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Conflicting Dreams: The Strikes That Made Boeing a National Flashpoint (2)
Boeing makes the future. That’s the recurring message of Boeing’s “Future of Flight” tour, which brings visitors from around the world through its Everett factory in Washington State. The …
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News Corp. Columnist Holding Press Conference on “Why the GOP Must Win White America for Victory in 2012“
Peter Brimelow, a columnist for News Corp.'s MarketWatch, has been announced as one of three speakers at a press conference discussing "Why the GOP Must Win White America for …
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The Long March to Dismantle Democracy
I've been writing about the conservative movement's long term project to disenfranchise Democratic voters since I started this blog. I had hoped that after the debacle of the 2000 …
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Remembering the Moment Our CEO’s Dug in
A landmark historical anniversary passed by almost totally unnoticed last week. No front-page retrospective in a major daily newspaper. No ceremony in the White House Rose Garden. Not even …
Libya’s Next Fight: The West
At a press conference in Tripoli on Aug. 26, a statement read aloud by top Libyan rebel commander Abdel Hakim Belhadj was reassuring. Just a few months ago, disorganized …
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Jobs Report Message: Now Obama Has Zero Choice but to Go Bold on Jobs
Zero. That was the number of net jobs produced by the economy in August, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Zero is the number that looms …
Was There an Alternative? Looking Back on 9/11 a Decade Later
The Jihadi movement, much of it highly critical of bin Laden, could have been split and undermined after 9/11.
Creating the Intelligence Bureaucracy
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, 1924-1972. Hoover's list of 200,000 “radicals” foreshadowed today's watch lists. (Photo: FBI) What a difference a century makes. One …
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Asking for What Obama Promised
It’s hard to get away from corporations’ influence in Washington, D.C. Even at the new Martin Luther King Jr. memorial this weekend, I noted that the sponsors list, etched …
Perry Courts Radical Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Continues Rightward Move on Immigration
During his time as the Governor of Texas, Rick Perry has staked out one of the most reasonable and moderate positions on immigration reform in the entire Republican Party. …