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Allen West Triples Down On 'Communists'

Posted 04.26.2012

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Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) is out with an op-ed this week again defending his claim that a number of House Democrats are actually members of the Communi...

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Rep. Allen West: "Eleven of Jesus's Apostles Were Communists"

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 04.16.2012

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Robert S. McElvaine

Freshman Republican congressman Allen West of Florida issued a new bombshell on Sunday, announcing that he has found what he said is "incontrovertible evidence" that eleven of the twelve apostles of Jesus were card-carrying members of the Communist Party.

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Does Mitt Romney Need a Sistah Souljah Moment?

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 03.20.2012

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Lincoln Mitchell

Twenty years ago, Bill Clinton demonstrated his centrist credentials by criticizing controversial rapper Sistah Souljah. Expressing a similar statement about the Tea Party, Rush Limbaugh or some other visible right wing figure would help Romney accomplish the same thing.

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Astoria Characters: The Well-Engineered Family

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 01.28.2012

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Nancy Ruhling

Jarda Nehybka never thought he'd have a wife and two tow-headed toddlers, not at this age, 69.

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Wanted: New Palestinian Political Parties

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 06.21.2011

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Daoud Kuttab

If the coming year will witness the birth of the state of Palestine, we need to see from now what kind of state it will be. Programs that can give concrete answers to this question will undoubtedly do better than generalities.

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Reading the Tea Leaves of Domestic Terrorism

Kimberly Krautter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kimberly Krautter

I have become keenly aware that deliberately overheated rhetoric and pernicious public speech by our national leaders tacitly grants permission for the weak minded and mentally ill to commit atrocities.

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"The Second Time as Farce": Lebanon's Al Akhbar newspaper

Ben S. Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ben S. Cohen

Marx's observation, proffered in The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon, about history repeating itself first as tragedy, then as farce, has been r...

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The Reincarnation of Joseph McCarthy -- Congressman King

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christopher Brauchli

America is not at war with Islam. But if Mr. King's hearings go as planned, it is a safe bet that lots of Muslims will believe the Republican party is.

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Memoir By Tiananmen Decision-Maker Stopped From Going To Press

AP | MIN LEE | Posted 05.25.2011

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HONG KONG — A Hong Kong publisher said Sunday he has scrapped plans to publish an insider account of Beijing's decision-making behind its 1989 crack...

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The Hutaree Militia & the Charge of Seditious Conspiracy

Leonard Zeskind | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leonard Zeskind

9 People from the Hutaree militia have been charged with seditious conspiracy in a Michigan federal court. No one on the radical right has ever been convicted of plotting to overthrow by force of arms the US Government. Will this be the first?

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Rev. Jim Wallis: Glenn Beck Is Wrong, Social Justice Is At The Heart Of Gospel

Posted 05.25.2011

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Christian author and social justice advocate Rev. Jim Wallis appeared on "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" Friday evening to talk about Glenn Beck's re...

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Berlusconi Blames Political Woes On "Communist" Enemies

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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ROME, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gave a foretaste of how he may defend himself when he goes back on trial for corrupt...

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Moldova Elections: Communists Lose

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Moldova's pro-Western opposition parties have defeated the Communist Party in repeat parliamentary elections. With most of the votes tabulated, the C...

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The Meaning of Treason

Ariel Gonzalez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ariel Gonzalez

I first read Rebecca West's Meaning of Treason in the 1990s. At the time I was more interested in the looping grace of West's sentences than in h...

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Suspected Indian Communist Rebels Kill 16 Police Officers

AP | RAJESH SHAH | Posted 05.25.2011

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MUMBAI, India — Suspected communist rebels ambushed a police patrol in western India on Thursday, killing 16 officers, police said. The squad w...

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Pumpkin Fest Gets Political In Lefty Half-Moon Bay

Natasha Chen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Natasha Chen

Political expression became the new spice in pumpkin pie this year at the annual Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival. The annual weekend event draw...

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Russian Communists Condemn New "Indiana Jones"

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOSCOW — Members of Russia's Communist Party are calling for a nationwide boycott of the new Indiana Jones movie, saying it aims to undermine co...

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Nearly 300 Communist Captives 'Overpowered Prison Guards' In Daring India Jailbreak

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nearly 300 communist prisoners overpowered guards and escaped from a prison in restive eastern India Sunday, police said. Rahul Sharma, the superinte...

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