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Sam Tanenhaus, The Death of Conservatism (Review)

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 10.06.2009 | Books

Read More: The Death of Conservatism, Sam Tanhenhaus, Civil Rights Movement, Joe Mccarthy, Ronald Reagan, Edmund Burke, Willam F. Buckley Jr., Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Sarah Palin, Communism, Martin Luther King, John Birchers, Tom Brokaw, Vietnam War, Benjamin Disraeli, New York Times, African Amercans, Rick Perry, Barry Goldwater, Newt Gingrich, Soviet Union, Books News
Joseph A. Palermo

Although a masterful writer, Tanenhaus gives his readers disembodied voices plucked from historical context, where the nexus of thought and action, theory and praxis, is either broken or simply ignored.

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State Applies For $98 Million In Stimulus Funds For Moynihan

The New York Observer | Eliot Brown | Posted 11.18.2009 | New York

Read More: Tiger, Moynihan Station, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, David Paterson, Penn Station, New York News

It's official: The Paterson administration has passed Washington, D.C., the collection plate for Moynihan Station. Earlier this week, the state submit...

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Kennedy's Quick Win for Social Security

Dean Baker | Posted 09.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Social Security, Ted Kennedy, Alan Greenspan, Economics, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Consumer Price Index, Business News
Dean Baker

Someone who had been receiving Social Security in 1996 would be getting about 13 percent less in their monthly check today. Senator Kennedy protected the financial security of millions.

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Guys Who Wear Bow Ties: Love It Or Lose It? (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 07.13.2009 | Style

Read More: Winston Churchill, Slidepoll, Men's Fashion, Louis Farrakhan, Ties, Chuck Bass, Anthony Williams, George F. Will, Pee Wee Herman, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Tucker Carlson, Harry S. Truman, Karl Lagerfeld, Manolo Blahnik, Slideshow, Fonzworth Bentley, Fashion, Gossip Girl, John Paul Stevens, Groucho Marx, Bow Ties, Style News

Two weeks ago when we asked "Who's the best-dressed Supreme Court Justice?", your answer was Justice Sandra Day O'Connor for her signature lace jabot....

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Defining Extravagance Up

Jamie Malanowski | Posted 04.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Worldcom, Aig, Tyco, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Bonuses, Enron, Economy, Aig Bonuses, Bank Bonuses, Recession, Federal Bailouts, Bailout Bandits, Financial Crisis, Aig Federal Bailouts, Wall Street Bonuses, AIG Scandal, Politics News
Jamie Malanowski

It's admirable that our leaders now want to be frugal with our money but let's remember what the taxpayers themselves have been buying with money not rendered unto Uncle Sam.

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An Anti-Kennedy Coalition: Radio Ranters and Intellectuals

Martin Nolan | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Ellen Alderman, Otis Pike, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Joseph P. Kennedy, Hempstead, Greenwich Village, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Ted Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, Harvard, Eugene McCarthy, Ronald Reagan. Adlai StevensonRobert Kennedy, Ed McCormack, James Buckley, Kenneth Keating Sam Stratton, Alfonse D'Amato, Caroline Kennedy Senate Seat, Caroline Kennedy Senate, David Paterson Caroline Kennedy, David Paterson, Roosevelts, Adamses, U.S. Senate, Hillary Clinton Senate Seat, Politics News
Martin Nolan

The Empire State is a triumvirate uniting the House of Clinton, the House of Cuomo and the House of Paterson. Would reviving the Kennedy dynasty disturb this delicate ecological balance?

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Me, Too! I Want To Be A Senator From New York

Diane Tucker | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Deborah Solomon, New York Senate Seat, New York Times, Prince Charles, Diane Tucker, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Caroline Kennedy, Politics News
Diane Tucker

Lots of New Yorkers are throwing their hats into the ring, but everyone's talking about Kennedy. Did you read her interview in the New York Times on Sunday?

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What the CIA Doesn't Need You to Know

Keith Thomson | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Zbigniew Brzezinski, Central Intelligence Agency, Ryszard Kuklinski, Michael Hayden, Cia, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Espionage, David Ignatius, Journalism, Soviet Union, Politics News
Keith Thomson

CIA Director Michael Hayden is taking significant steps to soften critics of the CIA's overclassification and other obfuscations -- and perhaps even to rekindle America's confidence in the Agency.

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Moynihan Endorses Caroline

Lawrence O'Donnell | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Caroline Kennedy Senate Seat, U.S. Senate, Caroline Kennedy Senate, David Paterson Caroline Kennedy, David Paterson, Hillary Clinton Senate Seat, New York Senate Seat, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Pat Moynihan, Bobby Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, Caroline Kennedy, Liz Moynihan Endorses Obama, Moynihan Endorses Obama, Politics News
Lawrence O'Donnell

No one in New York politics knows more about the state than Liz Moynihan. And no one else can tell us what Pat Moynihan would think about who should be the next person to take his old seat in the Senate.

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Is This The End Of The "Tough Guy" President?

Ron Mwangaguhunga | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Toughness, John McCain, Presidency, Tough Guy Politics, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Unilateral Politics, Tough Guy President, David Brooks, George W. Bush, Multilateral, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Ronald Reagn, Barack Obama, Dubya, Politics News
Ron Mwangaguhunga

The testosterone party is over. And not a moment too soon. America is looking for another type of President, a multilateralist -- flexible, able to admit his or her error, self-examined, and intellectual.

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How Tim Russert Got His Start

Martin Nolan | Posted 06.24.2008 | Media

Read More: Josh Brolin, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Hugh Carey, NBC News, Tim Russert, Mario Cuomo, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Woodrow Wilson, Chris Matthews, Patrick Buchanan, Ted Kennedy, Barack Obama, Hubert Humphrey, Dick Cheney, Buffalo, Maureen Orth, Boston College, The West Wing, Lawrence O'Donnell, George Stephanopoulos, William S. WhiteWilliam Safire, Adali Stevens Joseph Kraft, David Brinley, Walter Lippmann, Jimmy Carter, Al Smith, Lyndon Johnson, Larry Grossman, Clayton Fritchey, David Burke, Media News
Martin Nolan

For more than 30 years, my friendship with Tim was rooted in a shared Irish heritage and similar education, with minimal emphasis on self-expression and more on what Tom Brokaw calls "accountability."

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