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Entries by Michael Carmichael from 09/2010

Massive Protests Against the Pope in London: Are They Justified?

| Posted 09.20.2010 | Religion
Read More: Pope Benedict UK, Pope UK Trip, Pope UK Visit, Pope Protests, Pope UK Protests, Pope Protests UK, Pope Benedict UK Visit, Pope UK, UK Pope Protests, Pope Benedict UK Trip, Richard Dawkins Pope, Pope Benedict XVI, Religion News

An omnipresent and darkening cloud hovers over the besieged papacy of Benedict XVI, just as it did over the troubling career of Cardinal Josef Ratzinger.

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A Defeatist Meme Threatens the Democratic Majority in Congress

| Posted 09.22.2010 | Politics
Read More: Shelby Storck, Bob Squier, Richard Daley, Reaganomics, Barack Obama, David Plouffe, Peter Beinart, Richard Nixon, Rahm Emanuel, Nixon, Christiane Amanpour, Alan Gardner, Robert Gibbs, Politics News

The defeatist meme has disproportionately expanded for an election that is still six weeks away. But it's never over until it's over, and all this talk is nonsense, even when muttered by the mighty.

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Insurgent Ed Miliband Ends the New Labour Era

| Posted 09.28.2010 | World
Read More: Gordon Brown, Bruce Babbitt, Bill Clinton, Richard Gephardt, David Milliband, John Smith, Tony Blair, Tony Benn, Sam Nunn, Ed Milliband, Progressive Movement, New Labour, Lawton Chiles, UK Politics, British Politics, World News

The election of 40-year-old Ed Miliband to lead the UK's Labour Party proves the existence of a vibrant progressive movement in Britain that mirrors Barack Obama's victory over Hillary Clinton in 2008.

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