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Vicki McClure Davidson | April 27, 2011

  Embarrassing and potential fatal for Sony, a ticking time bomb for 77 million online gamers: hackers breached security for Sony’s PlayStation Network and stole personal data, including credit information and home addresses, for untold millions of people across the globe. Experts are saying this cyber-hack could rank among the biggest data breaches and theft [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | April 25, 2011

The Nanny State is at it again with its Food Police tyranny. But, it’s for the good of the children, of course. In Chicago, homemade sack lunches are banned because parents are apparently too stupid to know how to pack a nutritious lunch. In several liberal states, McDonald’s Happy Meal toys are on the chopping [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | December 31, 2008

Tonight, our family (minus daughter, who is embracing college life and all the socialization that goes with it) will have our annual At-Home New Year’s Eve Dinner Party. I started this “New Year’s dinner” ages ago when they were little and it’s been a tradition for a dozen years. This is the one meal of [...]

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