 comments
on Tue Jan 03, 2012 at 07:41 AM PST
with 2 Recommends
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Site's Editor and Publisher Decides to Shut Down Amid Health Concerns After Months of Overwork, Fatigue and Insufficient Sleep Almost Lead to Potentially Fatal Car ...
by SkeeterVT
4 comments
on Tue Feb 15, 2011 at 01:34 PM PST
with 6 Recommends
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By Acquiring the Wildly Successful Online News Portal for $315 Million, Can the Internet Company Once Known as America Online Overcome Its Reputation for Making Bad Business Decisions -- From ...
by SkeeterVT
19 comments
on Tue Feb 08, 2011 at 09:08 AM PST
with 11 Recommends
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82-Year-Old Egyptian President, in TV Speech to Nation, Declares He Won't Run for a Sixth Term After 30 Years in Power, But Protesters Vow They Won't Give Up Until He Resigns -- and Obama ...
by SkeeterVT
10 comments
on Wed Feb 02, 2011 at 04:01 AM PST
with 4 Recommends
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