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Should the U.N. take on a more aggressive role?
No The United Nations isn't the answer. And the real question isn't about who will pick up the regime-toppling, nation-building role that the U.S. has adopted – the real question is whether this role needs to exist at all. Infinite overseas...Tags: Arts and Culture, United Nations, Culture, Al-Qaeda
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In the absence of a budget deal,it's off to Armageddon we go
WASHINGTON - "The worst-case scenario for us," a leading anti-budget-cuts lobbyist told The Washington Post, "is the sequester hits and nothing bad really happens." Think about that. Worst case? That a government drowning in debt should cut back by 2.2...
Tags: Government, Culture, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, U.S. Senate
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Hail Armageddon
WASHINGTON -- "The worst-case scenario for us," a leading anti-budget-cuts lobbyist told The Washington Post, "is the sequester hits and nothing bad really happens." Think about that. Worst case? That a government drowning in debt should cut back by 2.2...
Tags: Government, Barack Obama, Culture, Bill Clinton, U.S. Senate
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Operation Hubris
One of the great things about American politics is its capacity for punishing hubris. For the ancient Greeks, hubris didn't merely describe god-like arrogance. It was a crime, usually defined as taking too much pleasure in the humiliation of your foes....
Tags: Environmental Issues, Conservation, Ronald Reagan, Unions, Global Change
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The price of moral grandstanding
WASHINGTON -- Politics becomes amusing when liberalism becomes theatrical with high-minded gestures. Chicago's government, which is not normally known for elevated thinking, is feeling so morally upright and financially flush that it proposes to rise...
Tags: Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Manufacturing and Engineering, Hybrid Vehicles, Physical Fitness and Exercise, The Wall Street Journal
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Mike Tyson show an introspective journey of mayhem
The Most Interesting Man in the World isn't that old dude trying to sell us imported beer. It's Mike Tyson. You can label him so many things: Entertaining, introspective, vile, manipulative, exploited, cruel, kind, soft-spoken, and crass. By far,...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Clearwater (Pinellas, Florida), Culture, Human Interest, Mike Tyson
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Lost in their own wilderness
WASHINGTON -- Republicans shouldn't worry that President Obama is trying to destroy the GOP. Why would he bother? The party's leaders are doing a pretty good job of it themselves. As they try to understand why the party lost an election it was confident...
Tags: MSNBC (tv network), Government, Social Issues, John Boehner, Culture
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Water water everywhere
The comedian Lewis Black does a comedy bit on water that should resonate with every baby boomer. When we were kids, water was available everywhere and we drank it. We drank it from garden hoses, from fountains, from outside spigots and, in some cases,...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Natural Resources Defense Council, USA Today, Environmental Issues, Environmental Pollution
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DeSales' Matt Poorman still getting back into swing of things
Matt Poorman walked into DeSales' Billera Hall last fall, sat on a chair and watched practice. He repeated it for every practice and every game during the Bulldogs' 2011-12 season. It was torture, but it was all the 6-foot-5 guard from Stroudsburg...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Butler Bulldogs, Culture, Science and Technology, Spinal Disc Herniation
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From basketball court to speedskating rink
When Brittany Bowe watched the 2010 Winter Olympics on television, she saw several of her old skating friends on the ice in Vancouver such as Chad Hedrick and Heather Richardson. Bowe knew them as in-line speedskaters, champions in the non-Olympic sport...
Tags: 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Culture, YouTube, Basketball, Sociology
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Outgoing Senator Richard Lugar to teach as distinguished professor at UIndy
When Republican Senator Richard Lugar leaves congress next month, he will expand his association with the University of Indianapolis. Friday, the school announced Lugar as a distinguished professor of Political Science and International Relations....
Tags: Arts and Culture, Culture, Richard Lugar, Education
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Rooting For Johnny McEntee
The Hartford Courant— He walked in as a walk-on, he'll walk out as a walk-on. Johnny McEntee started 12 games at quarterback for the UConn football team. He finished the only road victory over a Top 25 opponent in program history. Over five seasons, he also never...Tags: Arts and Culture, Football, Nick Williams, Paul Pasqualoni, Culture
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