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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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On Aasiya Hassan's Murder

Naazish YarKhan | Posted 04.03.2009 | World

Read More: Murder, Violence, Bridges Tv, Muslims, Immigrants, Aasiya Hassan, Domestic Violence, America, Religion, World News
Naazish YarKhan

Aasiya Hassan's murder is horrific, but perhaps her story will give our community reason for pause and encourage countless other women to journey out of violence.

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Rosie O'Donnell's "America" Marks Her Return To TV -- On Lifetime

AP | RYAN PEARSON | Posted 03.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Television, Lifetime, Lifetime America, Rosie O'Donnell, Tv, Rosie O'Donnell America, Rosie O'Donnell Lifetime, America, Media News

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Rosie O'Donnell says she doesn't have time these days to view "The View." "I don't watch it too much," O'Donnell said. ...

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Keeping Down With The Joneses: A Top Ten List

Emily Bracken | Posted 03.28.2009 | Comedy

Read More: How to Save Money, Competition, Keeping-Up-With-the-Joneses, Top Ten List, Consumerism, Wall Street, America, Economy, American-Savings, Future, Saving Money, Comedy, Lists, Comedy News
Emily Bracken

Illegal immigrants' work ethic becomes a source of national pride. No one works so hard for so little money with such inadequate health care.

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America Beyond Compare?

Michael Sigman | Posted 03.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Dalai Lama, America, Garrison Keillor, Irving Berlin, Randy Newman, Bhutan, Mohammed Ali, Laurel Canyon, Living News
Michael Sigman

Why does everything American have to be better than everything else? Candidates for public office constantly embarrass themselves by insisting that Americans are the best.

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Newest US Troops In Dangerous Region Near Kabul

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 03.19.2009 | World

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LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan — Close to 3,000 American soldiers who recently arrived in Afghanistan to secure two violent provinces near Kabul ha...

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Afghanistan: Russia to the Rescue

William Bradley | Posted 03.16.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, America, Afghanistan, Missile Shield, Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, Boris Gromov, Joe Biden, 9/11, Kabul, Iran, Vladimir Putin, Kyber Pass, David Petraeus, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Moscow, Iraq, Al Jazeera, Hillary Clinton, Dmitri Medvedev, Soviet Union, World News
William Bradley

Russia can certainly help the US greatly in Afghanistan. And the price -- ending the NATO encroachment strategy -- may be an inevitable one anyway, and thus perhaps easily paid.

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Seeking Happiness? Try Pursuing Purpose

Anne Dunev | Posted 03.09.2009 | Living

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Anne Dunev

It appears we contemporary Americans may have switched the interpretation of "pursuit of happiness" to "pursuit of pleasure."

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Barack Obama and the American Dream

Lauri Lyons | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

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Lauri Lyons

The past four decades have been a mixture of social growing pains and progress. Even with that said, most people never believed that a Black man would become the President.

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Gaza: the Audacity to Survive

Hani Almadhoun | Posted 02.28.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Usaid, Barack Obama Palestinians, Gaza Israel, America, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel Gaza, Israel Gaza Operation, World News
Hani Almadhoun

A day after Israel ended its assault in Gaza Strip, my family (like countless other civilians) finally returned to the ruined remnants of their former lives and homes.

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We Are All Americans in the Age of Obama

Manisha Sinha | Posted 02.28.2009 | World

Read More: Lincoln, Thomas Paine, Internationalism, Republicanism, Washington, Liberalism, Obama, Inauguration, America, President Barack Obama, Obama Inauguration, President Obama, Democracy, Obama Inaugural Address, World News
Manisha Sinha

In his inaugural address, President Obama called on Americans and those outside America to be citizens of the world. It was a fundamentally new approach to global citizenship.

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The Beloved Community and the Holy Land

Imam Yahya Hendi and Rabbi Gerald Serotta | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Koran, Palestine, Jews, West Bank, Gaza, America, World Council or Religions for Peace, Martin Luther King Jr., Hebrew, Talmud, Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Religion, Nonviolence, Martin Luther King, Middle East, Arab, Palestinian-Americans, Israel, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel Gaza, Israel Gaza Operation, Israel Palestine, Politics News
Imam Yahya Hendi and Rabbi Gerald Serotta

The harming of civilians -- whether they play in school yards in Southern Israel or seek refuge in schools in Gaza -- constitutes a crime against humanity by any international standard.

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Dr. King's True Legacy: A Lesson for Progressives in the Age of Obama

Kimberle Crenshaw | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Equality, Al Sharpton, Americans, America, Racial Equality, Martin Luther King Jr., World Peace, Legacy, Peace, Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Freedom of Speech, Racial Politics, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Martin Luther King, Lyndon B. Johnson, Vietnam War, Freedom, Abraham Lincoln, Racism, Vietnam, Lyndon Johnson, Justice, African-Americans, Politics News
Kimberle Crenshaw

Not only must we re-dedicate ourselves to King's civil rights mission along with the world peace mission, we must see the two as being so utterly linked that one cannot exist without the other.

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Behaving Christ-Like

Carol Hoenig | Posted 02.25.2009 | Living

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Carol Hoenig

When President Barack Obama said in his inaugural address that "We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus and non-believers", I could...

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Obama's Inauguration and the Israel-American Paradox

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 02.23.2009 | World

Read More: Bill Clinton, Suicide Bombers, Jerusalem, Bombs, Terrorism, Ilana Teitelbaum, Israel, Obama, President Obama Inauguration, America, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Foreign Affairs, Obama Administration, Obama George Mitchell, Obama Foreign Policy, Gaza, Obama Israel, George MItchell, Middle East, George Mitchell Israel, Northern Ireland Peace Process, 100 Days, Foreign Policy, Obama Middle East, World News
Ilana Teitelbaum

It doesn't make a difference if the U.S. president is "good for Israel". What would be "good for Israel," would be an entirely new government in Israel.

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Basking in the Warmth of Obama's Inauguration

Cheryle Jackson | Posted 02.21.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Change, Cheryle Jackson, Obama's Inauguration, Chicago, Ethnicity, Washington, President Barack Obama, Chicago Urban League, Washington DC, Obama, Barack Obama Inauguration, Race, President, America, Chicago News
Cheryle Jackson

The inauguration -- the coming together of people of all races, ethnicities, and social and economic statuses -- was one of the most heart happy experiences of my lifetime.

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Bush Leaves Country 'Awesome' Mix Tape

Jerome Halligan | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush Leaving Office, Mix Tapes, America, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bush, Politics News
Jerome Halligan

Washington, D.C. - In his final act as president, George W. Bush presented the American people with what he called an "awesome" mix tape as a partin...

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Inauguration Reflection

Bill Allen | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

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Bill Allen

Just yards from where slaves were auctioned and on the steps of a building constructed with slave labor, an African-American took the oath of office in a peaceful passage of power.

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Changing the Image of Religion: The New Faith Coalition

Jim Wallis | Posted 02.19.2009 | Living

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Jim Wallis

The day after the inauguration, I will be joining religious leaders at the National Prayer Service for our new president. I will pray that this new era can change the image of religion in our country.

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