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Obama's Plan Is About Dreams, Not Dollars

Will Bunch | Posted 03.31.2009 | Politics

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Will Bunch

It's true -- Barack Obama cannot cure cancer. By as president, he has the power to do something else that's almost as amazing: To help America to dream big again.

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Obama's Rhetorical Inspirations: Presidents, Poets, and Hobbits

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics

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Aaron Zelinsky

Here are the ten sources behind the most memorable lines of Obama's address.

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The Search for a Bailout End Game

Don McNay | Posted 03.27.2009 | Business

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Don McNay

Every bailout plan reminds me of an economic re-run of the Iraq war: There is a lot of panic. A hastily written plan sweeps through Congress without scrutiny. The plan is expected to "shock and awe" us.

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Obama Has Called the Nation to Service; He Needs to Call It to Sacrifice

Paul Abrams | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, George Bush, Sacrifice, National Service, George H.W. Bush, Vietnam, Steel Executives, Iraq, Barack Obama, Politics News
Paul Abrams

If 4,000 have sacrificed their lives in Iraq, another 20,000 their limbs and another 100,000+ their mental health, one wonders why asking Wall Streeters to sacrifice part of their wallets would be unpatriotic?

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A New "Green" Economy

Michael DeJong | Posted 03.14.2009 | Business

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Michael DeJong

In an economy quickly going down the toilet faster than a nickel bag government-sanctioned "ganja" could 'pot'-entially create more and literally 'green' jobs and add much needed tax revenues.

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Capital Strike?

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

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Joseph A. Palermo

The day will come when Obama will have no choice but to remind the giant corporations through tough government action that the U.S. is not just another one of their wholly owned subsidiaries.

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Michelle Obama and the Covert Influence of First Ladies

Carl Sferrazza Anthony | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

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Carl Sferrazza Anthony

As memories of Inauguration Day 2009 begin to fade in and the new administration ensues, speculation will only increase about how politically influential Michelle Obama will be as First Lady.

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Utter Contempt: To Solve the "Bonus Crisis" Obama Must Get as Angry as JFK Was at the Steel Executives

Paul Abrams | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

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Paul Abrams

This is an occasion when Obama would do well to insert a figurative apostrophe in his name (O'Bama) and display a bit of JFK's Irish outrage.

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New Rules for a New Era

Michael Hais and Morley Winograd | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

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Michael Hais and Morley Winograd

Unlike candidates in the idealist era that just ended, Obama ran a national campaign and competed in formerly rock-ribbed Republican states. His reward? Victory in nine 2004 red states.

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Barack Obama and the American Dream

Lauri Lyons | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

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Lauri Lyons

The past four decades have been a mixture of social growing pains and progress. Even with that said, most people never believed that a Black man would become the President.

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The Peace Corps Returns

Josh Ruxin | Posted 02.28.2009 | World

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Josh Ruxin

Though the Peace Corps was founded nearly 50 years ago, the program is still extraordinarily vital, and the need for Peace Corps volunteers is greater today than ever before.

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Dr. King's True Legacy: A Lesson for Progressives in the Age of Obama

Kimberle Crenshaw | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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Kimberle Crenshaw

Not only must we re-dedicate ourselves to King's civil rights mission along with the world peace mission, we must see the two as being so utterly linked that one cannot exist without the other.

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Why Did Caroline Kennedy Drop Out?

Diane Ravitch | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

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Diane Ravitch

My hunch is that six weeks of intense media scrutiny was more than Caroline could stomach. People lined up to see her and to touch her. Coverage was always deferential.

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Memories, Parallels of JFK's and BHO's Inauguration

Lea Lane | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

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Lea Lane

Forty-eight years before Barack Obama's inauguration, I was a teenager, sitting in front of a 12-inch Motorola console, watching 43 year-old John F. Kennedy of inaugurated as our 35th President.

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What We Will Remember from Obama's 2009 Inaugural Address

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

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Aaron Zelinsky

Obama's inaugural address was a good speech, but not truly canonical. Nevertheless, the inaugural address contained many passages that will enter into the mystic chords of memory.

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Presidential Security

Jerry Weissman | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

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Jerry Weissman

The Secret Service is doing its job.

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If Ever A Man Was Meant To Lead

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

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Kathleen Reardon

We knew he was bright, impressive even as a work in progress, but now we know Barack Obama is a true genius.

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Five Things Mr. Obama Must Say About Detroit -- and Fast

Steve Parker | Posted 02.18.2009 | Business

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Steve Parker

While GM and Chrysler both remain on life support (and Ford has also been talking with the government about a credit line or loan), the car and truck business around the world is not doing much better than Detroit.

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An Inaugural Invocation For A Man of Goodwill

Dr. Robert Aziz | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics

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Dr. Robert Aziz

Americans elected Barack Obama because they believed that as a man of goodwill, he would have the consciousness and resolve to encounter life as it can only be truly encountered, as a dynamic process.

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An Anti-Kennedy Coalition: Radio Ranters and Intellectuals

Martin Nolan | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

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Martin Nolan

The Empire State is a triumvirate uniting the House of Clinton, the House of Cuomo and the House of Paterson. Would reviving the Kennedy dynasty disturb this delicate ecological balance?

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CIA: Parsing The Panetta Pick

William Bradley | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

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William Bradley

To say Panetta is a Clinton retread is to ignore his actual background. He comes out of a tradition which is almost forgotten today, that of the liberal Republican.

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Have a Hopeful New Year

Craig Crawford | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

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Craig Crawford

Nations throughout history perished or flourished based upon how well they progressed into a new age. As Kennedy did, Obama has the chance to bring about a new spirit for the country.

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America, Abandoned On Its Own Petard?

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics

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Mark Goulston, M.D.

What if, just like us, other countries are content to let America be in the crosshairs of terrorist regimes and turn a jaundiced eye rather than roll their sleeves up and help?

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Caroline Kennedy Would Be an Outstanding Senator for New York

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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Joseph A. Palermo

I've recently heard a lot of punditry questioning Caroline Kennedy's qualifications to fill Hillary Clinton's now empty seat in the United States Sena...

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