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Brain-lock inside the Beltway
It's at times like this I'm ashamed to admit I live inside the Beltway. Well, that's probably not specific enough since I'm usually ashamed to admit I live inside the Beltway. Still, the second you try to explain the stupidity of this "fiscal cliff"...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Elections, Democratic Party, Fiscal Cliff, Parties and Movements
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The Fugs still riotous after all these years
The Fugs finally return to Chicago on Saturday at the City Winery after a 44-year absence. The reception for the band is bound to be a bit warmer than it was when the counter-culture pioneers last performed here, on Dec. 28, 1968, at the Aragon Ballroom....
Tags: Elections, Lower East Side, Jazz (genre), Central Intelligence Agency, Richard M. Daley
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Oh, nuts! It's secession talk again
Once upon a time, society had the decency to keep its nut jobs largely under wraps. We were like a giant Snickers bar. You knew the nuts were in there. But they were tucked safely away between the chocolate and the nougat. The Internet changed all...
Tags: Executive Branch, Barack Obama, Government, Rick Perry, National Government
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Vibrancy Of Markets Vs. Suffocation Of Statism
The Hartford CourantThe presidential campaign, hitherto a plod through a torrent of words tedious beyond words, began to dance in Denver. There a masterfully prepared Mitt Romney completed a trifecta of tasks and unveiled an issue that, because it illustrates contemporary...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Elections, Mitt Romney, Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture
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Romney's trifecta
Washington Post Writers GroupWASHINGTON — The presidential campaign, hitherto a plod through a torrent of words tedious beyond words, began to dance in Denver. There, a masterfully prepared Mitt Romney completed a trifecta of tasks and unveiled an issue that, because it...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Elections, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Social Sciences
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NYT columnist delivers address at Centre convocation
dbrock@amnews.comDavid Brooks gave the crowd at Tuesday night's convocation at Centre College plenty to smile about when he wasn't offering an insider’s view of the current presidential tickets and a somewhat dim picture of realities facing the country. The New...Tags: Elections, Abusive Behavior, Barack Obama, Government, Mitt Romney
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New ideas? GOP would rather just say 'no'
After declining to give details of the Romney-Ryan tax plan during a testy back-and-forth with host Chris Wallace on "Fox News Sunday," GOP Rep. Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney's vice presidential running mate, offered a novel excuse. He didn't want to put viewers...Tags: Elections, Barack Obama, Radio, Parties and Movements, Mitt Romney
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For Mitt Romney and us, Ayn Rand is poor role model
Mitt Romney's choice of Paul Ryan as his running mate has ramped up interest in the author/philosopher Ayn Rand. Ryan is backing away from her these days, mostly because of her atheism and other inconvenient social views, but he has proclaimed more...Tags: Career and Workplace, Democratic Party, Mitt Romney, Unemployment, Parties and Movements
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American Chronicler Gore Vidal Dies at Age 86
CNNLOS ANGELES -- Gore Vidal, the eclectic author who faithfully chronicled the major shifts and upheavals in the United States in books, essays and plays, has died. He was 86. Vidal died at his Los Angeles home Tuesday evening of complications from...Tags: Human Interest, Entertainment Events, CNN (tv network), Broadway Theater, Charles Manson
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Your Favorite Quotes
Blogging with Bill WhiteMy column Saturday contrasted the philosophies expressed by author/philosopher Ayn Rand and the heroes of her novels with the Harper Lee character Atticus Finch. Specifically, I cited something Finch said to his daughter in "To Kill a Mockingbird." "You... -
Gore Vidal's quotes, quips memorialized on Twitter
L.A. NOWGore Vidal, who died at his Hollywood Hills home, was known for his unmatched wit and one-liners.... -
How long 'til liberals start pining for the good old days of George W. Bush?
My daughter learned a neat rhetorical trick to avoid eating things she doesn't like. "Daddy, I actually really like spinach, it's just that this spinach tastes different." Democrats and the journalists who love them play a similar game with Republicans...
Tags: Elections, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements, Mitt Romney, Gerald Ford
Dec 3, 2012
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Nov 27, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Nov 17, 2012
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Oct 5, 2012
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Oct 7, 2012
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Oct 3, 2012
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Oct 3, 2012
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Sep 23, 2012
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Aug 1, 2012
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Sep 24, 2012
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Aug 1, 2012
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Jun 18, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
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