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Talking the Talk: An Exercise in Irony From West Point to Oslo

Eugene Jarecki | Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dwight Eisenhower, Obama West Point Speech, Military Industrial Complex, Chris Matthews, Eisenhower Hall, Barack Obama, West Point, Politics News
Eugene Jarecki

If Barack Obama were truly seeking to apply Eisenhower's wisdom, he would need to examine whether his Afghan plan is not the very kind of "spectacular and costly action" against which Eisenhower once warned.

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Want a Scotch That's Been Aging Since Ike Was President? Glenfiddich Has It - But It'll Cost You

Tony Sachs | Posted 12.03.2009 | Style

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Tony Sachs

As with most luxury goods, the super-premium spirits market took a hit from the global recession. Which makes the timing less than ideal for the debut of a new 50-year-old single malt.

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U.S. Honors Stalin on Hallowed Ground, Will Saddam Hussein Be Next?

Alex Storozynski | Posted 11.19.2009 | World

Read More: Dwight Eisenhower, Wwii, Poland, Holocaust, Adolf Hitler, William McIntosh, D-Day, Stalin, World News
Alex Storozynski

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russians began taking down their statues of Josef Stalin. Astonishingly, in America, the National D-Day Memorial is now placing his bust on a pedestal at its museum in Bedford, VA.

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Obama Bows, Conservatives Bitch, Reality Bites

Jackson Williams | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

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Jackson Williams

President Obama bowed this week when greeting Japanese Emperor Akihito, and the conservative media and blogosphere went positively apoplectic.

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What Obama Is Up Against

Russ Baker | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

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Russ Baker

We Americans harbor a quaint belief that a new president takes charge of a government that eagerly awaits his next command. But that's not how things work at the top, especially where "national security" is concerned.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower vs. Andrew J. Hall

Les Leopold | Posted 10.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Andrew J. Hall, Financial Crisis, Dwight Eisenhower, Wall Street, Bailout, Wealth, Citigroup Bailout, Economic Crisis, Business News
Les Leopold

The way in which oil speculator Andrew J. Hall is going to get his $100 million demonstrates clearly why we need to return to the 91 percent top bracket income taxes of the Eisenhower years.

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In the Know: Scandalous Political Affairs

Karin Tanabe | Posted 11.10.2009 | Style

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Karin Tanabe

Many Washingtonians are au courant with their employers' bedroom lambadas, but it's an ethical dilemma to be the confidant in a headline-worthy affair.

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Max Blumenthal: President Ike's Other Message

New York Times | MAX BLUMENTHAL | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

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IN this summer of town hall disruptions and birth-certificate controversies, a summer when it seemed as if the Republican Party had been captured by i...

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Love, Politics and The Media

Barbara Probst Solomon | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton Monica Lewinsky, Mark Sanford, Monica Lewinsky, Michelle Pfeiffer, Bill Clinton Infidelity, President Kennedy Affair, Martin Scorcese, Franklin Roosevelt, Edith Wharton, Infidelity, Infidelity Women, Dwight Eisenhower, The Age of Innocence, Bill Clinton Affair, C Street, Mark Sanford Affair, Chris Mathews, Bill Maher, Politics News
Barbara Probst Solomon

Though we have elevated women to prime political positions, the media has cast female politicians in an odd, almost asexual maternal role. They're not allowed to wander off the territory.

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Obama On Track To Break Records With Congressional Support

Congressional Quarterly | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

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As his presidency approaches the half-year mark, Barack Obama is on pace to be the most successful Oval Office occupant in more than half a century wh...

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Gloating Over Obama's Honeymoon End

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dwight Eisenhower, Presidential Honeymoon, Gerald Ford, Bill Clinton, President Obama, Jimmy Carter, John Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Just as President Obama's second quarter nears its end, the predictable happened: the gloat over his reported light dip in popularity has begun with a vengeance.

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CNN's Navarrette Gets Iran Wrong

Sanjeev Bery | Posted 07.23.2009 | Media

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Sanjeev Bery

While tempting, the calls to get tougher with the Iranian government fail to consider the legacy of 25 years of U.S. intervention against Iranian democracy.

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"No Sense of Decency" Welch v. McCarthy: A Smear Undone

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Communism, Joseph Welch, George Clooney, Dwight Eisenhower, Joseph McCarthy, Edward R. Murrow, Politics News
Kenneth C. Davis

The dramatic moment marked a turning point in the so-called McCarthy Era. It came during one of the first nationally televised Senate hearings, known as the Army-McCarthy hearings.

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The Rush and Cheney Show Accelerates Military Desertion of the GOP

Jon Soltz | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

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Jon Soltz

For decades, the conventional wisdom was that the Republican Party was the party of the military. However, as Republicans have abandoned ideals that make our military strong, big names now support Democrats.

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Three Cheers for Robert E Rubin

Norman Horowitz | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rhodes College Seidman Award in Economics., Robert E. Rubin, Dwight Eisenhower, Wall Street, Economics, Citigroup, Secretary of Treasury, Politics News
Norman Horowitz

As an Electrical Engineer who has functioned in the business of Television for almost 50 years, it surprises most people that I have been fascinated b...

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The American Way of War

The Real News | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

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The Real News

The American Way of War is Eugene Jarecki's latest book. Jarecki is an award-winning dramatic and documentary filmmaker whose previous film Why We Fig...

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New York's Department of Veterans' Affairs: Where's the Outrage?

Luis Montalvan and Aaron Glantz | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

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Luis Montalvan and Aaron Glantz

Internal audits at the VA regional headquarters has revealed over half of all disability claims processed through the New York office had been illegally tampered with.

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President Obama: Set Cuba Free

Eric Margolis | Posted 02.21.2009 | World

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Eric Margolis

Releasing Cuba from 50 years of prison could be one of President Barack Obama's most sensible, easiest, and most applauded early acts.

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Will Obama's Presidency End the Progressive Movement?

Rupert Russell | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

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Rupert Russell

Progressive billionaires, bloggers and grassroots activists mobilized less against a conservative president than a complicit mainstream media and a Bush-enabling Democratic establishment.

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Obama's Military Blind Spot?

Steve Clemons | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Military Power, Dwight Eisenhower, Robert Gates, Richard Nixon, Edmund Burke, Mike Mullen, Nixon Center, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Obama would be wise to read up on Eisenhower, on Nixon, on Edmund Burke and others -- and realize that military answers to problems are leading the US to greater calamity, global irrelevance, and impotence.

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Time for Tax Hikes

Larry Beinhart | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Eisenhower, Debt, Pelosi, Truman, National Debt, Dwight Eisenhower, Economics, Taxes, Obama, Roosevelt, Politics News
Larry Beinhart

Unless we rebuild the economy it will not generate enough money to create the revenue stream to pay our debts. Why are we so resistant to raising taxes?

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Trouble Buying That Illinois Senate Seat? (A Cheaper Alternative for Holiday Gift-Giving)

David Quigg | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

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David Quigg

I cannot be bought. Not for less than 20 bucks. So there's no need to worry that my judgment has been tainted by the fact that a publisher sent me a ...

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Obama and "The Chicago Way"

Martin Nolan | Posted 01.08.2009 | Chicago

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Martin Nolan

How does Barack Obama fit into political Chicago? I found out at another convention, Boston's in 2004.

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'Yes We Can' Create a Sane Food Policy in the U.S.

Bruce Friedrich | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Charlie Stenholm, Whole Foods, Time Magazine, Pew Foundation, Center for Public Integrity, John Carlin, Pew Commission, Larry Summers, Joe Klein, Barack Obama, Clinton Administration, Farm Bill, Michael Pollan, John Salazar, Colin Peterson, Union of Concerned Scientists, Dwight Eisenhower, Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture, John Podesta, Rosa DeLauro, Obama Transition, National Economic Council, Eric Schlosser, Bill Moyers, Politics News
Bruce Friedrich

In January, we will have a president who understands and cares about the broader implications of our food policy. This will be an impressive first.

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The Republican Presidential Recession Record

Jeff Madrick | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Dwight Eisenhower, George H.W. Bush, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Lyndon Johnson, Recession, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Politics News
Jeff Madrick

Eisenhower: 2 recessions; Nixon and Ford: 2 recessions; Reagan: 1 recession; George H.W. Bush: 1 recession; George W. Bush: 2 recessions; Democrats: 1 recession. Eight to one, you decide.

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