Ike

Elevating Ike: An Audiobook Review

Tom Alderman | Posted 05.29.2012

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If you're a hardcore Democrat, this audiobook could turn you around about the man.

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I Like Ike

Nigel Hamilton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Empire, Germany, 1952 Election, Normandy, Churchill, Suetonius, Journalism, Dwight Eisenhower, Ike, Richard Nixon, 1776 Exhibition, Field Marshal Montgomery, Denis Hamilton, World War II, Holland, Dunkirk, American Caesars, D Day, Politics News

How those two figures -- Eisenhower and Nixon -- have resurfaced in the news over these past few days!

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"Bomb Power," or How the Atomic Bomb Ended a War, Increased Presidential Power and Eroded the Constitution

Tom Alderman | Posted 05.25.2011

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While the bomb ended World War II, it also started a chain reaction that exploded into America's permanent secret security state -- with emphasis on the word 'permanent.'

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Louisiana's Landrieu Calls for Resignation of FEMA Chief of Staff

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fraud, New Orleans, Rep. Joseph Cao, Hurricanes, Ike, New Orelans, Gustav Louisiana, Katrina, CBS News, Fema, Mary Landrieu, Mardi Gras, Fema Trailers, Politics News

The four-year anniversary of Katrina approaches in August. Life in New Orleans has not returned to pre-storm "normality," despite billions of federal dollars that never seem to reach the ground.

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The Trillion Dollar Wrong Thing

Larry Beinhart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government Bailout, Bush, Bailout, Economy, Economic Crisis, Individual Mortgages, Infrastructure, National Health, Coastlines, Fed Emergency Loans, Alternative Energy, Ike, Katrina, Larry Beinhart, Federal Bank, Business News

The Big Big Bailout, as it is, will be crowning glory of Bushianity. One, gigantic theft of from real Americans to enrich the ruling class. It's a hell of trick.

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Galveston Residents Return Home By The Thousands Amid Ike's Destruction

AP | JUAN A. LOZANO | Posted 05.25.2011

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GALVESTON, Texas — Ten days after Hurricane Ike, this devastated beach town reopened to residents Wednesday with stern warnings about what still...