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GOP to Protest Mom and Apple Pie

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Neoconservatives, Nobel Peace Prize, Volunteering, Thousand Points of Light, John Kennedy, Volunteerism, Peace Corps, Republicans, Politics News
Robert J. Elisberg

Conservatives are topping even themselves, as they actually complain about the President calling for Americans to volunteer. If this keeps up, they are going to put The Onion out of business.

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Getting the Vietnam Analogy Right in Afghanistan

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 10.21.2009 | World

Read More: Nazi Germany, President Obama, Lebanon, Iran, Hitler, China, History, Muslim, Saudi Arabia, Nato, Vietnam War, John Kennedy, Chechnya, Munich, Analogies, Czechoslovakia, Syria, Xinjiang, West Germany, South Vietnam, Hamas, Soviet Union, Hizbollah, Afghanistan War, Al Quaeda, Kashmir, Shiites, Iraq War, Communism, North VIetnam, Taliban, India, Lyndon Johnson, Cuba, Ospolitik, Detente, World News
Leon T. Hadar

The ghosts of the Vietnam War seem to be hanging around the White House Situation Room as President Obama and his national security aides debate a new strategy for the war in Afghanistan.

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Schoolyard Bullies

Chez Pazienza | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Right Wing, Media, Obama-Address-to-Students, 2008 Election, John Kennedy, Politics News
Chez Pazienza

That's really what it's all about -- Barack Obama's political enemies don't actually accept him as president. They consider his presidency some kind of sham, regardless of the overwhelming majority he won.

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Playing Shortstop for the Boston "Ted" Sox

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 09.26.2009 | World

Read More: John Kennedy, Kennedy Brothers, Refugees, Ted Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, United Nations, Red Sox, India, Bangladesh, World News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Tonight Kennedy will be quietly remembered and honored in thousands of tents, huts and homes of refugees around the world who owe their lives and the lives of their children to his generous devotion to their safety and security.

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Who Killed JFK's Dream?

Stephen Gyllenhaal | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: JJ Abrams, Bmw, Dreams, Asassination, Space Program, Nasa, John Kennedy, Global Warming, Star Trek, Jkf, Politics News
Stephen Gyllenhaal

I can go to any movie theater and see America deeply involved in a space program, but the real space program is nearly dead on the vine.

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HBO Documentary Shows Ted Kennedy's Controversial Career in Soft Focus

Liza Weisberg | Posted 08.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Kunhardt, Chappaquiddick, John Kennedy, HBO Documentaries, Jackie Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, Entertainment News
Liza Weisberg

A tender, nostalgic profile of the Camelot clan through the eyes of its youngest member, the documentary plays eerily like a premature eulogy.

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Can Anyone Restrain Themselves?

Evan Handler | Posted 07.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Politics, Pop Music, Celine Dion, John Kennedy, Farrah Fawcett, Assissination, Robert Kennedy, Death, Michael Jackson Dead, Michael Jackson Death, Michael Jackson Dies, Elvis Presley, Entertainment News
Evan Handler

Celine Dion said to Larry King about Michael Jackson's death, "It feels like when Kennedy died, when Elvis Presley died." How could this feel to her like something she never experienced?

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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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Mimi Beardsley Alford Writing Memoir About Affair With President Kennedy

New York Times | Motoko Rich | Posted 06.23.2009 | Media

Read More: President Kennedy, President Kennedy Affair, Mimi Beardsley Alford, John Kennedy, Media News

Mimi Beardsley Alford, a retired New York church administrator who had an affair with John F. Kennedy while she was an intern in the White House, is b...

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The March of Folly, Continued

Norman Solomon | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cognitive Dissonance, Barbara Tuchman, Predator Drones, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Vietnam, John Kennedy, Pakistan, Laos, Cambodia, Afghanistan, Counterinsurgency, The March of Folly, Baghdad-Iraq, Iraq, Fallujah-Iraq, Politics News
Norman Solomon

Obama can make many wise comments about past international affairs while proceeding with actual policies largely unfettered by the wisdom.

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Cheney's Toys

Leslie Griffith | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Malevolent Meddling, Seymour Hersh, Dick Cheney, John F. Kennedy, Isreal-Palestine Relations, Jack Kennedy, Obama and Kennedy, Obama-Kennedy Similarities, Cheney, Palestine, Middle Eastern Conflict, Isreal, Cuba Bay of Pigs, Middle East, John Kennedy, Middle East Conflict, President Kennedy, Cuba, Vice President Cheney, Bay of Pigs, Politics News
Leslie Griffith

We all remember conniving against a democratically-elected president ended in 1963. And we hear comparisons between the young, vibrant JFK and Obama. May the parallels end there.

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At Last

Betty Fussell | Posted 03.12.2009 | Style

Read More: Nicholas Brothers, Musicals, Calvin Coolidge, Orchestra Wives, John Kennedy, George W. Bush, Chief Cowboy, Westerns, Mickey Rooney, Busby Berkeley, Lyndon Johnson, Judy Garland, Obama Inauguration, Michelle Obama, Style News
Betty Fussell

The Inauguration of our new Chief this January has miraculously, it would seem, inaugurated a shift in movie genre. Barack and Michelle looked like Fred and Ginger.

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Michael Phelps In Good Company

Keith Thomson | Posted 03.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Marijuana, Michael Phelps, Kellogg, Harrison Ford, Athletes, George Soros, Zachary Taylor, Andrew Jackson, James Madison, Johnny Carson, Sarah Palin, William F Buckley, Beatles, Laura Bush, Brad Pitt, George Pataki, John Kennedy, Johnny Depp, Bing Crosby, Madonna, Peggy Noonan, Picasso, Michael Bloomberg, Bill Gates, Stephen King, Barbra Streisand, Thomas Jefferson, John Wayne, Barack Obama, James Monroe, Mozart, Louisa May Alcott, Oliver Sacks, Jennifer Aniston, Shakespeare, Phelps Marijuana, Michael Phelps Bong, Phelps Bong, Michael Phelps Smoking, Michael Phelps Pot, Michael Phelps Marijuana, Michael Phelps Bong Photo, Michael Phelps Smoking a Bong, Phelps Pot, Michael Phelps Smoking Pot, Green News
Keith Thomson

According to a 2002 Time/CNN poll, 47% of Americans have smoked marijuana. Here's a list of famous users and advocates of the plant.

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Does Obama Really Plan To Govern from the Center-Right?

Robert Creamer | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Center-Right, Obama Cabinet, Barack Obama 2008, John Kennedy, Progressive Change, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, Mike Lux, Center-Right Nation, Obama Transition Team, Obama's Cabinet, Barack Obama, Politics News
Robert Creamer

Should progressives beware? Has Barack Obama suckered them into supporting a President who will really govern from the "center-right?" The short answer is no.

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November 22, 1963: Like a Rolling Bolt of Thunder

Don Steinberg | Posted 01.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, 45 Years Since Kennedy Was Assassinated, Kennedy Killing, 45 Years After Kennedy, Kennedy Assassinated, John Kennedy, Kennedy Assassination, Jfk, Politics News
Don Steinberg

It's hard for me to imagine the complete state of shock that gripped the nation -- really the whole world -- when President Kennedy was assassinated 4...

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Oliver Stone's "Obama"

Dave Winer | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Oliver Stone, Rachel Maddow, Richard Nixon, John Kennedy, Ohio, Jfk, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Barack Obama, Politics News
Dave Winer

At the end of Oliver Stone's biopic, just before Nixon resigns in disgrace, he delivers a powerful line. Standing in front of the White House portrai...

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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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Obama and Democrats Fighting Hard on GOP Turf

Paul Jenkins | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, North Dakota, Rick Noriega, Mitch McConnell, Nebraska, Al Franken, West Virginia, George W. Bush, Oregon, Colorado, Mary Landrieu, Democratic Party, Missouri, Sarah Palin, Virginia, Montana, New Mexico, John Kennedy, John Kerry, New Hampshire, Ohio, Saxby Chambliss, Elizabeth Dole, Mississippi, Republican Party, North Carolina, Florida, John McCain, Alaska, Ronnie Musgrove, Louisiana, Presidential Election, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Texas, Lindsey Graham, Pennsylvania, Bob Conley, Minnesota, John Cornyn, Wisconsin, Michigan, Wyoming, Georgia, Iowa, Jimmy Carter, Jeff Merkley, Hillary Clinton, Utah, Senate, Indiana, Electoral College, 2008 Election, Electoral Map, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

All told, 20 states are currently at high risk of loss by the Republican party in either the presidential election, the Senate race, or both. How is that for expanding the playing field?

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Who Knows What Presidents Will Do?

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gerald Ford, Presidential, Lyndon Johnson, Barack Obama, Jimmy Carter George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, Abraham Lincoln, Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Presidential Debates, Jfk, Presidents, President, Politics News
Stephen C. Rose

By Stephen C. Rose Presidents defy categorization by their decisions. Which renders exceedingly silly the idea that it makes a real difference whic...

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Christian Author Warns of Palin's "Scary" Religion: "Answer Questions, as JFK Did 48 Years Ago Today"

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Grand Theft Jesus, Palin Religion, Charlie Gibson Palin, John Kennedy, Jesus Thieves, Sarah Palin, Grand Theft Jesus, Palin Religion, Tim LaHaye, John Kennedy, Charlie Gibson Palin, Sarah Palin, Jesus Thieves, Religion, Politics News
Robert S. McElvaine

For the sake of the country -- and for Gov. Palin's own sake -- the campaign's vow of silence on the subject of her religion must be broken -- completely, publicly, and personally by the candidate herself.

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Why Are Senators Worried About Hurting John McCain's Feelings? To Heck With John McCain's Feelings

Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, John McCain, Ronald Reagan, Democrats, Barack Obama, Mike Dukakis, Gerry Ford, Richard Nixon, John Kerry, John Kennedy, Republican Convention, Hillary Clinton, George Bush Jr. Bill Clinton, Senate Democrats, Georg Bush Sr., Deal or No Deal, Maverick, Joe Biden, State of the Union, Politics News
Jonathan Leigh Solomon

The worse scenario is McCain feels just fine and doesn't have to worry about walking into the Senate chamber ever again except to cheers and back-slaps -- when he gives the State of the Union.

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What Issues? It's About Personality!

Tom Alderman | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dalai Lama, John McCain, 1932 Depression, Presidential Campaigns, George W. Bush, Obama, Mccain, Franklin Roosevelt, Barbecue Guy, Missile Gap, Barack Obama, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Lifetime TV, Richard Nixon, John Kennedy, John Kerry, Stanford University, Every Woman Counts, Herbert Hoover, Politics News
Tom Alderman

Whether we admit it, or not, presidential campaigns are more about personality than policies, temperament over brains, and has been since broadcasting began.

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Obama's Call to Service Is the Key to Electing Him President

Robert Creamer | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Martin Luther King, Presidential Campaign, John Kennedy, Progressive Values, Barack Obama, Politics News
Robert Creamer

Fundamentally, Democrats lost the last presidential election because while we talked about policies and programs, the Republicans talked about right and wrong. Never again.

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Obama Mulling Major Speech In Berlin During Europe Trip

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Berlin Speech, Ronald Reagan, John Kennedy, Obama Europe Trip, Barack Obama, Politics News

A German friend passed along the news Saturday that local sources in Berlin are confirming that the Obama campaign was in contact with city authoritie...

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