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Mike Wallace's Legacy

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 04.10.2012

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Joe Peyronnin

His hard-hitting approach to investigative journalism and take-no-prisoners interviewing style helped define the program in its early years. And Mike conducted his interviews, legends, movie stars and crooks, with the same intensity. He would say, "I'm just nosy."

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Obama Poll Watch -- November, 2011

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.04.2012

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Chris Weigant

This month Obama poll watchers got some good news, and some bad news. This was capped off by the Washington punditocracy making a stupid comparison between polling for Obama and Carter.

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Obama: From First to Worst on Medical Marijuana

Rob Kampia | Posted 12.09.2011

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Rob Kampia

Barack Obama instilled hope in medical marijuana supporters by pledging to respect state laws on the matter. And for the first two years of his term, he was generally faithful to his promise. Yet suddenly, he has become arguably the worst president regarding medical marijuana.

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How the Unions Have Corrupted the Social and Economic Fabric of America

The Relentless Conservative | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Coulter, Nyc, Carter, Organized Crime, Obama, O'Reilly, Fdr, Twu, Clinton, Unions, Free Enterprise Nation, John Stossel, NY Times, Union Corruption, Limbaugh, Richard Trumka, Politics News
The Relentless Conservative

Until we can eradicate the dishonest and corrupt unions while keeping the honest ones, municipalities in particular will continue to suffer, as will the rest of the workers and American economy.

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Taking Comfort in the Zig-Zagging of American History

Mark Olmsted | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reagan, Tim Wise, American History, Carter, Lbj, Medicare, Medicaid, Nixon, Depression, Politics News
Mark Olmsted

Like most everybody else on my side of the aisle, I've been casting around for ways to make sense of the midterm debacle. I regained some crucial pe...

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Jimmy Carter's Last Campaign

Glenn C. Altschuler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jimmy Carter, Presidential Rankings, Iran Hostage Crisis, Stagflation, Carter, Books News
Glenn C. Altschuler

Readers of White House Diary, no doubt, will reassess his administration. But many of them may well conclude, as I have, that Carter does not make a compelling case that he was an effective president.

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Jimmy Carter To Jon Stewart: 'I Occupied The Same Position That The Tea Party Is Now'

Posted 05.25.2011

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For his new book, "White House Diary," jimmy Carter uncovered 40 topics in his personal diaries that bothered the former president while in office, wh...

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Jimmy Carter: Tea Party Will Likely Be A 'Major Factor' In November, But Less Of A Force In 2012

AP | GREG BLUESTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter said Monday he sees parallels between today's tea party and his own campaign for the White House in 1976...

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Obama Poll Watch -- July, 2010

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

July had some political successes for Obama, but the public once again didn't give him any credit for passing Wall Street reform, or any of the other achievements Obama chalked up.

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The Heat In the Kitchen, The Buck Stopping, and All That

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Lux

To have a successful presidency, the Obama team has to forget about the media and rekindle the enthusiasm of the door knockers, online contributors and base voters who brought him victory in 2008.

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LeBron James Missed Major Opportunity

Mike Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jordan, King James, Contract, Carter, Nike, Miami Heat, Maverick, Lrmr Marketing, Basketball, Cleveland Cavaliers, Nba, LeBron James, Sports News
Mike Green

In this monumental circumstance, in which Maverick and LeBron caused the sports world to stop spinning and hold its collective breath, I believe a mistake was made. A big one.

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Obama's Speech Tonight -- The Carter Context

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Down on the Clown

Raj Patel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reagan, Ronald McDonald, Carter, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Consumerism, McDonald's, Advertising, Fast Food, Marketing to Children, Marketing, Mcdonalds, Business News
Raj Patel

Ronald McDonald isn't just a clown. He's not just a pioneer in the marketing of food to children: he's also an architect. Without him, the food system we have today would look very different.

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Biography of an American Voter

Mark Olmsted | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Olmsted

There's a substantial pool of older voters who voted for the winner in every Presidential election since 1960. But given the huge ideological differences involved, how can this be?

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Obama Poll Watch -- May, 2010

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Will Obama's presidency wind up charting a similar course as Carter, or will he recover as Reagan did? Only a fool would even contemplate making such a prediction at this point, that's all that really can be said.

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Obama and Rudy Giuliani: What the President Should Learn From Rudy's First Term

Matt Littman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Matt Littman

Here's the thing about Rudy in that first time: if there was a crime, Rudy was on the scene. He was like Batman. If there was an issue, maybe it wasn't Rudy's business, but Rudy made his voice heard.

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Archbishop Oscar Romero: Thirty Years and Little Learned

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joseph A. Palermo

Despite the actions of the mighty Texas Board of Education to erase his memory, Archbishop Romero will be long remembered as a friend of the oppressed and a champion of the poor.

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Israel Settlement Announcement: Good for Bibi?

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leon T. Hadar

It's not only that Netanyahu is opposed to any meaningful Israeli-Palestinian talks; he and his neoconservative supporters in Washington regard Obama as a threat to their long-term goal of placing the Palestinian issue on the backburner.

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Michele Bachmann Overdrive: GOP Accelerates Down Fallacy Lane

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeff Schweitzer

Reality does not treat conservatives well, so they create a parallel universe in which truth is defined as anything stated more than once by more than one pundit in one news cycle.

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Is Barack Obama Becoming A New Jimmy Carter?

Foreign Policy | WALTER RUSSELL MEAD | Posted 05.25.2011

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Neither a cold-blooded realist nor a bleeding-heart idealist, Barack Obama has a split personality when it comes to foreign policy. So do most U.S. pr...

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Obama Poll Watch -- Scraping Fifty Percent

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

November wasn't a particularly good month for President Obama in the polls. Not disastrous by any means, but not very cheerful either. For the first time, Obama's numbers flirted with going below 50 percent.

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Phil Carter Resigns: Key Pentagon Appointee Worked On Gitmo Detainee Issues

Posted 05.25.2011

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Phillip Carter, the top detainee affairs policy appointee at the Pentagon, has quit his post after just seven months on the job, a Defense Department ...

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Jimmy Carter Apologizes To Jews In Open Letter

AP | GREG BLUESTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter apologized for any words or deeds that may have upset the Jewish community in an open letter meant to im...

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The Vicious Cycle of Partisanship

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joan E. Dowlin

Some have said that the two party system is what makes us strong. They say it helps create a balance of power with one side keeping tabs on the other...

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Jimmy Carter and the Race Card

Lance Simmens | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lance Simmens

Racism is not the sole explanation for the hateful rhetoric that has been leveled at the President, it may not even be the driving rationalization, but to suggest that it plays little or no role is both wishful thinking and naïve.

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