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Adam Lambert: A Fine Example Of The Sexual Double Standard

Dr. Logan Levkoff | Posted 11.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Television, Logan Levkoff, Sexual Double Standard, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Adam Lambert, Madonna, Music, Feminism, Double Standard, Entertainment News
Dr. Logan Levkoff

What is it about Adam Lambert that infuriates and scares people? Is it that he is both masculine and feminine enough to be considered sexually attractive to many of us, regardless of how we identify?

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Double Standard for the Times; But Then Why Not? Bloomberg Owns This Town

Leonie Haimson | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Times, Mayoral Control, Monopoly of Power, New York Magazine, Michael Bloomberg, Double Standard, New York Pension System, Randi Weingarten, Bill Thompson, Panel for Educational Policy, New York News
Leonie Haimson

In the mind of the Times, accountability for billions of dollars in tax funds for public education meant that one man alone, namely Bloomberg, should continue to have total control.

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Hell Hath No Fury Like Hillary Clinton

Natalie Holder-Winfield | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Politics, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Business, Double Standard, Gender, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Natalie Holder-Winfield

Yesterday, I cheered when I read the transcript of Sec. Hillary Clinton's response when a student asked about Bill Clinton's thoughts on foreign policy, but I could see the double standard coming.

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Arthur Delaney

Geithner: No Double Standard For Banks

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aig, Timothy Geithner, Richard Wagoner, Elizabeth Warren, Double Standard, Politics News

In an exclusive interview with ABC News anchor Charles Gibson, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said the administration holds bailout beneficiaries...

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The Double-Standardization Of Double Standards

Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Uaw, GM Bailout, Chrysler, GM Bankruptcy, GM Chrysler Deal, Rick Wagoner, United Auto Workers, Economy, Bank of America, Aig, Chrysler Bailout, Ford, Barack Obama, Wall Street Crisis, General Motors, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, Ron Gettelfinger, Timothy Geithner, Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy, Hummer, Citigroup, Double Standard, Politics News
Stuart Whatley

Surely there is nothing new about double standards in business and finance, especially in the current crisis. In fact, there may even be a rising double standard for what constitutes a double standard.

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Hard Line On Auto Aid Puts Bailed-Out Firms On Notice

Washington Post | Tomoeh Murakami Tse | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wall Street CEOs, Economy, Financial Crisis, Wagoner Resignation, Double Standard, Politics News

NEW YORK, March 30 -- After ousting General Motors' chief executive, President Obama warned Monday that bankruptcy may be unavoidable for two American...

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A Race Full of Ironies

Tony Campolo | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sarah Palin, Hypocrisy, Irony, 2008 Election, Sarah Palin Reaction, Double Standard, Politics News
Tony Campolo

There are all kinds of ironies in this election, especially concerning Sarah Palin's nomination as the vice presidential candidate for the Republican Party.

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More Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Please

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Vice President, Lies, Experience, Jane Swift, Face the Nation, Joe Biden 2008, Drugs, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Mccain, Obama, Campaign, President, Sarah Palin, Bush, Bush Doctrine, Lilly Ledbetter, Domestic Policy, 2008 Campaign, Equal Pay for Women, Ireland, Bob Schieffer, Cliffs Notes, Napolitano, Surrogate, Trial Lawyers, Women, Alaska, John McCain, Wasserman Schultz, Campaign Ad, Transcript, Bridge to Nowhere, Equal Pay, 2008 Elections, 08, Lie, 2008 Election, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Barack Obama, Biden, Election, Foreign Policy, Double Standard, 08 Election, Lobbyist, Iraq Kuwait, Elections, Oil Sex Scandal, 08 Campaign, Janet Napolitano, Sex, Palin, Barack, Honor, 2008 Presidential Race, Oil, Hillary Clinton, Truth, Bridge to Sell You, Schultz, Ledbetter, Schieffer, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Her performance was so strong and so well focused that it would be foolish not to immediately send her out on the campaign trail and/or to as many television interviews as she can squeeze into her schedule.

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What If Bristol Palin Were Black?

Cenk Uygur | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Conservatives, Sarah Palin, Hypocrisy, James Dobson, Child Out of Wedlock, Discrimination, Christian-Right, Teenage Pregnancy, Bristol Palin, Double-Standard, Race Relations, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

Do you think the Republicans would lay off of Obama if his 17 year-old daughter had gotten pregnant out of wedlock? You know the answer to that question. Everyone does.

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Georgia-Russia Conflict: Moscow Challenges America's Global and Regional Authority

Omid Memarian | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Double Standard, Democracy, Zimbabwe, United Nations, Iraq, China, Russia Georgia War, Seymour Hersh, France, The United States, Iran, Latine America. Foriegn Policy, Georgia, Russia, Israel, Khalilzad, Churkin, Politics News
Omid Memarian

One of the lessons the U.S. could learn from the conflict is that America is no longer the most effective nation when it comes to interfering, influencing and finally resolving conflicts among nations.

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If Wright Were White

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 05.08.2008 | Home

Read More: Wright Obama, Obama Angry, Obama Black Church, Obama Black, Black Voters, Reverend Wright Angry, Reverend Wright, Obama Church, Jeremiah Wright, Double Standard, Obama Race, Race Preacher, Home News
Leonce Gaiter

In this election cycle, there was always going to be a Jeremiah Wright. In America, there are different standards. Black people are more quickly judged intemperate and arrogant and angry.

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