Bush Years

Does Immigration Reform Have a Marketing Problem?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 05.25.2011

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Daniel Cubias

Instead of pointing out how unfair our policies are -- which is true but a loser's lament -- immigration-reform advocates need to make it clear that a massive-deportation philosophy will cost money.

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Friday Talking Points [132] -- The DMV? Really?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Last week, this column took a week off, due to an extended trip into the desert for the Netroots Nation convention. But now, we turn our sights back ...

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The National's Matt Berninger on Dirty Lovers and Even Dirtier Politics

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andrea Chalupa

This is the happiest Matt Berninger has ever been -- sitting backstage in his dressing room at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Saturday night, about to play a sold-out concert.

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Sam Stein

VA GOP Candidate Praises Bush: I Want His Economic Record

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The legacy of George W. Bush has weighed heavily on the Republican Party, casting a large shadow over GOP candidates in the past two national election...

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What the Hell is Going On?

Adam McKay | Posted 05.25.2011

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Adam McKay

What happened to hissing? It works, and people like Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and John Yoo should get a wave of it every time they enter a restaurant. That's borderline civic duty type of stuff.

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Jason Linkins

Len Downie Novel Gets Hammered: 'J-School Literature'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Tomasky cannot put me off wanting to read this book, because even if the destination is lame, the journey is mind-bending! Sources get murdered! Deus ex machinae emerge! There is an "orgy," apparently, in "Arlington."

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Sam Stein

The Stimulus Defenders Speak

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's been called a Christmas tree of spending, a sop to liberal priorities, and a Democratic power-grab in the guise of an economic recovery package. ...

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I Survived the Bush Years

Aram Khayatpour | Posted 05.25.2011

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Aram Khayatpour

I am not one to say that 9/11 was Bush's fault; the reasons for it are many, but what I will say is the administration is at fault for not doing everything that was in their power to prevent it.

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George Bush: A Failed Presidency That Broke Faith with the American People

James Boyce and Paul Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

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James Boyce and Paul Abrams

Winston Churchill described the 1930s in Britain as "years the locusts have eaten". Those words are more apt for the United States in the first 8 years of the 21st century under George W Bush.

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McCain is Running on the Amnesia Platform, But It's Democrats Who Need to Forget Sarah Palin

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Arianna Huffington

Listening to the speech, you'd think it was the Democrats who occupied the White House the last seven-plus years and it was time to throw the bastards out.

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