As much as I dislike the politics of Mitch McConnell and John Boehner, I honestly don't think they are out to deliberately harm the nation's economy to get their way. But, the extremists in their party seem to be perfectly willing to trash the current order so they can sup …
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Sarah Palin responded to a question in a New York Times article on Sunday about whether she was considering a run for President in 2012. The first lines of her response: "I am. I’m engaged in the internal deliberations candidly..."
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In 1955, John F. Kennedy wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning book Profiles in Courage, in which he described the courageous acts of 8 Senators in American history who took unpopular political stands to do what they felt was the right thing for the country.
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This Tuesday, Democrats nationwide face a nail-biter Senate election in Massachusetts.
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"NASA's LCROSS probe discovered beds of water ice at the lunar south pole when it impacted the moon last month, mission scientists announced Friday. " according to an MSNBC article..
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Sometimes it's possible to give voice to bigotry by simply asking a question. A question calls for a response. In Facebook there have been a series of these kinds of questions in the form of surveys. The latest question to make the rounds:
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Well, the text of the president's speech to school students has been released . To summarize, he talks about: - How kids might feel nervous at starting school or as summer ends and a new school year begins.
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Some people are up in arms about an upcoming national address to school students by President Obama.
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A recent third-party Facebook survey asked: "Would you support Sarah Palin for President in 2012?" At least one user favored her over the incumbent. Here was my reaction to that fantasy contest:
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When Cambridge, Massachusetts police officers arrested distinguished Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. in his home last week after a woman reported a suspected break-in, the debate immediately focused on charges of racial profiling by police or misconduct on Mr. Gates part.
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Two Senators have come up with a plan to boost the moribund U.S. housing market: Give residence visas to foreigners who spend at least $500,000 to buy a home in the U.S. A report in The Wall Street Journal says Sens.
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