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IRA Sweet Spot Could Lift America
A new influx of IRA funding might be the saving grace for the first wave of baby boomers headed into retirement.
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The Wait-Just-a-Goddam-Second Amendment
Taking a closer look at the Constitution, even the founding fathers did not endorse complete deregulation of firearms.
What Happened to Fighting Against Any Cuts to Social Security?
Some liberal journalists are losing their bearings on Obama's social security sellout.
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Supreme Court Rulings Limit Options of Gun-Control Task Force
While Obama's gun control task force attempts to push federal regulations they will have to face conservatives in the Supreme Court.
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Obama Vows Fast Action in New Push for Gun Control
President Obama declared on Wednesday that he would make gun control a u201ccentral issueu201d as he opens his second term.
True Believer: Petraeus and the Mythology of Afghanistan
Petraeus apparently came to believe the myth he had artfully created.
Slow-Rolling Massacre Unfolds in the Shadow of Shocking High-Profile Shooting Sprees
What happened in Newtown isn't supposed to happen anywhere.
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Shooting Is Business, and Business Is Good
William Rivers Pitt: It is the way we exist as a nation that has been at permanent war for more than 70 years, the way violence is our calling …
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Back to the trenches
I spent the day at the Capitol today with about 20,000 of my nearest and dearest friends. Labor came out in force to protest the new Right to Work …
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Republicans Debating Republicans: Social Welfare Cuts
President Obama has given in to Republicans over and over again during his first four years in office. We need to remind him that he's the President.