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Reading The Pictures: Obama-Putin Not in Love!

Michael Shaw | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Herbert, 10 Downing Street, Obama Putin, Moscow, Russia, Slovenia, Pickup, Obama, Blair, Dacha, Crawford, Brdo Castle, ALEXEY DRUZHININ, Fantasy, Putin, Bush, Politics News
Michael Shaw

2009-07-08-obamaputin.jpgThis week, we had the opportunity to contrast Bush and Obama in terms of a first encounter with Putin.

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Alberto Gonzales To Teach At Texas Tech

AP | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush, George W. Bush, Guantanamo, Texas Tech University, Gitmo, Texas, Gonzales, Bush Administration, Justice Department, Attorney General, Justice Department Scandal, Alberto Gonzales, Torture Memos, Torture, Politics News

LUBBOCK, Texas — Alberto Gonzales, who resigned as U.S. attorney general two years ago, is coming to Texas Tech this fall to teach political sci...

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Sarah Palin, Preparing to Run

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kristol, Sweat, President Obama, Photo, Ronald Reagan, Flag, Marathon, Naughty Monkey, Grateful Dead, Obama, Mccain, Campaign, Quitter, Sarah Palin, President, Governor, Bush, Republican, 2012, Reagan, 2010, Richard Nixon, Bill Kristol, Tricky Dick, Runner's World, Long Distance Runner, Runner, John McCain, Alaska, Primary, Run, Quitting, Interview, Double Dare, Election, Barack Obama, Nomination, The Dead, Quit, Red Shoes, Draped in a Flag, Iceberg, Chris Weigant, Running, Moose, Presidential Campaign, Palin, Fire on the Mountain, Nixon, Preparing to Run, Volcano, Wading, Politics News
Chris Weigant

After reading Palin's interview in Runner's World, I doubt she'll be off the political stage anytime soon. A presidential campaign is a long race that requires a lot of endurance.

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The Beginning of the End of the Iraq War?

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.30.2009 | World

Read More: Troops, President Obama, Timetable, Status of Forces Agreement, Obama, Election, 130000, Withdrawal, Barack Obama, Bush, Iraqi, Elections, Surge, Al-Maliki, Chris Weigant, Sofa, Iraq War, National Sovereignty Day, Iraq, Milestone, Maliki, Cities, Timetable for Withdrawal, World News
Chris Weigant

If our soldiers are out of Iraqi cities, and the Iraqi security forces start shouldering more and more responsibility as a result, do we really need all 130,000 troops sitting in their bases?

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The Meaning of Treason

Ariel Gonzalez | Posted 07.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Communists, Nazis, Torture, Treason, Hannity, Cheney, 9/11, Rebecca West, Limbaugh, Beck, Bush, Politics News
Ariel Gonzalez

I first read Rebecca West's Meaning of Treason in the 1990s. At the time I was more interested in the looping grace of West's sentences than in h...

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Power and Protest, in Iran and at Home

Jesse Larner | Posted 07.24.2009 | World

Read More: White House, Bani-Sadr, Cairo, Bush, Moussavi, Revolution, 1979, Obama, Iran, Tehran, Rafsanjani, Farhang, Ahmadinejad, Election, World News
Jesse Larner

American conservatives who believe that any resistance to tyranny somehow must carry an American trademark would do well to remind themselves that theocracy is incompatible with liberal democracy.

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A Rebuttal to Krauthammer: "Obama's Moral Response to Iran"

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

Read More: Reagan, Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Obama, Vietnam, Krauthammer, Bush, World News
Joan E. Dowlin

I believe that US history shows that our intentions have not always been honorable and we have been looking out for our own self interests which are often based on greed and fear.

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Obama Gives Bush a 3rd Term in Education

Diane Ravitch | Posted 07.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Obama, Education, Schools, No Child Left Behind, No Child Left Behind Reauthorization, Bush, Education Policy, Politics News
Diane Ravitch

Let me say it again: It is time to kill the Bush-era No Child Left Behind program. If judged solely by test scores, the only coin that the NCLB crowd understands, the law has been a dud.

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The Good Reverend Jeremiah Wright and "Them Jews"

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Von Brunn Holocaust Museum, Israeli Settlements, White House, Bush, Clinton, Civil Rights, Obama, Jeremiah Wright, Jews. Blacks, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

There were two things wrong with the good Reverend Jeremiah Wrights's grouse that "them Jews are keeping me from Obama." One was that he said it. The other is that he meant it.

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A Republican to Save Us

Robert Scheer | Posted 07.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Corruption, Law, Geithner, Fdic, Bush, Money, Clinton, Economy, Scheer, Obama, Government, Politics, Bailout, Citibank, Rubin, Sheila Bair, Business News
Robert Scheer

You probably don't know much about Sheila Bair, but she is looking out for you, and that is why the big guys on Wall Street and their allies in the Obama administration are out to get her.

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A Question for Dick Cheney: Should We Now Waterboard Tiller's Murderer?

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Oklahoma City, Timothy McVeigh, Ticking Time Bomb, Abortion Doctor, Cheney, Violence, Journalist, Late Term Abortion, Scott Roeder, Media, Journalism, Dick Cheney, Bush, George Tiller, Threat, Elf, Liz Cheney, Domestic Terrorism, Earth Liberation Front, Enhanced Interrogation, Abortion, Tiller, Abortion Clinic, Technique, Terrorism, Terrorist, Dr. Tiller, Murder, Chris Weigant, Waterboarding, Roeder, Domestic Terrorist, Torture, Mcveigh, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Roeder is claiming the now-infamous "ticking time bomb" scenario of what can only be termed domestic terrorism. Doesn't this mean that he should immediately be waterboarded?

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Bush's Excellent Speech in Cairo -- What Might Have Been

Steven Waldman | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

Read More: 9/11, Islam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Obama Cairo Speech, Terrorism, Bush, Obama Mideast Trip, World News
Steven Waldman

Obama's speech reminds us that 9/11 needn't have led to a conflict between the West and Islam. It's a reminder of the road not taken.

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Israel: Bush Officials Agreed To Settlement Building

nytimes.com | ETHAN BRONNER | Posted 07.04.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli Settlements, Obama Settlements, Bush, Foreign Affairs, Israel, Israel Bush, Israel Settlements, Obama Israel, World News

JERUSALEM Senior Israeli officials expressed irritation on Wednesday that President Obama had declined to acknowledge what they called clear understa...

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Presidential Library Clash Could Put Bush Under Oath

AP | JEFF CARLTON | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: George W. Bush, Bush, President Bush, Southern Methodist University, Gary Vodicka, Texas, Smu, Bush Presidential Library, Politics News

DALLAS — A Texan is trying to put a former president under oath and find out what he knew and when he knew it. But the issue isn't national secu...

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No Way Around an Investigation in Moving Forward

Morton H. Halperin | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Enhanced Interrogations, Obama, Bush, Torture Memos, CIA Interrogation, Truth Commission, Torture, Politics News
Morton H. Halperin

The American public should hear directly, in open-door hearings, from victims of the detention, rendition, and torture.

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Bush Still Screening Audience Questions

Think Progress | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics

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hroughout George W. Bush's presidency, his handlers always made a special effort to ensure his appearances with regular Americans were scripted in suc...

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Colin Powell Should Say Good Riddance to the GOP

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush, President Obama, Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, Michael Steele, Gop, Rush Limbaugh, Iraq, Presidency, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Powell's well-timed and publicized knock of Cheney, Limbaugh, and hard core party regulars simply further enshrines him as the GOP's odd man out.

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Iraq as a Holy War: Why Praying for Divine Support Is a Bad Idea

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 06.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Islam, God, War, Crusades, Christianity, Iraq, Rumsfeld, Prayer, Holy Wars, Bush, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

Nothing could be more hazardous as a basis for international affairs than relying on God for guidance. The past eight years offer evidence for that conclusion.

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Hooray for Emission Curbs

Diane Francis | Posted 06.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Saudis, Gasoline, Mexico, Green, Green News, Oil Prices, Cars, Green Energy, China, Detroit Bailout, Fuel Emissions, Bush, Green News
Diane Francis

America finally has a smart leader, not a good old boy from Texas and his sidekick who were in the hip pockets of the Saudis and oil interests at home...

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"The Hannitus"

Dave Hackel | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Teleprompter, Pelosi, Clinton, Giuliani, Hannity, Wind, Zoology, Ventura, Bush, Rove, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Obama Administration, Friel, Political Humor, Waterboarding, Politics News
Dave Hackel

They're known for their closed minds and their unparalleled ability to continuously perpetuate deception by spinning, backpedaling and talking over all other animals in their proximity.

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Missing Bush E-Mails Won't Be Released, Court Says

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush Emails Court, White House Office of Administration, Bush Emails, Missing Bush Emails, Bush, President George W. Bush, Transparency, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the office that has records about millions of possibly missing e-mails from the Bush Whi...

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What, Exactly, Was Pelosi Supposed to Do?

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Harman, Jingoism, Abuse, Central Intelligence Agency, Cia, Leon Panetta, Truth Commission, Jane Harman, Cheney, Democratic, Majority, Media, Policy, Bush Policy, Cindy Sheehan, Republican, Bush, Pelosi, National Security, Nancy Pelosi, Waterboard, Speaker, Briefed, House, Panetta, Interrogation, Amnesty, Democrat, Treason, Speaker of the House, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Congress, Press, Democrats, Detainee, Briefing, Classified, Prisoner, Secret, Chris Weigant, Traitor, Leak, Waterboarding, Minority, Senate, Classified Information, Torture, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Pelosi can be defended for being in an impossible situation at the time. Even if she disagreed with the policy, there simply wasn't much for her to do about it.

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Obama Really Had No Choice on Torture Pictures

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Army, Torture Photos, Cia, Bush, National Security, Iraqi Prisoners, Terrorism, Interrogation, President Obama, Gop, Military Preparedness, John McCain, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Obama's decision was based on a recognition that he's a young, untested, and perceived liberal Democrat, and therefore widely suspected as weak on national security and military toughness.

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Bush's Afterlife In Texas

Newsweek | Posted 06.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush Afterlife, Bush, George W. Bush, Ex-President Bush, Former President Bush, Bush After the Presidency, Bush in Texas, Politics News

Patrick Bibb, a 19-year-old from Dallas, glanced at his cell phone. He was in the middle of his economics class at Texas Christian University on a Feb...

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Anything Less Than Absolute Moral Clarity from Democrats Will Enshrine Bush's Abuses

Peter Daou | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Bush, Torture, Progressives, George W. Bush, Bush Torture, Progressive Community, Bush Torture Memos, Politics News
Peter Daou

Failing to make a clean break from the Bush years will deprive America of the one thing it needs most: an affirmation of the rule of law and the consequent reclaiming of moral authority.

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