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Liberals Celebrating Breitbart's Death Should Rise Above Such Nonsense

Brian Normoyle | Posted 05.02.2012

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Celebrating the death of a political adversary is inappropriate, unkind, and small -- and we, all of us of any political persuasion, should strive to rise above such nonsense to more fully realize and exhibit our common humanity.

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Americans Still Lead the World in Self Regard, Latest Poll

Gail Vida Hamburg | Posted 01.21.2012

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Pew's findings are a tribute to the resilience of our super-size ego. It shows that most of us are quite pleased with ourselves. Why analyze anything, or learn from our shortcomings, or examine our mistakes, when we can just tell ourselves how superior we are?

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Yes, Virginia, There Is a Disclosure Requirement: Justice Thomas and the Case of the Inadvertent Omission

Michelle Schweiger Schecter | Posted 12.04.2011

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A Justice sits on the High Court For years he chose not to report Monies paid to his wife Now the root of much strife Seems with ethics he failed to c...

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Exclusive: WGA East and LA County AFL-CIO Endorse Occupy Wall Steet / Occupy LA

Jonathan Handel | Posted 12.03.2011

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In exclusive statements to the Hollywood Reporter, the Writers Guild of America, East and the LA County Federation of Labor have endorsed the Occupy p...

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Allies of Rick Perry form group that accepts unlimited, undisclosed donations

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 11.28.2011

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By Peter H. Stone, iWatch NewsCitizens for a Greater America, a group newly launched by allies of GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry, has organiz...

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Too Little, Too Late: The President's "Big Jobs Speech"

Peter Smirniotopoulos | Posted 11.08.2011

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When what we really needed was a new vision for America and a clear path forward, what we received instead was a collection of tepid, "been there/done that," short-term fixes. A Band-Aid on a shotgun blast.

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9/11/11: Have We Become a Nation of Whiners?

Linda R. Monk, J.D. | Posted 11.05.2011

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I worry that 9/11 has already become a triviality, consigned to one square on the calendar and the dustbin of history

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Perry assembles extraordinary bundler ranks in early weeks of campaign

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 10.30.2011

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By Peter H. Stone, iWatch NewsRick Perry's GOP presidential campaign has rapidly assembled an impressive roster of bundlers who have each signed up ...

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The "Friday Syndrome" and Gulf Oil Drilling

Jackie Savitz | Posted 10.22.2011

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In case you were lucky enough to have already left for the weekend, take note: the Obama administration will sell more leases for offshore oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico in spite of the risk of another major spill.

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Only One Woman on the "Super Committee"? Ouch!

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Breaking Politics News, momsrising.org, Debt Ceiling, Momsrising, Women News

Here's the math: Women are 50.7% of our population, only 17% of Congress, and an appallingly low 8% of the Super Committee. This lack of representation on the debt ceiling Super Committee which is charged with cutting $1.5 trillion from the federal budget is pathetic.

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No News Is Good News

Douglas Forbes | Posted 10.05.2011

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Who can argue that cable TV teems with killer comedy? I mean, have you watched CNN, MSNBC or FOX News channels lately?

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I Used to Write Books...

Rabbi David Wolpe | Posted 09.30.2011

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I write columns, Facebook posts (each blessed day), emails, sermons, but I am pushing the bolder of the book up the Sisyphean mountain with no discernible results.

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Still Crazy After All These Years: The Reagan Legacy and the Debt Ceiling "Crisis"

Peter Birkenhead | Posted 09.24.2011

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The reality-inverting summer of 1981 laid the foundation for a dissociative political culture that nothing yet has been able to shake, and we're all paying the price.

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Why We Were Attacked In Norway

Jalees Rehman, M.D. | Posted 09.22.2011

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One of the biggest shocks was that these attacks occurred in Norway, which is characterized by an open and peaceful society. However, Norway is exactly the kind of country that would offend religious or political right-wing extremists.

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Venture Capitalists and Rx Activists Speak Out Against the PROTECT IP Act

Jonathan Handel | Posted 08.24.2011

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Opposition to the PROTECT IP Act -- Hollywood-supported legislation intended to reduce content piracy and block counterfeit goods -- is growing among ...

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Apprehending an Immigrant With the Border Patrol

Trevor Neilson | Posted 08.18.2011

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Yesterday in the desert outside Nogales, Arizona, it was well over 100 degrees. I was hiking up a hill, through thorns and over rocks with a colleagu...

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Peter King's Failed Attempt to Understand Prison-Born Terror Plots

Andy Stepanian | Posted 08.15.2011

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It may be easier for Peter King to scapegoat a religion and chase fictitious bad guys in a system he does not fully understand than begin to address the all-too-real looming problems of disempowerment in inner city communities.

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What Our Obsession With the Weiner Story Reveals About Us

Lisa Bloom | Posted 08.08.2011

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Rep. Anthony Weiner's tearful apology for sending revealing pictures of his chest and underwear-covered genitalia at his press conference was agonizin...

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America's New Isolationism

Christopher McKnight Nichols | Posted 08.13.2011

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Should we exert force abroad for the national interest? (And how do we define national interest?) When and where should we use force for a humanitarian cause? Or should the U.S. withdraw from the international theater to focus on challenges at home?

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Mother's Day, Daughters & The Sisterhood of Spies

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner | Posted 07.07.2011

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Women have been secretly effective for a very long time. Now it's time for women and mothers to be in the spotlight in more places than spy museums.

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Gingrich: Obama Holding Military Families Hostage, Trump the 'Apprentice Candidate'

Dan McDermott | Posted 06.13.2011

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Complete transcript and audio at McDermottReport.com. LYNCHBURG - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said President Barack Obama is holding militar...

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Some Good News in the Fight Against Polluters

Dominique Browning | Posted 06.06.2011

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The Senate today voted down several pro-pollution amendments that would have gutted the Clean Air Act -- and blocked the Environmental Protection Agen...

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The Other Kind of Pork

Annabelle Gurwitch | Posted 06.07.2011

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As we know, pork like defunding Planned Parenthood, repealing aspects of health care and EPA control of air pollution is continuing to stand between ...

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A Lifetime Limit Would Limit Violet's Life on Earth

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's not until lightning strikes that people truly understand what it means that the Affordable Care Act gave consumers new protections against insurance company abuses.

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Eight Civics Lessons from Governor Walker

Diane Ravitch | Posted 05.25.2011

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By his negative example, Governor Scott Walker has reminded us about the rights and obligations of citizenship and about the importance of standing up for the rights of children and workers to sustain a functioning democracy.

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