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Today's Op/Ed:
That Anger Thing
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 03:00 pm PDT
HuffingtonPost.com - Read Mike Lux's other articles on HuffingtonPost.com Full Story
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Note to Liberal Elite: It's Not About Race
Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:00 pm PDT
RealClearPolitics.com - New York Times columnist Frank Rich argues that opponents of Obama's healthcare legislation are motivated by racism. The Washington Post's Colbert King believes Tea Party activists "forerunners" are Southern segregationists. The Atlanta-Journal Constitution's Cynthia Tucker views racist incidents as a "reflection on the Grand Old Party" overall. Full Story
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Croatia should apologize for World War II genocide before joining the EU
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 11:27 am PDT
The Christian Science Monitor - Croatia is nearing the finish line of a multiyear race to join the European Union. Its accession has been pushed along by traditional ally Germany, and by the United States, which has encouraged the EU’s southwest expansion to include all of the Balkans and even Turkey. Full Story
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Duke vs. Butler: It aint Hoosiers
Sat, 3 Apr 2010 08:06 pm PDT
The Nation - The Nation -- "Will it be a Jimmy Chitwood/Bobby Plump kind of moment?" So said announcer Jim Nantz as if became clear that the mighty Duke Blue Devils, with their championship pedigree, will be facing the unsung Butler Bulldogs in Monday's NCAA men's basketball final. Full Story
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What Were They Thinking?
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 02:29 pm PDT
HuffingtonPost.com - Read Alec Baldwin's other articles on HuffingtonPost.com Full Story
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Why the Health Care Bill Could Be Repealed
Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:00 pm PDT
RealClearPolitics.com - The punditocracy has recently been consumed with a debate over whether or not the Republicans will be able to repeal the recently-passed health care bill. Outside of self-professed conservative pundits, the conventional wisdom seems to be that the odds are prohibitively against repeal (or significant modification). Full Story
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Weird science: Consider geoengineering to fight global warming
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 09:17 am PDT
The Christian Science Monitor - Intentionally messing with the world’s climate sounds like something only a comic book villain would do. Full Story
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American Jihadis: Blame violence-prone boys, not Islam
Thu, 1 Apr 2010 09:00 pm PDT
The Christian Science Monitor - The recent arrest in Yemen of Somali-American Sharif Mobley, accused of being a member of an Al Qaeda affiliated group, raises the question: Why are young American men abandoning this country’s promise and opportunities to pursue jihad in foreign countries with groups rooted in anti-Americanism? Full Story
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Around The Nation
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 11:33 am PDT
The Nation - The Nation -- Later this month, TheNation.com will get a new look. Full Story
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Obama and offshore drilling: a crude move
Thu, 1 Apr 2010 12:30 pm PDT
The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama’s decision to open large areas off the US coastline for offshore drilling of oil and natural gas mixes a blob of political calculation with a dollop of questionable energy policy. The resulting sludge looks unappealing. Full Story
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A NATION HAUNTED BY ITS PAST
Sat, 3 Apr 2010 04:58 pm PDT
David Shribman - Margaret MacMillan is the warden of St. Antony's College, Oxford. She is a historian. She is the great granddaughter of David Lloyd George. And in her recent book, "Dangerous Games: The Uses and Abuses of History," she quotes a recent Russian aphorism: "These days we live in a country with an unpredictable past." Full Story
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GOP OPPOSES IMMIGRATION REFORM AT ITS PERIL
Sat, 3 Apr 2010 04:58 pm PDT
Cynthia Tucker - WASHINGTON -- You might not have heard much about it, but immigration supporters held a huge rally on the National Mall two weeks ago (March 21). Though overshadowed by the spectacle surrounding the health care debate, they were out in large numbers: Tens of thousands gathered to urge Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform, which would include a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants already here. Full Story
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OUT-REPUBLICANING THE REPUBLICANS
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 08:05 am PDT
Ted Rall - Obama Revives Clinton's Disastrous Triangulation Strategy Full Story
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PRESCRIPTIONS FOR DISASTER NOW COVERED UNDER OBAMACARE
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 07:56 am PDT
Ann Coulter - On the "Today" show this Tuesday, President Obama claimed the massive government takeover of health care the Democrats passed without a single Republican vote was a "middle of the road" bill that incorporated many Republican ideas. Full Story
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SHOULD SEXUAL ABUSE BE TREATED AS A MINOR CRIME?
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 07:33 am PDT
Maggie Gallagher - How serious are we as a nation about the sexual abuse of minors? Full Story
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REPEAL
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 02:26 am PDT
The Weekly Standard - In the days since the enactment of their health care plan, Democrats in Washington have been desperately seeking to lodge the new program in the pantheon of American public-policy achievements. Full Story
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Economics for Dummies
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 02:26 am PDT
The Weekly Standard - Y ou probably missed it. But a new school of economics was unveiled last week shortly after health care reform passed the House of Representatives. Speaker Nancy Pelosi stepped to the podium in the House chamber and said the legislation will "unleash tremendous entrepreneurial power" and create millions of jobs. "Our economy needs something new, a jolt," she said. And she and her Democratic colleagues had just delivered it. Full Story
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Which Side Are They On?
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 02:26 am PDT
The Weekly Standard - Labor unions in the United States were not always tied to the Democratic party and to a leftist ideological agenda. Once upon a time, the American Federation of Labor (AFL) stood at odds with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO); the former resisted statist labor law changes and leftist union policies beginning in the 1930s and the latter supported them. Full Story
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What War with Iran Means
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 12:00 am PDT
Pat Buchanan - "Diplomacy has failed," Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., told AIPAC, "Iran is on the verge of becoming nuclear and we cannot afford that." Full Story
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The Party's Over for Steele
Fri, 2 Apr 2010 12:00 am PDT
Linda Chavez - GOP Chairman Michael Steele is a talented guy: smart, affable, telegenic, with a gift for gab. He ran a great race for U.S. Senate from one of the toughest states in the nation for a Republican to win, Maryland. I should know, I lost my own race for U.S. Senate in 1986 and no Republican has won the seat in 30 years. But the best thing Steele could do now for the Republican Party is to step aside as chairman of the Republican National Committee. Full Story
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