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Columnist: Bikeshare Is 'Broken-Down Socialism'

Posted 05.30.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A columnist at The Washington Times touched a nerve with an op/ed deriding Capital Bikeshare, calling the system, which recently marked ...

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Inside The Washington Times' Plagiarism Scandal

salon.com | SMKulik | Posted 05.18.2012

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During his long career, Arnaud de Borchgrave, a one-time Newsweek correspondent and editor, has earned his share of laurels. Fellow journalist Theodor...

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Washington and Tehran's Vicious Spin Cycle

Jamal Abdi | Posted 04.18.2012

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If Iran and the U.S. are unable to build positive sum political space and the mutual spin becomes a vicious cycle, the negotiations could easily spin into failure.

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Outdoors Largesse

Edward Flattau | Posted 04.18.2012

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When one is introduced to a veteran these days, the typical first words out of one's mouth to the ex-soldier are "Thank you for your service." But for the WAT, gratitude ends with that salutation. Veterans are perceived in terms of dollars and cents rather than flesh and blood.

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Message To Young Conservatives: Pursue Journalism

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 02.13.2012

WASHINGTON -- While Republican candidates score points slamming the media from the stump, prominent conservatives, gathered in Washington D.C. for the...

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Thom Goolsby, NC State Senator, Calls Obama's "Political Operatives" a Threat for Registering Voters

Yuna Shin | Posted 10.11.2011

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Thom Goolsby, a Republican from New Hanover County, sent out an e-mail to his supporters, in which he call President Obama's "socialist policies" a great threat to not only North Carolina, but also to the entire nation.

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Washington Times Gets New Editor

The Washington Post | Hide This | Posted 08.10.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Washington Times has announced Ed Kelley as its new editor. Kelley will oversee the newspaper's news coverage and opinion content...

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On the Red Carpet at the Ford's Theater Annual Gala With Richard Dreyfuss, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Julie Andrews

Liz Glover | Posted 08.07.2011

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I'm on the red carpet chatting with Richard Dreyfuss about playing Dick Cheney in W, asking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about 2012, and talking to Julie Andrews about being just a Tony Award away from an EGOT.

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Some Federal Food Service Workers Make More Than State Governors

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 08.06.2011

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Despite the political power, governors aren't always the most well-paid government employees in their state. In fact, a recent report from the Con...

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Worldwide War Provision Makes Its Way Through Congress (and People Thought the Patriot Act Was Bad)

Coleen Rowley | Posted 07.17.2011

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Something far worse than the Patriot Act, and actually, if you can believe it, something legally worse than anything so far in the "war on terror" is now making its way through Congress.

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Matt Drudge Hire Second Political Writer

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 07.12.2011

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The Drudge Report is heading into the presidential election season with something it didn't have four years ago -- two veteran political journalists o...

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Are Fleeing Democratic Lawmakers Being "Juvenile"?

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democratic legislators are hiding out in Illinois as they stall votes on anti-union bills and other measures supported by Republicans, reports the As...

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Church Leader To BUY BACK Conservative DC Paper

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The executive editor of The Washington Times says the owner of the financially-troubled newspaper has reached a preliminary agreeme...

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Explaining the Link Between George Soros and J Street

Jeremy Ben-Ami | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Friday, the Washington Times published a confidential J Street tax return, containing private information about some of our donors. I write to provide context, assume responsibility, and to address our critics.

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Report: Conservative Paper Washington Times Near CLOSURE

Posted 05.25.2011

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Conservative newspaper The Washington Times is perilously close to shutting down, the website DCRTV reports. A source told the site that at familia...

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No Change in Policy as Obama Picks Bush Era Diplomat as Envoy to Azerbaijan

Harut Sassounian | Posted 05.25.2011

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Matt Bryza, Obama's nominee for ambassador to Azerbaijan, is a relic from the Bush Administration with a checkered and controversial past.

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Washington Times Sale: Unification Church To Sell Conservative Newspaper

Washington Post | Ian Shapira | Posted 05.25.2011

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Washington Times executives are negotiating to sell the newspaper, after the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's family cut off most of the annual subsidy of about ...

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Washington Times Sale: Unification Church Plans To Sell Newspaper

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Executives at The Washington Times are negotiating to sell the newspaper, which was founded in 1982 and funded by the Rev. Sun Myun...

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Rep. Eric Cantor's East Jerusalem Tea Party

Eileen Read | Posted 05.25.2011

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If Obama can't make measurable progress on a peace process and Iran sanctions, we'll probably be seeing the Republicans moving in aggressively for the Jewish-American vote.

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Conservative Rampage

Edward Flattau | Posted 05.25.2011

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Why did the Washington Times trumpet a devotion to waste, pollution and dirty fuels? Their acerbic rhetoric was hardly a way to expand readership and gain credibility on the national stage.

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Right Wing Paper Praises Factory Farm Book

David Kirby | Posted 05.25.2011

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If a conservative newspaper can write warmly in favor of factory farm reform - something that Barack Obama promised on the 2008 trail - maybe it can emerge as a truly bipartisan issue.

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Washington Times Publisher Jonathan Slevin OUSTED

Posted 05.25.2011

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The president and publisher of conservative newspaper The Washington Times has been ousted after a clash with the editor. Politico's Patrick Gavin re...

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Think Again: Mainstream Media to Conservatives: 'Thank You, Sir, May I Have Another?'

Eric Alterman | Posted 05.25.2011

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If you are among the benighted minions who take Breitbart and Beck seriously, well, that's on you. The problem arises when the rest of the media allow this brand of hucksterism to infect their own reporting.

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Post-Hutaree: How Glenn Beck and Fox News Spread The Militia Message

Eric Boehlert | Posted 05.25.2011

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For anyone who thought the dark, Waco-fueled chapter of domestic extremism in this country was behind us, the Hutaree arrests were a jarring reminder ...

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Washington Times Reporter Fired For Speaking Out About Newsroom Conditions

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Duin's sin, however, was to tell the Washington Post's Ian Shapira that the Times newsroom has basically succumbed to a terrifyingly Hobbesean level of disarray.

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