November 7, 2024


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Maggie Van Ostrand's columns and articles cover more topics than Washington has lobbyists. Each is listed below, with a descriptive blurb. We don't know what a blurb is, but Maggie thinks they may be useful here.
  • Sex Hijinks Down on the Farm
    The Humane Society of the United States intends to use the case during the next state legislative session as an example of why sex with animals should be outlawed in Washington
  • Bottoms Up
    While drinking alcoholic beverages ran pretty much neck and neck between Canada and the U.S. for over 50 years, in the last few decades, Canadians have consistently out-boozed Americans. That can't be easy.
  • The Beer-Drinking Urban Canadian
    A recent scientific analysis revealed the presence of female hormones in beer.
  • Prince Charles to Marry His Mother
    Camilla Parker-Bowles, in an effort to be loved by the people of Great Britain and its near-flung empire, snorted, "No, I really do not wish to be addressed as Princess of Wales for that was our own dear and thin Diana's title. I would instead decree myself the title of Duchess of Cornwales, or even Consorting Princess. Or perhaps Queen, which does indeed have a pleasant ring to it."
  • Mother's Day Revenge of the Uglies
    "Parents would probably deny it, but Canadian researchers have made a startling assertion: Parents take better care of pretty children than they do ugly ones," stated the New York Times.
  • Camilla's Milliner
    What's wrong with a head that requires ten fittings for one hat?
  • Naked Came the Canadians
    With all the nudity going on in Canada, I'm beginning to think nobody wears any clothes at all, except maybe the mannequins in the shop windows.
  • The Corn is as High as an Elephant's Eye
    Is it unreasonable to think that the Mexican people should be able to have their customary corn tortillas at mealtime? No. Politics has again reared its ugly head, and this time, the platform is "Corn produces ethanol and ethanol fuels automobiles!"
  • Nursery Rhymes: Are They Safe?
    When we tuck our children into bed and read fairy tales to them, we intend that they nod off peacefully and have pleasant dreams. So why are these fairy tales filled with violence, torture and death?
  • Bionic Woman or Jack Bauer?
    Progress is a strange thing. Unlike yesterday's average woman who wanted to stand in the shadow of a man, today's woman wants to stand in the shadow of another woman.
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