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August

Max Baucus Has Only Himself To Blame

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

I have little sympathy for Baucus at this point, when he complains that his adversaries have had time to put out a report attacking his bill. Because there is one reason that they've had all that time.

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A Champagne Toast to the 50 percent Who Stay Married

Jane Minogue | Posted 09.28.2009 | Living

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Jane Minogue

Here's a toast to those couples who got married this month and to those in the 50 percent that have stayed married.

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From 'Birthers' To Death Panels: Blame It On August

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 09.12.2009 | Living

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Dr. Judith Rich

Does life seem weirder and crazier than normal these days? Do you feel like you've fallen down a rabbit hole or gotten sucked into the twilight zone?...

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The Silly Season In Politics

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

"Silly season" refers to late summer, when governments go on massive taxpayer-funded vacations all over the world. This year's season could produce a bumper crop of silly.

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Friday Talking Points [87] -- A Tale Of Two Houses

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Simply for acting like a leader this week, Speaker Pelosi wins the Most Impressive Democrat Of The Week award hands-down.

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It's Time To Lead, Mr. President

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Obama's legislative style has been to vaguely define what he's for, introduce a plan that is quite obviously open to lots and lots of negotiation, and then sit back and let Congress work it out.

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Obamas To Martha's Vineyard For Last Two Weeks Of August: Report

Boston Herald | Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa | Posted 08.16.2009 | Style

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According to our spies on The Rock, the gals are set to touch down at Martha's Vineyard Airport on Aug. 16 or 17, with President Obama joining them ...

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The Bradley Effect v. The Obama Effect

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Will Obama's white voter support in the polls be higher than his actual support on Election Day? Will this be a regional factor, or a nationwide factor? And how big a factor is it?

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Despite the Olympics, August Things I Can Do Without

Lea Lane | Posted 09.06.2008 | Living

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Lea Lane

August is more melancholy than October: farm stands with fragrant peaches and fresh corn, concerts under the stars, top-down drives, warm bay breezes, and twilight walks for Italian ices are all fading.

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August and the Wile E. Coyote Syndrome

Howard A. Rodman | Posted 09.01.2008 | Entertainment

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Howard A. Rodman

August, the new film I wrote, is a meditation on the slow boom, fast bust of the dotcom era. Josh Hartnett plays Tom, a Millionaire on Paper, who has the world in a bottle and the stopper in his right hand.

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Dame Hillary Clinton: the Black Knight

Chip Collis | Posted 05.01.2008 | Home

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Chip Collis

Clinton's ineffectual victories have become the pledged-delegate equivalent of having her legs hacked out from underneath her. Yet all the while she's trilling, "I'm invincible! Have at you then!"

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