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America's Triple-A Rating Is At Risk

Financial Times | David Walker | Posted 06.13.2009 | Business

Read More: America Moody's Rating, Moody's Rating America, America's Rating, America Credit Rating, America, America Triple a Rating, America AAA Rating, Business News

Long before the current financial crisis, nearly two years ago, a little-noticed cloud darkened the horizon for the US government. It was ignored. But...

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What the Hell is Going On?

Adam McKay | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, America, Bush Years, 2009, Culture, Politics News
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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Where Would We Be Without Our Mothers?

Chantal Sicile-Kira | Posted 06.10.2009 | Living

Read More: France, French, Happy Mother's Day, Mother's Day, Autism, Camping, Moving, Frog Legs, America, Living News
Chantal Sicile-Kira

When people see what life with my son, Jeremy, entails in terms of energy, and organization, advocating, resource-finding, they often ask, "How do you do it?" "I had a great role model," I reply.

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Reading The Pictures: America All Pumped Up In Korengal Valley

Michael Shaw | Posted 06.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Nyt, War, America Pumped Up, Slide Show, U.S., Weight, Wall Street Journal, America, Korengal Valley, WSJ Photo Journal, Foreign Policy, Politics, Photo Journal, Military, Afghanistan, Muscle, Foreign Affairs, News, Media News
Michael Shaw

2009-05-10-pumpingiron.jpgAt first, I thought this photo of Spc. Taylor Jordan lifting weights in the Korengal Valley was published out of irony.

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A New President and a New Generation Seek a Nuclear Weapons Free Future

Jim Wallis | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: International, Bomb, Washington, William J Perry, Democrat, Evangelicals, Wall Street Journal, Evangelical, Weapons, Peace, Democrats, Movement, America, Barack Obama, Republican, Conservative, Sam Nunn, Non Proliferation Treaty, Bush Administration, Henry a Kissinger, Wall Street, Nuclear Weapons, Barack, George Shultz, Liberal, Russia, Nuclear Weapons Policy, Nuclear Testing, Republicans, Conservatives, Justice, Young Evangelicals, Politics News
Jim Wallis

A new generation of Evangelical Christians launched The Two Futures Project whose mission is "for the abolition of all nuclear weapons."

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America's Essential Political Insanity

Ian Welsh | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, United States, Workers, Americans, America, Domestic Policy, War, Politics News
Ian Welsh

In America, you can get away with being nuts as long as enough people are benefiting from you being insane.

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The Audacity of Souter's Successor

Dave Astor | Posted 06.03.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Supreme Court, Auto Industry, White House, Gop, Al Gore, President Obama, Oval Office, George W. Bush, Scotland, David Souter, Mostly Male Supreme Court, America, Disputed 2000 Election, American Civil Liberties Union, Susan Boyle, Three Branches of Government, Centrism, General Motors, Republican Party, Women Supreme Court Candidates, Hugo Chavez, Britain's Got Talent, Gm, Washington D.C., Congress, Barack Obama, Chrysler, Portuguese Water Dog, Corporations, Iraq War, Youtube, William Howard Taft, Republicans, Aclu, Mapquest, Comedy News
Dave Astor

There are many American women qualified to succeed Souter on the way-too-male court, but Barack Obama has his eye on a guy -- namely, Barack Obama!

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People-to-People-Based Foreign Policy

Kenneth Wollack | Posted 05.21.2009 | World

Read More: National Democratic Institute, Smart Power, Discovery Communications, America, War of Ideas, Hilary Clinton Secretary of State, Judith McHale, War on Terror, Extremism, Radical Extremism, World News
Kenneth Wollack

We can foster connections and exchanges that can build trust, demonstrate our values, and blend people together in a web of relationships that cross borders and cultural divides.

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American College Reporters See Israel Up Close In The Editors Screened Tomorrow in DC

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 04.20.2009 | World

Read More: Project Interchange, Middle East Politics, Screening, Washington, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel, Media, Film, Peace, Dc, Israel Gaza Operation, America, World News
Karin Kloosterman

Six university newspaper editors from America visited Israel for the first time last December, and the already planned trip happened to coincide with the first week of the recent Gaza Conflict.

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Martin Wolf: Cutting Back Financial Capitalism Is America's Big Test

Financial Times | Martin Wolf | Posted 05.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Russia, America, Economic Crisis, Economy, Financial Crisis, Martin Wolf America Russia, Martin Wolf Us Capitalism, Martin Wolf, Martin Wolf Us Russia, Business News

Is the US Russia? The question seems provocative, if not outrageous. Yet the person asking it is Simon Johnson, former chief economist at the Internat...

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The Obamas Get Jazzy With New First Dog Named: Bo!

Wendy Diamond | Posted 05.15.2009 | Style

Read More: Jonas Brothers, Breed, Miley Cyrus, Animal Adoption and Rescue, Humane Society, Lucky Diamond, Bash Dibra, Obama, United States, The White House, America, Sarah Jessica Parker, Bo Obama, Charlie Brown, Malia Obama, Bo Diddley, Celebrity Dog Trainer, Senator Ted Kennedy, Mariah Carey, Barbara Walters, Purebred, Portuguese Water Dog, Www.AnimalFair.Com, Animal Fair Media, Hypoallergenic, Maltese, Matthew Broderick, Style News
Wendy Diamond

Kudos to the Obama family. They researched the best breed that fit their family, they consulted Ted Kennedy, who has Portuguese Water Dogs, and they "adopted" a dog that had been returned.

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Metal Music Morocco: Where West and East Co-Exist

Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din | Posted 05.13.2009 | World

Read More: Politics, Religion, Islam, America, Music, Middle East, Morocco, Africa, Heavy Metal, World News
Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din

There is something really cool and special about seeing a girl wearing a Hijab who throws up the universal Metal/Rock sign with her hands.

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Is America's Love Affair With The "Exburbs" Over?

Reuters | Posted 05.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Suburbs, Exurbs, Real Estate, America, Business News

Jean Bell didn't plan to take care of her neighbor's lawn when she moved to this cluster of brick townhouses hard by the freeway. But the house next ...

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Yes, America Has AIDS Orphans -- Lots

Chris Norwood | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Homeless Kids, Gates, Clinton, HIV Mothers, Madonna, AIDS Orphans, Mentoring, Youth Depression, Bono, America, New York City, Politics News
Chris Norwood

As Madonna and Angelina Jolie comb the world for orphans, American children who have lost parents to AIDS seem to have no celebrity champions.

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The Personal Politics of Hopelessness

Ian Welsh | Posted 05.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Politics, Labor, America, Wall Street, Elite, Hope, Middle Class, Working Class, Living News
Ian Welsh

Then there are a fair number of politicians who will tell you about the lousy jobs they had as teenagers, or maybe in their early twenties. But they knew they weren't staying there.

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Goodbye/Hello 2 "Consumer: a Retro Concept"

Patt Cottingham | Posted 06.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Consumer, Connection, Unconscious, Global, Retro, Consumption, 21st Century, Recession, America, Barack Obama, Mindful, Citizen, Business News
Patt Cottingham

Goodbye to the limiting branding and marketing models of consumerism. Hello to taping into the richer branding and marketing models of citizenry.

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Obama Declares Himself President-For-Life (No Fooling!)

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

"I am ashamed at getting my stimulus bill passed so quickly. Republicans, those masters of bipartisanship, offered their sincere efforts to delay this bill for months and, I admit, I ignored them."

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Gaddafi Storms Out Of Arab Summit, Slams Saudi King For Pro-Americanism

AP | Posted 04.30.2009 | World

Read More: Gaddafi, Libya, America, Muammar Gaddafi, Middle East, Saudi King Abdullah, Saudi Arabia, Foreign Affairs, Saudi Kings, Arab League, Libyan Leader, Qatar, Arab Summit, Barack Obama, Advocacy, Gaddafi Storms Out of Arab League, Gaddafi in Doha, Gaddafi Saudi, Arab Summit Doha, Gaddafi Arab League, Qadafi Saoudi, Gaddafi Qatar, World News

Doha, Qatar - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi stormed out of an Arab summit on Monday after denouncing the Saudi king for his long ties to the West. Ga...

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Afghanistan War: The West's 'Fatal Mistakes'

The Independent | Patrick Cockburn | Posted 04.27.2009 | World

Read More: Bulbuddin Hekmatyar, America, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, Afghan War, Foreign Affairs, Peter Galbraith, Abdul Salam Zaeef, Nato, General Petraeus, Afghan Taliban, Advocacy, Kandahar-Afghanistan, Kabul-Afghanistan, World News

After seven long years in which it seemed a sideshow to the bigger conflict in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan has reached a critical point. The US must ...

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A Live Discussion on Science, Faith, Revolution, and the Birth of America

Steven Johnson | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Founding Fathers, Science, The Invention of Air, America, Joseph Priestley, Politics News
Steven Johnson

When our leaders take anti-science positions, or happily plead ignorance about some of the most important issues of our time, they're not just being anti-intellectual. They're also being un-American. We discussed this and much more in a live chat earlier today.

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Russian-American Relations "Deeply Troubled"

AP | BARRY SCHWEID | Posted 04.16.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Chuk Hagel, Nixon Center, Rusiaan American Relations, America, Gary Hart, Russia American Relations Deeply Troubled, World News

WASHINGTON — The United States should seek Russia's close cooperation in dealing with Iran and solicit Moscow's participation or at least acquiescen...

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Sluggish Economy Affects Number of College Girls Going Wild

Tom McCaffrey | Posted 04.16.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Spring Break, Lesbian, Usa, University of Colorado, America, US Economy, Joe Francis, College, Slutty Costumes, Girls Gone Wild, Skanky, Alcohol, American Flag, The Dude, Susan B. Anthony, Dude, Comedy News
Tom McCaffrey

Spring Break '09 showed the lowest amount of drunken women taking off their tops for video cameras ever.

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America Today -- WTF?

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Merrill Lynch, Wall Street, America, Rep. Eric Cantor, Washington DC, Saudi Arabia, Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican Party, Andrew Cuomo, Barack Obama, American Dream, Barney Frank, Politics News
Charles Karel Bouley

As we sit around asking, the country is falling in shambles around us. Life preservers are being thrown out to the lucky, well-connected few and most are sitting around saying, "WTF?"

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Find The American City That Fits You

ABC News | SARAH NETTER | Posted 04.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Find the Us City for You, Unorthodox Ranking American Cities, America, American Cities, American Cities Ranked, Unorthodox Ranking Us Cities, Us Cities Rankings, Living News

Feeling sad? Bursting with energy? Enjoying the invigorating swagger of being a man's man? There's a city out there for you. A variety of research or...

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An American Brand the World Already Believes In

Aaron Sherinian and Tom Miller | Posted 04.03.2009 | World

Read More: Branding, American Image, Reputation, America, Barack Obama, World News
Aaron Sherinian and Tom Miller

One of the world's great ironies is that America, the country that perfected the art of the brand, is often unable to channel its positive marketing power with foreign audiences

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