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Reckoning With Emotions' Powerful Political Pull
The Hartford CourantDuring Wednesday's debate on new gun laws, Sen. John Kissel rose and began a lengthy set of remarks with two anecdotes. First, the Enfield Republican spoke movingly of hugging his youngest son, Tristan, on the day of the Newtown massacre, one day before...Tags: John A Kissel, Same-Sex Marriage, East Windsor, Edith Prague, Human Interest
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Why 'chained CPI' works for Social Security [Blowback]
In his March 22 blog post criticizing proposals to switch from the consumer price index to "chained CPI" to determine cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security beneficiaries and other items in the federal budget, Michael Hiltzik claimed that there...
Tags: Congressional Budget Office, Social Security, Barack Obama, Public Finance, Economy, Business and Finance
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Out of the White House and onto the dole
In this era of huge federal debt and fiscal dysfunction, it's less than heartening to learn from the Congressional Research Service that the nation's four living former chief executives got a total of $3.7 million in pensions and operating expenses last...Tags: Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Justice System, Bill Clinton, Economy, Business and Finance
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Reaching out to North Korea
President Obama's recent Middle East trip showed what good things can result from thoughtful, direct presidential involvement. The president addressed young Israelis, reassured allies in the region and brokered an Israeli apology to Turkey for a deadly...
Tags: Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama, Xi Jinping, Central Intelligence Agency, Pyongyang (North Korea)
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Bill and Hillary Clinton pay respects to Ann Richards on Broadway
It was a VIP guest list that few Broadway productions could dream of. Former President Clinton and former secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton paid a visit Tuesday to "Ann," the one-woman biographical play about former Texas Gov. Ann Richards...
Tags: Government, Two and a Half Men (tv program), Regional Authority, Netherlands, Meryl Streep
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Clark Magnet Club peeks inside CIA
A group of Clark Magnet students learned firsthand Wednesday which U.S. presidents worked best with the CIA over the years and what it’s like to take part in various intelligence roles. Admiral Bobby Inman, former deputy director of the CIA,...Tags: Skype, Police Investigations, Russia, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Central Intelligence Agency
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Jeb Bush talks immigration -- and tries not to talk about 2016
WASHINGTON – Potential Republican presidential contender Jeb Bush compared the banter about his political aspirations to "crack" and also declined Sunday to say whether hiring an illegal immigrant should be an automatic disqualification for public...
Tags: Marco Rubio, Justice System, NBC (tv network), Jeb Bush, Illegal Immigrants
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Jeb Bush backs away from citizenship for illegal immigrants
WASHINGTON _ As Republican Jeb Bush appeared to back away from supporting citizenship for illegal immigrants on Monday, top Republican senators working on the issue distanced themselves from his comments. Bush, speaking on NBC's “Today”...Tags: Marco Rubio, NBC (tv network), Barack Obama, Illegal Immigrants, Jeb Bush
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Courtney: Compromise To Avert Sequestration Cuts
The Hartford CourantUnless Congress crafts a bipartisan compromise by Friday, the Budget Control Act of 2011 will sequester — or cancel — $85 billion of spending planned for the rest of this year. The cuts would be mindlessly spread across all federal agencies,...Tags: Congressional Budget Office, Budget Control Act of 2011, Phil Gramm, Bill Clinton, Public Finance
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Republican reality check beginning with Priebus
Some Republicans haven't gotten to the first step: the one where you admit there's a problem. In a roundup of reactions to the 2012 U.S. presidential election by the magazine Commentary, for example, conservative writer Wilfred McClay says Republican...
Tags: Tea Party Movement, Political Candidates, Barack Obama, Science and Technology, American Enterprise Institute
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Refs in robes intervene in super brawl
Change of Subjecto borrow a football metaphor, a federal appeals court threw the flag last week against the president of the United States for unsportsmanlike conduct. Specifically, a three-judge panel in the Washington, D.C., circuit ruled that President Barack Obama's... -
The presidential power trap
As Barack Obama prepares to be sworn in for the second time as president of the United States, he faces the stark reality that little of what he hopes to accomplish in a second term will likely come to pass. Mr. Obama occupies an office that many assume...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Trade Agreements, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Barack Obama, North American Free Trade Agreement
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Mar 27, 2013
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Mar 10, 2013
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Mar 4, 2013
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Feb 26, 2013
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Feb 26, 2013
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Jan 29, 2013
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Jan 21, 2013
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