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Losing Smith Bagley

Steve Clemons | Posted 01.06.2010 | Politics

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His money and his advocacy of fairness and civil rights helped push political and policy needles, and like the great, massive, history-laden trees at his old family estate of Musgrove, Smith Bagley will be impossible to replace.

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President Carter: Collect Those Feathers and All is Forgiven!

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 01.05.2010 | Politics

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Much has been said about former President Jimmy Carter's surprise apology to the Jewish Community in a recent open letter. I commend the sentiments expressed by Mr. Carter.

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Obama Effigy: Feds Probe Hanging Doll Found In Jimmy Carter's Hometown (VIDEO)

AP/ Huffington Post | Posted 01.04.2010 | Politics

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PLAINS, Ga. — The U.S. Secret Service says it is investigating an effigy of President Barack Obama found hanging from a building in the hometown...

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Jimmy Carter Apologizes For Ever Criticizing Israel

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 12.28.2009 | World

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Israel's security and survival depend on ending the occupation and it is the status quo lobby that should be falling on its knees for continually promoting policies that will end the Jewish state. Not Carter.

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Jimmy Carter Apologizes To Jews In Open Letter

AP | GREG BLUESTEIN | Posted 12.24.2009 | Politics

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ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter apologized for any words or deeds that may have upset the Jewish community in an open letter meant to im...

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Bill Romjue Hired As Andrew Romanoff's Campaign Manager

Posted 12.22.2009 | Denver

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In an email to campaign supporters Monday, Senatorial candidate Andrew Romanoff announced he had hired Democratic operative Bill Romjue as his campaig...

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Egypt: Country will Block International Gaza Freedom Marchers

Robert Naiman | Posted 12.21.2009 | World

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On December 31, together with more than 1000 peace advocates from around the world, I plan to join with tens of thousands of Palestinians in a march in Gazao for action to relieve Gaza's humanitarian crisis.

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Being Anti-Israel and Anti-Zionist Is the "New Anti-Semitism"

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 12.16.2009 | World

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I get pretty irritated hearing false cries of anti-Semitism against anyone who criticizes Israel, its human rights crimes, or its settler movement.

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Steven Chu Sets the Record Straight on Solar Energy

Rhone Resch | Posted 12.14.2009 | Green

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During his briefing today to announce the launch of expanded clean energy in developing countries today, Steven Chu also debunked two major myths about solar energy.

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Obama, Nobel, and Realpolitik

Kate Southwood | Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics

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Is President Obama's lack of reference to Carter and Bunch surprising? Not really, considering his defense in Oslo of "just war."

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Jimmy Carter's Grandson Jason Says He Will Run For Georgia State Senate

AP | SHANNON McCAFFREY | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

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ATLANTA — Jimmy Carter's grandson is following the former president into politics with a run for the Georgia state Senate. Democrat Jason Carte...

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Obama Poll Watch -- Scraping Fifty Percent

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

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November wasn't a particularly good month for President Obama in the polls. Not disastrous by any means, but not very cheerful either. For the first time, Obama's numbers flirted with going below 50 percent.

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Decades Are Only "From Hell" If We Make Them

Will Bunch | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

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In the 2010s, I don't think we can afford to sit around watching CNBC and waiting for the Decade Gods to automatically turn everything green as some sort of karmic balance for the awfulness of the 2000s.

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Obama's "Dangerous" Mideast Analysis

Eric Trager | Posted 11.27.2009 | World

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Last week during a press conference in Beijing, President Barack Obama endorsed one of the most propagandized of pop theories regarding the Israeli-Pa...

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President Obama's Entrepreneurial Mindset

Don McNay | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business

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I have not seen much evidence of Obama being in touch with small-town Kentucky, but after reading David Plouffe's new book, The Audacity to Win, I have become convinced that he knows what it takes to run a business.

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Jimmy Carter Helping Habitat For Humanity Build 50,000 Homes In Southeast Asia

AP | MICHAEL CASEY | Posted 11.16.2009 | Impact

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CHIANG MAI, Thailand — Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said Monday he was pressed by his advisers to attack Iran during the hostage crisis th...

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NBC's Brian Williams: Changing the World for the Better

Jim Luce | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York

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Several weeks ago Brian Williams profiled the children of the Afghan Child Education and Care Organization (AFCECO) and its founder Andeisha Farid in ...

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What Obama Is Up Against

Russ Baker | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

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We Americans harbor a quaint belief that a new president takes charge of a government that eagerly awaits his next command. But that's not how things work at the top, especially where "national security" is concerned.

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Too Soon To Tell? Judging A President's Progress

The New York Review of Books | Posted 11.20.2009 | Books

The New York Review of Books Huffington Post: At the anniversary of the election of Barack Obama, we're taking a close look at how he's done and what...

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Thank You for (Not) Running for President

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.02.2009 | Media

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In the U.S. any child can grow up to become president. But with our new 24/7 cable/Internet news culture, it's more fun to explain why you're not running for President.

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Health Care Reform is Critically Important, But Getting Americans Back to Work is More So

Robert Reich | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

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The optimist in me says Obama can pivot off a health-care victory and launch some new initiatives that palpably and quickly spur job growth. The realist says there aren't any such initiatives.

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One Year After Election Day: The Verdict on Obama

Andy Ostroy | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

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Has President Obama done a good job in office, or is he destined to suffer the same fate of Jimmy Carter and George H. W. Bush, as unmemorable, ineffective one-term chief executives?

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Wall Street and the US Government: Where's Jimmy Stewart When We Need Him?

Steven G. Brant | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

With all the interest in the damage Wall Street has done, activity that's the opposite should draw some attention. But coverage of the corporate social responsibility movement is not yet an idea whose time has come.

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The Norwegians Got It!

Lester Sloan | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

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While writers, poets, and scientists usually win the award for what they have accomplished, statesmen, philosophers, and other persons of ideas are honored for the causes that they champion.

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30 Years Later, Waterfront Racketeer Todo Anastasio Is Still At It

Jerry Capeci | Posted 10.12.2009 | New York

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Words currently being spoken about Todo Anastasio in Brooklyn Federal Court can be quite costly for him. If convicted at an ongoing racketeering trial, Anastasio, now 80, faces up to 20 years behind bars.

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