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"Socialized" Medicine: Next Front in the Right's -isms Arms Race

Karl Frisch | Posted 05.03.2009 | Media

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Msnbc, Ronald Reagan, Cnbc, Harry Truman, Mccarthyism, Fox Business Network, Socialized Medicine, Communism, Maoism, CNN Headline News, Sean Hannity, Joseph McCarthy, Marxism, Cnn, Fox News, Michael Savage, Fdr, Lyndon Johnson, Socialism, Health Care, Bill O'Reilly, Stalinism, Leninism, Media News
Karl Frisch

For more than 75 years, conservatives have smeared progressive attempts to reform our faltering health-care system as "socialized medicine."

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Shame, Shame On Them!

Norman Horowitz | Posted 04.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, National Republican Congressional Committee, George W. Bush, Harry Truman, Fdr, Politics News
Norman Horowitz

It is, in a manner of speaking, silly to compare what happens at a Motion Picture and Television Studio to what happens when there is an election and ...

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The Future of Bush's Past

Stuart Blumin | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Herbert Hoover, Healthcare System, Karl Rove, Carbon Emissions, Harry Truman, George W. Bush, Environmentalism, Passing the Buck, Justice Department, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, History, Environmental Protection Agency, Environment and Government, Marshall Plan, Middle East, Nato, Environment, Department of Justice, Health Care System, Health Care, Politics News
Stuart Blumin

History will identify the Bush-Cheney administration as the last holdout of the Age of Carbon, using its crucial eight years to block every effort to end the reign of fossil fuels.

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George W. Is No Martyr

Thomas Frank | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Conservatives, Harry Truman, Government Waste, Bush Legacy, Corporate Power, Presidential Campaign, Politics News
Thomas Frank

Let me be blunt. Let me be blunt like Harry Truman was blunt: Comparisons between Truman and Bush are nonsense.

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You're No Harry Truman

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Bush, Barack Obama, History, Bush Administration, Bush Legacy, Afghanistan, War in Iraq, Economic Crisis, Harry Truman, Politics News
Joe Peyronnin

President Bush apparently wants to be compared to President Harry Truman, who was also very unpopular when he left office. But Mr. Bush, you are no Harry Truman.

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A Marshall Plan for Education to Restore America's Prestige in the World

Stephen Shames | Posted 01.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Educational Opportunities, Education, Marshall Plan, Harry Truman, Africa, Education Reform, Schools, Teaching, Politics News
Stephen Shames

The financial crisis has taught us that in today's global economy, America's fortunes are inseparable from Main Streets of other countries. Today's flat world will rise or fall as one.

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Ghosts of Transitions Past

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 12.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, War in Vietnam, Richard Nixon, Harry Truman, Jimmy Carter, Obama Transition, Lyndon Johnson, Barack Obama, Carl Brauer, Presidential Transitions, Politics News
John Tepper Marlin

President-elect Obama appointed old hands to his top economic posts, explaining Wednesday that "the vision for change" comes from him. That's a way to deal with a central problem of transitions.

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Obama to the World: Yes We Can

Charles J. Brown | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Obama Election Day, Dean Acheson, President Obama, George W. Bush, Harry Truman, Barack Obama, Obama Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy, George Marshall, Politics News
Charles J. Brown

Obama has the opportunity to remake the way the United States pursues its interests in the world, and to restructure the institutions that make it happen. Obama to the world: yes we can.

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The Untold History of "Dewey Defeats Truman"

Craig Silverman | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Polls, Pollsters, History, Politics, Harry Truman, Election Results, Thomas Dewey, Press, Media News
Craig Silverman

Calling it too early is nothing new. In the 1876 race between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden, many papers mistakenly gave the victory to Tilden.

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Don't Do It, Rahm!

William Klein | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Great Mentioner, Robert Caro, Sarah Lawrence College, Rahm Emanuel, Russell Baker, 2008 Presidential Race, Harry Truman, Tom Daschle, Lyndon Johnson, Sam Rayburn, 2008 Election, Crumhorn, Barack Obama, Socialists, Politics News
William Klein

Even if helping Obama means more to Rahm Emanuel than his personal political career, he can do more for Barack by staying in the House.

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Out on the Campaign Trail with the McMuppets

Andy Ostroy | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Joe the Plumber, John McCain, Nancy Pelosi, Bill Clinton, Harry Truman, Harry Reid, Rfk, Joe Biden, Jfk, Richared Nixon, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Fdr, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

These days, its hard to tell the difference between Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign and Sesame Street. The award winning children's educatio...

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Jimmy Carter Should Receive the Truman Legacy Award for His Energy Positions

Byron Williams | Posted 11.16.2008 | Green

Read More: Green, Jimmy Carter, Harry Truman, Revisionist History, George Bush, Environment, Environmentalism, Green Energy, Green News
Byron Williams

America eschewed Carter's clarion call for conservation, opting instead to see itself as a shining city on a hill that required no change in its energy consumption.

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Turning Disaster Into Opportunity

Gary Hart | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Global Economy, Economy, Harry Truman, Financial Crisis, 2008 Election, Republicans, Foreign Policy, Wall Stree Crisis, Politics News
Gary Hart

The Wall Street disaster is a metaphor for excess and greed, but also for a time gone by. The world of the new century requires not just a new Democratic administration, but one that is prepared to transform our nation.

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Sarah Palin--The Next "Great McGinty"?

Roger Smith | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Preston Sturges, Election '08, Sarah Palin, Chauncey Gardiner, Harry Truman, American Idol, Politics News
Roger Smith

Sarah Palin--The Next "Great McGinty"? By Roger Smith Like most of America, I awoke this morning to read/hear the usual voices of the commentariat...

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McCain's Maverick Left Eye and a History of Presidential Infirmity

Peter J Burns | Posted 11.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Health Concerns, Depression, Sickness, John McCain, Ronald Reagan, Woodrow Wilson, George Bush, Obesity, Fdr, Harry Truman, George Washington, John Kennedy, Calivn Coolidge, Sarah Palin, John Adams, Health Records, Roosevelt, Home News
Peter J Burns

William H. Taft suffered from a condition probably most relevant to modern Americans - hyper-obesity. He weighed in at over 400 lbs. This condition caused hypersomnolence - he'd fall asleep mid-conversation, sometimes with foreign heads of state.

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On 9/10 Obama Found His Theme: Now Stay On It and Stay Angry

Paul Abrams | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Karl Rove, John McCain, Healthcare, Education, Barack Obama, Election Campaign, Harry Truman, Politics News
Paul Abrams

Over-and-over-and-over until he gets bored hearing himself say it, and then he needs to continue. And, when the McCain campaign changes its tune, he still keeps it up.

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John McCain Channels Reagan: Both the Good and the Troubling

Steve Clemons | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Dwight Eisenhower, Teddy Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, Billl Kristol, John Kerry, Joseph Lieberman, Harry Truman, Lindsey Graham, Republican National Convention, Barack Obama, Robert Kagan, Randy Scheunemann, Fred Kagan, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Tonight, McCain gave us a big dose of Reagan's national greatness flourish in a dignified, genteel and pleasant manner. His speaking style was reminiscent of Reagan -- without the memorable lines.

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A Historical Perspective On Divided Democratic Conventions

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Don't buy into the media narrative that this is some sort of "divided party" -- because today's Democrats aren't. All true Democrats are pulling hard to defeat the legacy of George W. Bush.

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Popular Vote v. Electoral College (Why The Media Badly Needs A History Lesson)

Mark Nickolas | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Polls, John McCain, National Polls, Harry Truman, Michael Dukakis, Obama Popular Vote, Media Coverage, Polling Data, Media, Electoral Map, Barack Obama, National Popular Vote, Polling, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Electoral College, President Bush, Media Bias, Popular Vote, Politics News
Mark Nickolas

It's painful to watch these fools -- they don't know how a five-point popular vote victory almost always translates when it comes to the only metric that matters -- the Electoral College. (Hint: landslide).

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Sixty Years After Desegregation, Ending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Being gay should be no more of a barrier to serving the United States military than being black now is. My guess is that sixty years from now, people will wonder what took us so long.

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Irony in the House Dead? Not Yet

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, Elaine Donnelly, Phyllis Schlafly, Dana Milbank, Colin Powell, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Truman, Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gays in the Military, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

The very same arguments that were made in 1948 against mingling the races in the military were made Wednesday against mixing homosexuals and heterosexuals the way they mix in the real world.

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Real Homeland Security

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Civil Liberties, Mukasey Civil Liberties, Civil Liberties Advisor, Homeland Security, Harry Truman, Woodrow Wilson, Patriot Act Civil Liberties, Ramsey Clark, Fdr, Habeas Corpus, Politics News
Geoffrey R. Stone

The next president should create a brand new position, which should become a permanent part of the Executive Branch in the future: a Civil Liberties Advisor.

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The Speech Obama Needs to Give

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 06.11.2008 | Home

Read More: Bill Clinton, Lbj, Hillary Clinton, Jfk, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Harry Truman, Fdr, Home News
Leonce Gaiter

"Hillary Clinton is an exemplary Senator, a furious campaigner, and a great American. She has been a vital part of this moment in history, this moment when we showed the world what the 'land of opportunity' can mean."

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Margaret Truman Dies at Age 83

AP | MARGARET STAFFORD | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Margaret Truman, Harry Truman, Truman's Daughter, Truman's Daughter Dies, Truman's Daughter Dead, Margaret Truman Dead, Politics News

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Margaret Truman, the only child of former President Harry S. Truman and a concert singer, actress, radio and TV personality, ...

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