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Preserving the Golden Rule as a Piece of Anti-Nuclear History
The Golden Rule is in danger. No, not the famed ethical code - though proponents of selfishness certainly have ignored it - but a thirty-foot sailing ship of the …
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Palin, Romney and the GOP Field
It is ridiculously early to even begin discussing the Republican field for the 2012 presidential election - hell, it's still too early to really talk about the 2010 midterms …
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Senate Republicans: Filibuster Everything to Win in November? (2)
Washington - Senate Republicans are using the filibuster to limit and often derail Democrats' initiatives, paralyzing the Senate and making it nearly impossible to accomplish even the most routine …
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Valentine
Could Valentine’s Day, a holiday meant to celebrate romantic relationships, somehow bring about their untimely end? A 2004 study at Arizona State suggests the answer is yes: Researchers found …
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Dick Meister | A Union That Made Black History
Few of the groups that we should honor during Black History Month are more deserving than the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, a pioneering union that played a key …
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Senate Republicans: Filibuster Everything to Win in November?
Washington— Senate Republicans are using the filibuster to limit and often derail Democrats' initiatives, paralyzing the Senate and making it nearly impossible to accomplish even the most routine matters.
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Lieberman, McCain Want Iran Sanctioned for Human Rights Abuses, But Ignore Evidence US Committed Similar Violations
Growing impatient with the Obama administration’s Iran policy, members of Congress from both parties are proposing a variety of get-tough measures of their own. The moves, which include both …
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Former US Regulators Helped Quash Toyota Investigations
Two former regulators at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration took a spin through the revolving door and landed at Toyota, where they helped quash at least four NHTSA …
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Democrats Push to Tax Wall Street Bonuses
Joining the push for new legislation in response to lavish bonuses paid in the financial industry, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) has introduced legislation that would tax bonuses paid to …
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Is Liberal, Intellectual Condescension Really the Problem?
A conservative professor of politics at the University of Virginia recently wrote a column in the Washington Post asking the question: Why are liberals so condescending?