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Obama Should Ask Bush About Afghanistan: Opinion

Slate Magazine | John Dickerson | Posted 12.02.2009 | World

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President Obama came into office promising he wouldn't be captive to groupthink. He would test the assumptions of his advisers by seeking outside voic...

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The Rise And Fall Of New York: A Tragedy In 3 Acts

Nelson Montana | Posted 11.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Manhattan, Politics, Clinton, Economy, Empire State Building, American Declien, Rome, 9/11, Rockefeller, Obama, Recession, Coliseum, Ground Zero, Bush, New York News
Nelson Montana

I still love this town. But it saddens me to see how far it's fallen. Can the rest of the country be far behind?

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This Week In Magazines: Obama The "Self-Entangling Giant"

James Warren | Posted 11.27.2009 | Media

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James Warren

No matter how much he might disdain the W. presidency, especially when it came to misuse of executive branch power, Barack Obama may be a "self-entangling giant" who is going down the same perilous path.

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James Carville And Mary Matalin On CNN: "He Can't Write," Says Matalin

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.27.2009 | Politics

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Married D.C. power couple James Carville and May Matalin returned to their bickering, though loving ways Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union with John...

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James Carville And Mary Matalin On CNN: Back In Familiar Territory, Couple Trade Barbs On TV

Huff TV | Posted 11.27.2009 | Politics

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Huff TV

Married D.C. power couple James Carville and May Matalin returned to their bickering, if loving ways Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union with John Kin...

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Carville And Matalin On CNN: Back In Familiar Territory Couple Trade Barbs On TV

Huff TV | Posted 11.27.2009 | Politics

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Married D.C. power couple James Carville and May Matalin returned to their bickering, if loving ways Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union with John Kin...

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The Forgotten War

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

No so very long ago, Afghanistan was known as "the forgotten war." But these days, Afghanistan is hard to miss in the headlines. Obama needs to begin talking about our newly-forgotten war: Iraq.

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Patriot Act Changes: Congress Weighs Extension, Changes

L.A. Times | David G. Savage | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

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Reporting from Washington - The Patriot Act -- a favorite tool in the George W. Bush administration's fight against terrorism -- may be renamed later...

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Sam Stein Discusses Cheney 2012, Condoleeza Rice's Afghanistan Comments On Rachel Maddow Show (VIDEO)

Huff TV | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

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Huff TV

Huffington Post political reporter Sam Stein weighs in on Condoleeza Rice's comments on Afghanistan during an appearance Tuesday evening on The Rachel...

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Dan Rather's $70 Million Case Against CBS Moves Forward

Reuters | Posted 11.21.2009 | Media

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NEW YORK, Sept 21 (Reuters) - A New York judge on Monday rejected CBS Corp's (CBS.N) bid to dismiss former TV news anchor Dan Rather's $70 million law...

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The Way He Douthat Thing He Do

Ellis Weiner | Posted 11.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Mistakes, Conservatives, Douthat, Ross Douthat, Revisionism, George W. Bush, Bush, Media News
Ellis Weiner

Not long after Bill Kristol packed up his wrongness as a New York Times columnist, he was replaced by a screwball-throwing rightie out of the Atlantic's farm team named Ross Douthat.

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Ryan Grim

Bush In 2008: "I'm Not Going To Tell Some Gay Kid In The Audience That He Can't Get Married"

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

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Speechwriter Matt Latimer's new book trains its gaze on the lunacy of the late-era Bush White House. And there was plenty of material. Latimer, who ...

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Defending Unpatriotic Racism

Robbie Gennet | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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Robbie Gennet

They say the best offense is a good defense. Our only real defense against right wing insanity is to put them on the defense and keep them there.

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What's It Going to Take, Barack? A Screed

Mark Olmsted | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

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Mark Olmsted

I admire Barack Obama very much. He's smart as hell and his attempt to change the tone of politics has been admirable. But it has failed.

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EPA Smog Limit: Agency Scraps Bush-Era Smog Rule And Will Start Over

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green

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WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency is scrapping a controversial Bush-era rule that set stricter limits for smog but fell short of ...

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Obama's Presidency Isn't Too Big to Fail

Robert Scheer | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

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Robert Scheer

A president has only so much capital to expend, both in tax dollars and public tolerance, and Barack Obama is dangerously overdrawn.

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Did Obama Break His Campaign Promise to Scrap the Patriot Act?

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Provisions of the Patriot Act that remain on the books are legally questionable and constitutionally suspect. President Obama has given no hint that he'll change them.

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Shoe Thrower's Release: Iraqi Journalist Muntadhar Al-Zeidi To Be Freed Monday

AP | JASON KEYSER | Posted 11.13.2009 | World

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BAGHDAD — The family of the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush is preparing a festive welcome for the TV re...

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You Lie!

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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Jeff Schweitzer

The GOP is now the Party of lies, misinformation, misdirection, torture, infidelity, illegal wars, bloated government, higher taxes, broken health care, and murder of the innocent.

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A New Number for a New Era: From 9/11 to 350

Billy Parish | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

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Billy Parish

Until we change our lifestyle, the Earth will remain in the danger zone. There is still time to bring carbon dioxide levels back down, but it's going to take a major transformation in how we think and act.

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Eight Weeks of America's War, Not Eight Years of "Obama's War"

Jonathan Morgenstein | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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Jonathan Morgenstein

The Obama administration is trying to salvage the situation in Afghanistan after the Bush Administration lost the war over eight years.

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Learn Me Some Good Schooling

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

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Jeff Schweitzer

Calmer voices have called the assault on Obama's speech "silly." That is terribly wrong: the attacks are not silly, they are dangerous. The attacks further split the party of opposition from a position of reason.

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Bush White House Sought To Soften Treaty On 'Enforced Disappearances'

Washington Post | R. Jeffrey Smith | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

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From 2003 to 2006, the Bush administration quietly tried to relax the draft language of a treaty meant to bar and punish "enforced disappearances" so ...

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1:1 Proportionality: If You Want War, Why Not Try Fairness?

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

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Stephen C. Rose

I see no reason why in any war there should not be 1:1 proportionality, the idea of killing no more than have been killed by the enemy.

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Obama Poll Watch [August 2009] -- Obama's Base Support Erodes

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

The news for Obama fans continues to be bad this month. There may be a faint glimmer of a spark of hope in the numbers -- but that's about all I can promise here, sorry about that.

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