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The Days of Energy Malaise Are Over

Bob Dinneen | Posted 08.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Cellulosic Ethanol, Energy Independence, Biofuels, Oil Imports, Malaise, Oil, Jimmy Carter, Petroleum, Ethanol, Green News
Bob Dinneen

So when are we going to wake up to the fact that our dependence on imported oil is worse than in the days of Carter's "malaise"? And what are we going to do about it?

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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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Iran and the C.I.A

Tom Gabbay | Posted 08.02.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Iran, Ayatollah, Islamic Republic of Iran, Cia, President Obama, US-Iran Relations, Jimmy Carter, Tehran, Iran, Supreme Leader, Operation Ajax, Ayatollah Khomeini, Wolf Blitzer, World News
Tom Gabbay

This revolution, if that's what it is, can only come from the Iranian people. The US must remain on the sidelines; a spectator to what could be a game changer in the Middle East and beyond.

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Free Linux Software Bridges Brazil's Digital Divide

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 07.30.2009 | World

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Eric Ehrmann

Fifty million Brazilian students will have Christmas in July when software Santa slips down the chimney to give them a free ticket on the information highway.

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Iran and the Syrian Gambit

Howard Schweber | Posted 07.27.2009 | World

Read More: Syria, Iran, Bombings, Sunnis, Golan Heights, Jimmy Carter, Obama, Iraq, Afghanistan, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran Nuclear Program, Shiites, World News
Howard Schweber

For this week in regards to Iran Obama and his State Department get an A. Maybe even an A+, but the week is not over yet.

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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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Bush Gets His Bounce

Mark Kaminsky | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Ex-Presidents, George H.W. Bush, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Politics News
Mark Kaminsky

Americans and their media treat ex-presidents like kids treat difficult parents once they either die or stop parenting and start doing something useful, like helping them to pay off a mortgage.

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Israel's Ban On Crayons

Sanjeev Bery | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Jimmy Carter, Benjamin Netanyahu, Gaza, Hamas, World News
Sanjeev Bery

This blockade is so extensive that the Israeli government even treats paper and crayons as "security hazards."

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President Carter and Citizen Activists Witness Deliberate Destruction in Gaza [Video]

Ann Wright | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

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Ann Wright

It is high time for the Obama administration to send US government officials to Gaza to figure out the mechanisms for getting the $300 million the US has allocated for reconstruction in Gaza to the people of Gaza.

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Jimmy Carter's Mideast Tour A Potential Headache For The Obama Administration

The Cable | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

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When Fox News reported today based on unnamed sources in Gaza that former President Jimmy Carter plans to urge President Barack Obama to take the Pale...

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Jimmy Carter: Gazans 'Treated Like Animals'

Reuters | Posted 07.17.2009 | World

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GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are being "treated more like animals than human beings," former U.S. president Jimmy Carter said on Tu...

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World In Photos: June 16, 2009

Huffington Post | Posted 07.17.2009 | World

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Here is the HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. Check back Monday through Friday for this HuffPo...

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Netanyahu Speech Created New Obstacles: Jimmy Carter

Haaretz | Posted 07.16.2009 | World

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A speech in which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared support for limited Palestinian statehood created new obstacles to peace, former United S...

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Carter: Hamas Critical To Mideast Peace

AP | ALBERT AJI | Posted 07.12.2009 | World

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DAMASCUS, Syria — Former President Jimmy Carter Thursday reiterated that there can be no peace between Israel and the Palestinians without invol...

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Hamas: Jimmy Carter Has Our Ear

DPA | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

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The Palestinian movement Hamas said it will "listen" to former US president Jimmy Carter and "learn about his efforts to deal with the Palestinian sit...

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Who's Happy And Why?

Ken Dychtwald Ph.D. | Posted 07.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Edith Wharton, Jimmy Carter, Martin Seligman, With Purpose, Ken Dychtwald, Happiness, Age Wave, Table, Living News
Ken Dychtwald Ph.D.

We're caught up in the myth that by achieving and going up the ladder and having more stuff we'll feel full inside. Yet it isn't so.

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Jimmy Carter Disagrees With Obama Decision To Block Detainee Photos

The Huffington Post | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics

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In an interview with CNN's Campbell Brown, former president Jimmy Carter said he disagreed with President Obama's decision to oppose the release of ph...

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Castro, Carter, Clinton -- Not in My Backyard

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 06.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Pirates, Marielitos, Fidel Castro, Cuba, Media News
Reese Schonfeld

Just like the folks in Arkansas, you don't want a bunch of terrorists in your neighborhood, and no Senator wants to lose his job because he didn't vote against putting them there.

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In Choosing Souter's Replacement, Obama Should Follow the Lead of... George W. Bush?

Mitchell Bard | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

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Mitchell Bard

If George W. Bush was able to influence the Court for the next 20 years, Obama certainly should do the same.

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Remember Mama?

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

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Elizabeth Gregory

The stress and struggles women workers and their families undergo while trying to do their jobs are not only a national disgrace -- they're completely unnecessary.

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The First 100 Days and Guns

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

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Josh Sugarmann

The recent incidents of gun violence are just discrete examples of the estimated 84 Americans who die on average each day in our nation from guns. Yet in the White House, the response remains muted.

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The First 100 Days: A Whole That Is Greater Than Its Parts

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

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Lincoln Mitchell

When Obama became president, the country was reeling economically, directionless in foreign policy, losing credibility abroad and suffering a crisis of confidence at home. He has begun to turn all of this around.

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First 100 Days Retrospective: Ford, Carter, Reagan

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

What is striking is how often the media gets it wrong when measuring up new presidents. Journalists should approach judging a president's first 100 days with some humility.

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Wall of Fear

Robert Koehler | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

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Robert Koehler

Right now Obama is straddling the future and the past, and it's up to us -- a passionate and vocal citizenry -- to pull him to the future.

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Obama: Beyond Savior or Trickster

Norman Solomon | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

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Norman Solomon

When Obama takes a progressive step, it has been made possible by progressive activism. When Obama takes an anti-progressive step, it has been facilitated by progressives muting their criticism.

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