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National Review: Why You Won't Be Gone Fishin'
[11 Mar 2010 at 9:40am]
Frank Miniter says The White House task force's top priority isn't finding out what's best for natural resources, and it isn't the people who use the water. Its primary interest is advancing an agenda of federal control and environmentalist ideology.
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The New Republic: Rahm Emanuel's Media
[11 Mar 2010 at 6:27am]
With the relatively low profile Rahm Emanuel keeps in articles written about his work in the Obama administration Noam Scheiber wonders just how much influence Emanuel has in the media
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Foreign Policy: Biden's Broken Gift From Jerusalem
[11 Mar 2010 at 6:11am]
Vice President Biden came to Israel to talk about Iran and it seemed by early that both sides were willing to resume negotiations. But a few hours after Biden arrived in Jerusalem, Israel's Interior Ministry announced plans to build in a neighborhood sure to cause Palestinian tension.
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The Nation: Women's History, Across The Globe
[11 Mar 2010 at 5:56am]
In honor of Women's History Month, The Nation has compiled a collection of articles from the magazine's archive dating back to 1865. We present them with an accompanying slide show that features milestones in women's history and the courageous women behind them.
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The New Republic: Maliki vs. Allawi
[10 Mar 2010 at 6:42am]
Michael Crowley says American influence over Iraqi politics has dramatically dwindled. But the good news is that neither Allawi nor Maliki should terrify the Obama team though both have dark patches on their record.
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National Review: Why You Should Run For Office
[10 Mar 2010 at 6:27am]
Susan Konig explains why running for office isn't such a bad idea... no matter your background. The people in her area who recently have been moved to run for office include a chiropractor, a pipe-fitter,and an elementary-school aide to name a few.
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The Nation: The Democrat's Immigration Priority
[10 Mar 2010 at 6:14am]
Kai Wright says Immigration reform is an issue where Democrats are served better politically by picking a fight with the GOP rather than running from one. Latino communities nationwide are young, growing and increasingly ready to show up at the polls.
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Foreign Policy: Graham blasts Cheney on 'al Qaeda 7'
[10 Mar 2010 at 5:55am]
Senator Lindsey Graham says the Liz Cheney and William Kristol ad, which labeled Justice Department lawyers as the "al Qaeda 7," was inappropriate and unfairly demonized DOJ lawyers. Josh Rogin says he is one of many Republicans publicly disapproving the ad.
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Athletes' Case May Rewrite Money Rules For NCAA
[9 Mar 2010 at 11:00pm]
An antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA seeks a potential payday for athletes who have been merchandised. The case over the use of players' likenesses in video games and memorabilia may change the essence of the NCAA. What if college players were no longer seen as amateurs?
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Letters: Carp, Tourism, 'Hurt Locker'
[9 Mar 2010 at 2:00pm]
The Israeli Embassy responds to the story on the tariffs on Asian carp, and listeners respond to the U.S. effort to jumpstart tourism and the story on the Oscar-winning movie The Hurt Locker. Michele Norris and Robert Siegel read from listeners' e-mails.
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Stolen Valor Offensive, But Is It Criminal?
[9 Mar 2010 at 2:01pm]
The Stolen Valor Act of 2005 makes it a federal crime to claim unearned military honors. Attorney Jonathan Turley agrees that stolen valor is offensive, but argues that it's also constitutionally protected, and cannot be criminalized.
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Foreign Policy: Falkland Island Tango
[9 Mar 2010 at 7:02am]
British companies have brought a long-standing dispute about sovereignty with Argentina over the Falklands back into headlines. Stephanie Pearson says the issue dates back to the early 19th century, but has seen new life as oil drilling was put on the table.
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Pawlenty's Populist Tea Party
(RealClearPolitics.com)
[10 Mar 2010 at 12:00am]
RealClearPolitics.com - "America is in trouble," Tim Pawlenty warned Saturday. "Tyranny" is possible. In fact, it's "creeping." And, in case you thought otherwise, the nation is "worth fighting for."
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Remember 11/4/08?
(The Nation)
[10 Mar 2010 at 11:36am]
The Nation - The Nation -- On the day of President Obama's healthcare summit, I took a break from the political hubbub and saw a new documentary about the day of his election, 11/4/08.
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The Scandalous Empire State
(RealClearPolitics.com)
[8 Mar 2010 at 12:00am]
RealClearPolitics.com - Pick your applicable New York cliché. Its politicians fall faster than a New York minute. Bad apples spoil the Big Apple. It's called Babylon for a reason.
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NATO renewal requires European courage on Afghanistan
(The Christian Sci...
[10 Mar 2010 at 9:04am]
The Christian Science Monitor - In 1953, the shrewd former Supreme Allied NATO Commander and newly-elected president Dwight Eisenhower used the National War College (now the National Defense University) to house his Project Solarium and bring together experts to engage in competitive fresh thinking to determine America’s cold war strategy.
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Heidi Montag: Consumer Advocate
(The Nation)
[10 Mar 2010 at 10:45am]
The Nation - The Nation -- First, the former Saturday Night Live presidents threw their support behind financial regulation. Now an even more unlikely reformer, reality TV star Heidi Montag, is teaming up with director Ron Howard and Americans for Financial Reform in an amusing new video pressing for the creation of a new agency to protect consumers. After all, "a consumer agency will stop the banks and credit card companies from being such sleazy jerks."
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The Greek debt crisis: how the international community can help
(The Chr...
[9 Mar 2010 at 3:45pm]
The Christian Science Monitor - Greece may be doing all the right things to revive our economy. But not everyone may want us to succeed. To succeed, the international community needs to address the threat of speculation and ill-regulated financial markets – a threat that imperils not only Greece, but the entire global economy.
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The New McCarthyism
(Joe Conason)
[11 Mar 2010 at 2:00am]
Joe Conason - The national madness known as "McCarthyism" began 60 years ago in Wheeling, W.V., when Joseph R. McCarthy held up a scrap of paper that supposedly listed the names of 57 State Department officials he said were actually Communists and traitors.
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Republican Collectivism
(Larry Elder)
[11 Mar 2010 at 2:00am]
Larry Elder - The most disturbing part of the ObamaCare debate is not about where Republicans and Democrats disagree, but where they agree.
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And the Winner Is...
(Susan Estrich)
[10 Mar 2010 at 2:00am]
Susan Estrich - Like most Americans, I haven't seen "The Hurt Locker," but I was still rooting for Kathryn Bigelow to claim the Best Director statue. This is, after all, 2010 — a little late in the day for "first women," particularly in an industry that depends on women as much as men to buy tickets. If you believe the media accounts, another glass ceiling has now been broken. Were it only so simple.
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The Shameless Abortion Carnival
(Brent Bozell III)
[10 Mar 2010 at 2:00am]
Brent Bozell III - If anyone was looking for a self-righteous extreme feminist, they found one in Angie Jackson. This is a woman who was so proud she was aborting her baby that she announced she would "tweet" her chemical-cocktail abortion live, as it happened, on Twitter. The liberal media found this made-for-TV slaughter fascinating, and not at all a controversy worthy of discussing with two sides.
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An Oscar for America's Hubris
(Robert Scheer)
[10 Mar 2010 at 2:00am]
Robert Scheer - What a shame that the one movie about the Iraq war that has a chance of being viewed by a large worldwide audience should be so disappointing.
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Who Should Pay the Piper?
(Pat Buchanan)
[9 Mar 2010 at 2:00am]
Pat Buchanan - Greece this past weekend saw the worst rioting since the debt crisis began. After Athens had announced new tax hikes and budget cuts to reduce a deficit of 13 percent of gross domestic product, mobs drove guards from Greece's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and attacked police.
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Beware of Democrats Bearing Gifts
(Mona Charen)
[9 Mar 2010 at 2:00am]
Mona Charen - The signs are all around us. Even as Barack Obama and the Democrats lower their heads and prepare to bulldoze a huge new entitlement through Congress, the results of profligate government spending are everywhere apparent. It requires a prodigious degree of ideological blindness to miss this.
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