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Today's Op/Ed:
Op-Ed: Patient-centered wellness for our people powered world
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 12:07 pm PST
The Newsroom - Republican Rep. Thaddeus G. McCotter is Chair of the Republican House Policy Committee and serves the 11th congressional district of Southeast Michigan. He is currently serving his fourth term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Full Story
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Op-Ed: Numbers, not shouting, overwhelm health care debate
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:03 pm PST
The Newsroom - Washington, DC — We have the best medical professionals in the world, but fewer and fewer Americans can afford to pay for the care they can provide. The trends indicate that problem will get much worse. Full Story
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Free iPhone Apps To Waste 5 Minutes (PHOTOS)
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:59 am PST
HuffingtonPost.com - Read Megan Berry's other articles on HuffingtonPost.com Full Story
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Psalm 137
Tue, 1 Dec 2009 06:47 pm PST
The Nation - The Nation -- I was in a pew at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Illinois, on September 16, 2001. Although I was never a member of this now infamous congregation, I did attend Trinity regularly during the seven years I lived and worked in Chicago. Full Story
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Swiss minaret ban: Can Europe learn to trust its Muslim citizens?
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:00 am PST
The Christian Science Monitor - It wasn't meant to go this way. For months we were told that the efforts to ban the construction of minarets in Switzerland were doomed. Full Story
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"Reality Stars": Sign Us Up Before We Kill Again
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:42 pm PST
HuffingtonPost.com - Read Harry Shearer's other articles on HuffingtonPost.com Full Story
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Not Just Jobs Needed Now
Tue, 1 Dec 2009 02:15 pm PST
The Nation - The Nation -- In advance of the president's jobs summit, economist Paul Krugman is finally calling for government job-creation. Full Story
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Can Obama Inspire Belief in the Afghan War?
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:00 pm PST
RealClearPolitics.com - Barack Obama has to show his heart is in the fight. Full Story
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Success in Afghanistan Will Require Commitment for the Long Haul
Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:00 pm PST
RealClearPolitics.com - President Barack Obama will announce his long-awaited Afghanistan strategy in a prime time address Tuesday night. Much of the speculation and debate thus far has focused on the number of troops the commander-in-chief will dispatch to Afghanistan. However, no strategy-- regardless of the number of troops involved--will likely succeed if we are not willing to see it through to completion. Full Story
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What's Obama's exit strategy for the Afghanistan war?
Tue, 1 Dec 2009 01:00 am PST
The Christian Science Monitor - A new Democratic president must decide whether to increase US military support of a corrupt government in a poor Asian nation. That government is fighting a distressingly persistent, foreign-supported, ideologically motivated insurgency. Full Story
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Why Won't We Face Iran's Evil?
Tue, 1 Dec 2009 12:00 am PST
Mona Charen - When tens of thousands of Iranians took to the streets last spring and braved the most brutal repression the regime could inflict, Michael Ledeen was the least surprised man in Washington. Full Story
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Hamlet as War President
Tue, 1 Dec 2009 12:00 am PST
Pat Buchanan - Led by a conflicted president of a divided party and nation, America is deepening her involvement in a war in its ninth year with no end in sight. Full Story
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OBAMA IS UNIQUE
Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:58 pm PST
David Shribman - SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- For someone who looks and sounds far different from any previous American president, Barack Obama sure invites a lot of comparisons with his predecessors. Full Story
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Is the Church Militant Back?
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:00 am PST
Pat Buchanan - With the House debate on health care at its hottest, the U.S. Catholic bishops issued a stunning ultimatum: Impose an absolute ban on tax funds for abortions, or we call for defeat of the Pelosi bill. Full Story
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Ridiculous Idol Excuses
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:00 am PST
Brent Bozell III - If there is an entertainment trend ripe for satire, it is the begging-for-attention smut routines at nationally televised music awards shows. Full Story
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RISE OF THE YOUNG CODGERS
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:58 pm PST
Ted Rall - a.k.a., Return of the Generation Gap Full Story
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WINDS OF CHANGE IN LATIN AMERICA
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:58 pm PST
Georgie Anne Geyer - WASHINGTON -- It would seem at first, from the international news, that the elections to be held Sunday in Honduras might offer some resolution to the many political questions on the rise of the Far Left that has been sweeping the hemisphere over the last few years. Full Story
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Katie Rhymes for Health Care 'Reform'
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:00 am PST
Larry Elder - CBS "news anchor" Katie Couric recently whipped out her "reporter's notebook" and closed her newscast with a pro-"health care reform" poem: Full Story
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Still Doing God's Work on Wall Street
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:00 am PST
Robert Scheer - Jail, anyone? Perhaps that's too harsh, and at any rate premature, but is anyone ever going to be held accountable for the behind-the-scenes sweetheart deals that passed tens of billions of taxpayer dollars through the AIG shell game to the very banks that caused the financial meltdown? Full Story
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Understanding Our Hollow "Centrists"
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:00 am PST
Joe Conason - The puzzling thing about politicians of either party who claim to be "centrist" or "moderate" is how much they sometimes sound like party-line right-wing Republicans. Distinguishing among these species of politicians can be almost impossible during the current struggle over health care reform, especially when a senator like Blanche Lambert Lincoln of Arkansas tries to explain herself. Full Story
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