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The Dark Side of “Comprehensive Soldier Fitness“
Gen. George W. Casey, speaks with students from the Master Resilience Training School, one of the four components of the Comprehensive Soldier Fitness program, during a recent visit to …
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Unemployment for African-Americans Rises, Despite Job Growth
(Photo: jerry john / Flickr) The economy added 216,000 jobs in March, pushing the overall unemployment rate down to 8.8 percent. The growth was driven entirely by …
Return to Wisconsin: The Beginning or the End?
(Photo: Dave Hoefler / Flickr) In the February weeks I spent in snowy Madison, Wisconsin, that line of Didion's, the opening of her 1967 essay "Goodbye to …
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News in Brief: Ivory Coast Near Toppling Leader, and More …
Ivory Coast Near Toppling Leader Rebels in the Ivory Coast are near to overthrowing the president, reports The Guardian UK, after his top general deserted and rebel …
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Protect Your Manhood: End the War in Afghanistan
Marketing images intended for Army recruitment materials. (Photo: Ozier Muhammad / The New York Times) Ladies, would you please excuse us for a moment? I would like …
Sen. Bernie Sanders: The Top Ten Worst Corporate Income Tax Avoiders (Video)
Sanders Calls for Shared Sacrifice Burlington, Vermont - While hard working Americans fill out their income tax returns this tax season, General Electric and other giant profitable …
Infrastructure Cuts Would Make the Unthinkable Unsurvivable
Closed bridge at Cameron, Arizona. (Photo: frankhg) It's no secret that the nation's infrastructure is in dire shape. Last year, the American Society of Civil Engineers gave …
The Right to Possess Firearms, Strong Money Behind a Weak Argument
Thirty years ago on March 30, 1981, John Hinckley Jr. attempted to assassinate President Ronald Regan in front of the Washington Hilton Hotel. Hinckley fired six rounds from a …
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Obama, Meet Obama
Washington - Someone should introduce the Barack Obama who addressed the nation Monday on Libya to the Barack Obama who has been dancing around the edge of the budget …
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Negotiation 101 for Democrats: The Right Policies Are the Right Politics
Bloggers always wonder why Democrats couldn’t get anything done even when they had a solid majority in the House and 60 votes in the Senate, while Republicans get everything …