For St. Patrick's Day, The Best Irish Movies By Farr
(HuffingtonPost.com)
HuffingtonPost.com - Read John Farr's other articles on HuffingtonPost.com
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:59:38 GMT
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Verdict a Long Ways Off on Iraq
(RealClearPolitics.com)
RealClearPolitics.com - Last Sunday's elections in Iraq, the fifth since the 2003 invasion by the United States and its allies, have generated predictable polemics.
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT
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Obama bends No Child Left Behind learning curve
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Although President Obama has yet to achieve much on jobs, healthcare, or energy, he is on track to transform America’s education.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:03:23 GMT
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Dodd's Not-Independent Consumer Watchdog
(The Nation)
The Nation - The Nation -- Sen. Chris Dodd came out swinging today to defend his revamped proposal for fixing the financial regulatory system, and he's won cautious support from some key reformers.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:02:02 GMT
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Ponzi Nation: How Get-Rich-Quick Crime Came to Define an Era
(HuffingtonPost.com)
HuffingtonPost.com - Read Andy Kroll's other articles on HuffingtonPost.com
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:24:34 GMT
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Soak the Rich, Keep the Change
(RealClearPolitics.com)
RealClearPolitics.com - Do Washington state Democrats have a death wish? That's the question many locals must be asking after the Democrat-controlled Senate held hearings last Thursday, with little notice, packed with supporters for a new bill that would impose a statewide income tax.
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT
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To win the war in Afghanistan, the US military has to beat the Taliban at the propaganda game
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - The United States military, has struggled with how to manage media coverage of the war in Afghanistan – and even the most basic approaches to an effective public-relations campaign.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:18:19 GMT
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College tuition is expensive enough, let alone the textbooks
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Panic time.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:51:14 GMT
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Savvy Dems Reject GOP 'Advice' on Health Reform
(The Nation)
The Nation - The Nation -- To hear Republican congressional leaders and strategists tell it: If Democrats pass health care reform, the party of Roosevelt, Truman, Kennedy and Obama is toast.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:23:29 GMT
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Obama commission won’t cut deficits. Congress will.
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - It’s hard to find many people with high expectations for the bipartisan deficit-cutting commission that President Obama appointed last month.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:41:18 GMT
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OBAMA'S SECRET WEAPON: THE TEA PARTIERS
(Richard Reeves)
Richard Reeves - LOS ANGELES -- The Republican Party of California met in convention last weekend and listened to five candidates for governor and United States senator in the state's June 8 primary election. They fell all over themselves trying to sound like tea partiers.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:35:22 GMT
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Athens and Jerusalem
(The Weekly Standard)
The Weekly Standard - Last Thursday, Athens was paralyzed by rioters protesting the government's austerity program, which is needed to keep the Greek nation solvent.
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:41:00 GMT
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GETTING RID OF UNCLE JOE
(David Shribman)
David Shribman - He grew up when the Wabash country still had a frontier ethic, came to power as America was sensing its own potential for power and became perhaps the most powerful man in William Howard Taft's Washington. He smoked cigars by the score and wore a felt hat at his desk as well as in the street. He was Speaker John Joseph Gurney Cannon, and the rebellion against his despotism occurred 100 years ago this week.
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:59:19 GMT
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THIS DADDY-DAUGHTER DUO IS AN EMBARRASSMENT TO THE U.S.
(Cynthia Tucker)
Cynthia Tucker - Liz Cheney doesn't hold a seat in the United States Senate. She doesn't have the power to call committee hearings to intimidate those who dare disagree with her. And she isn't practicing her demagoguery in an era of widespread fear of an existential threat. Nevertheless, she has slipped easily into the role of Joseph McCarthy.
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:59:17 GMT
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SANDS OF U.S.-ISRAELI RELATIONS CONTINUE TO SHIFT
(Georgie Anne Geyer)
Georgie Anne Geyer - WASHINGTON -- On the surface, the meeting of Vice President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week in Jerusalem looked like business as usual. The Israelis were snippy about their policies being perfect, and the U.S. rushed in to assure them we were forever faithful.
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:34:51 GMT
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TRIUMPH OF THE SWILL
(Ted Rall)
Ted Rall - "The Hurt Locker" Supports the Troops--and the Lies
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:34:51 GMT
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The Disemboweling of America
(Pat Buchanan)
Pat Buchanan - Though Bush 41 and Bush 43 often disagreed, one issue did unite them both with Bill Clinton: protectionism.
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT
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Real Genius
(Susan Estrich)
Susan Estrich - A year ago, David Axelrod, the president's senior adviser, was a genius. A year ago, Rahm Emanuel, the president's chief of staff, was a wizard.
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT
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The Democrats Won't Talk About This Provision
(Mona Charen)
Mona Charen - "You've heard about the controversies within the bill, the process about the bill, one or the other. But I don't know if you have heard that it is legislation for the future . ... We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of controversy." — Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, March 9, 2010
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Deficient Cleaning Service
(Michelle Malkin)
Michelle Malkin - "Maybe it will take a woman to clean up the House," Nancy Pelosi boasted before the 2006 midterm elections.
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT
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