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McClellan: White House 'heads in sand'
The SwampBooks on the president, including McClellan's. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds) by Mark Silva The White House isn't fond of having past and present members of the administration testify before Congress, but Scott McClellan, the now-readily-forthcoming former...Tags: White House, Texas, Espionage and Intelligence, Government, Heads of State
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Meghan McCain, Liz Cheney: Next gen
The Swampby Mark Silva Time for some new blood in the Republican Party, says Meghan McCain, blood relative (daughter) of the GOP's losing 2008 presidential nominee. But it's not dad she's talking about here. The blogger-writer-daughter of the Arizona senator,...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Meghan McCain, White House, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Government
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Lost jobs, higher costs: Obamacare hits home
On this Memorial Day weekend, as we remember with deepest gratitude the sacrifice of America's military heroes, we also offer our thoughts and prayers for the victims of the Oklahoma tragedy. I've dedicated a half-dozen columns to the single most...Tags: Employment, Politics, Nancy Pelosi, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Memorial Day
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Hanna, Age 12, Guest Blogger
Hello! My name is Hanna. I live in Farmington and go to school in West Hartford at a great school called Renbrook. I am twelve years old and in seventh grade. For this year, my father lives in Washington, D.C. and works for Senator Rockefeller when he was...
Tags: Washington, DC, FBI, Joe Biden, Politics, Mary L. Landrieu
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Supremes waffle on marriage equality
Over the last 40 years, I've been involved in a lot of political battles for a lot of different causes: workers' rights, women's rights, gay rights, environmental protection, anti-war, anti-nuclear power, anti-urban sprawl, animal rights, gun control,...
Tags: Feminism, Religion and Belief, Claire McCaskill, Social Issues, Politics
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Where money talks
WASHINGTON — Call it the revenge of the 1 percent. President Obama bested Mitt Romney by portraying his Republican opponent as a rich businessman who used offshore tax havens and ran enterprises into the ground without regard for working people....Tags: John Kerry, Michael T. McCaul, Claire McCaskill, Washington, DC, Elections
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'Fiscal cliff' deal delivers $64 billion in tax breaks
When President Obama signed the "fiscal cliff" legislation, the middle class wasn't the only group saved from tax hikes. The new law, which rescinded the automatic tax increases and spending cuts that would have gone into effect beginning Jan. 1,...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Taxation, Bank of America Corp., Tax Credits, Politics
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A rally cry to tame spending
"Even victors are by victories undone." -- John Dryden WASHINGTON -- Democrats not allergic to arithmetic must know the cost of their "fiscal cliff" victory. When they flinched from allowing all of George W. Bush's tax rates, especially those on...
Tags: Mark Pryor, Politics, Vehicles, Fiscal Cliff, Services and Shopping
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Goldberg: Time to grow up, GOP
It's hard for a lot of people, particularly on the right, to recognize that the conservative movement's problems are mostly problems of success. The Republican Party's problems are much more recognizable as the problems of failure, including the failure...
Tags: Richard Nixon, Sociology, Parties and Movements, Entertainment, Radio
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Wrong answers for Newtown
The film "Casablanca" has many famous lines, but none more immortal than Capt. Renault's order after seeing a Nazi officer shot by Humphrey Bogart's character, Rick Blaine: "Round up the usual suspects." He issues that command to give the impression he'...Tags: Anna Karenina (movie), Assault, Politics, Adam Lanza, Gun Control
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If the U.S. Congress became a carmaker
The Edsel was one of the biggest flops in the history of carmaking. Introduced with great fanfare by Ford in 1958, it had terrible sales and was junked after three years. But if Congress had been running Ford, the Edsel would still be on the market. That...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Republican Party, Vehicles, Bankruptcy
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Senate hearing on digital platforms hears calls for new laws
Company TownThe Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held a hearing on new video platforms....
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