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The Vicious Cycle of Partisanship

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

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Joan E. Dowlin

Some have said that the two party system is what makes us strong. They say it helps create a balance of power with one side keeping tabs on the other...

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Colin Powell Endorses Bloomberg. Honest!

Jarrett Murphy | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York

Read More: Iraq War, Campaign 2009, Colin Powell, Vietnam, Media Mergers, Mike Bloomberg, Obama, Mayoral Race, Iran Contra, Bill Thompson, New York City, New York News
Jarrett Murphy

The mayor has praised Colin Powell as a man of ability, integrity and independence. It's been said before, and it will be said again, regardless of what Powell's record actually suggests.

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Honduras... The Big Backstory

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 08.20.2009 | World

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Eric Ehrmann

The White House denounced the action in Honduras as "illegal." But that call requires Washington to cut off all but humanitarian aid and could jeopardize the big Soto Cano base outside Tegucigalpa.

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Post-Election Iran: What America Must Do Now

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 07.15.2009 | World

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Shirin Sadeghi

The Iranian Republic requires American antagonism to uphold its regional influence and its stranglehold on the Iranian people - the United States should deprive it of this gift.

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My Friend Ian Browde's Right Brain Reflections

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

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Yvonne R. Davis

With the election of Barack Obama as U.S. president, the world has entered a new economic context, "social or community capitalism," which will become our paradigm by 2015 - 2020.

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Politics as Bloodsport: A Conversation with Stefan Forbes, Director of Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

Brad Listi | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home

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Brad Listi

Atwater's playbook is still winning Presidential races from his grave. He's the patron saint of political operatives and spinmeisters everywhere, and a hero to Republicans for his unrepentant vision of politics as war.

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Executive Accountability: A Constitutional Amendment for the Next Congress

Paul Abrams | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iran-Contra, Constitution, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Amendment, Pardon Power, Executive Privilege, Scooter Libby, Caspar Weinberger, Presidential Pardons, Bush Pardons, Politics News
Paul Abrams

Excluding from the pardon power persons who have worked for the administration will prevent the president from covering up illegal acts -- making it less likely that officials will carry out illegal acts in the first place.

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