Margaret Thatcher

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Trapped In Prisoner's Dilemma, More Spending Is The Solution

David Segal | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Adam Curtis, Tea Parties, Nobel Prize, Economic Stimulus Package, Ronald Reagan, Deficit Spending, RAND Corportation, Margaret Thatcher, Prisoner's Dilemma, Mad Hatter, Game Theory, John Nash, Economy, Keynesian Economics, Politics News

The stimulus' oft-cited $787 billion figure includes nearly $300 billion in tax cuts, meaning that it represents a split between conservative and interventionist economic philosophy.

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Labour Party Fighting for Life Against Conservatives in U.K

Ben Cohen | Posted 09.28.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown, Margaret Thatcher, David Cameron, Tory Party, World News

When the Conservative Party talks about cutting costs, it isn't talking about hurting the rich. The poor will bear the brunt of the new 'streamlined' government as cuts are made to education, health care and welfare.

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This Film is an Idiot's Version of Naomi Klein's Masterpiece

Johann Hari | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine is one of the most important political books of the past decade. But Michael Winterbottom's "adaptation" for film is garbled and mumbled to the point of meaninglessness.

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Cast Couture: Politicos Who Persevere In Crutches, Casts, And Slings (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 08.02.2009 | Style

Read More: Bill Clinton, Injure Injuries, Cast, Anders Fogh Rasmussen Cast, Slideshow, Gwen Ifill, Politicians, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sonia Sotomayor Cast, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, John Kerry Crutches, Lisa Murkowski, Crutches, Lisa Murkowski Cast, Bill Clinton Crutches, Style, Gwen Ifill Crutches, Scooter Libby Cast, John Kerry, Sonia Sotomayor, Margaret Thatcher, Hillary Clinton Cast, Margaret Thatcher Cast, Sling, Hillary Clinton, Arnold Schwarzenegger Crutches, Scooter Libby, Style News

When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton broke her elbow outside the White House on June 18th, her injury put her in good company: Supreme Court Justic...

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Pet Shop Boys Write Social History 1983-2009

Ariston Anderson | Posted 07.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Pet-Shop-Boys, Pet Shop Boys, Neil Tennant, Margaret Thatcher, Mariah Carey, Chris Lowe, Emi, Barack Obama, 1980s, Md-80s, Entertainment News

We spoke to the band about how their work has documented social history, how to make a living with music videos no longer appearing on MTV, and musicians' latest professional challenges.

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Thank God It's Thursday: Book Expo '09 & The 27s plus The Singular Thomas Dolby

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Nikola Tesla, Italian, Brian Jones, Catholicism, Josh Hunter, New Wave, Eric Segalstad, Dolby's Cube, Who, The Magic Show, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Stevie Wonder, Lene Lovich, Dynasty, Margaret Thatcher, Burt Bacharach, Albert Einstein, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Dan Hicks, Peter Ham, The Kushans, Albert Schatz, Jesus, Wicked, Stephen Schwartz, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, Mario Puzo, Depeche Mode, Poughkeepsie, Rose Bowl, Prefab Sprout, Thompson Twins, Roger Waters, Foreigner, Entertainment News, Carol De Gierer, Doug Henning, Pink Floyd, Enchanted, Joni Mitchell, Chris Bell, India, Unplugged, Promises in the Dark, Thomas Dolby, Poughkeepsie Journal, Live Aid, Jim Morrison, The Wall, Ronald Reagan, Mephisto on Wing, Latin, Broadway, Neil Young, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Issa, The 27 Club, Janis Joplin, Grand Theft Auto, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Antoinette Pannard, David Bowie, Mtv, MTV Unplugged, Amazon, Kathleen Beller, Bill Clinton, Angels & Demons, Pocahontas, Albert Schweitzer, Kurt Cobain, George Clinton, Bookexpo, Robert Johnson, Grammy Awards, Best Buy, Lois Drake, Pop Music, The Godfather, Jazz, Indiana Jones, Howard Jones, The Betsy, New Age, Def Leppard, Jimi Hendrix, Robyn Hitchcock, Dan Brown, Pippin, Godspell, Entertainment News

This year's BookExpo in New York City had its usual small arena of publishers at gussied-up kiosks hawking the latest and greatest by writers known and unknown.

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The Republican Choice: React or Modernize

William Bradley | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tea Parties, John McCain, Proposition 8, Log Cabin Republicans, Secession, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Texas, Newt Gingrich, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Same-Sex Marriage, California, Dick Cheney, Gavin Newsom, Barack Obama, Iowa, San Francisco, Rick Perry, Steve Schmidt, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Margaret Thatcher, David Cameron, New Labour, Democratic Party, Britain, Tories, Labour Party, Conservative Party, Republican Party, Politics News

It's been a strange week for the Republican Party, with noisy events pushing the old-time religion, a speech urging a new moderation, and back-to-the-future reactions to Obama's friendly gestures to Chavez.

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Margaret Thatcher's Former Hairdresser: "She Was A Bit Terrifying"

Telegraph | Bryony Gordon | Posted 05.21.2009 | Style

Read More: Margaret Thatcher, Daniel Galvin, Style News

Galvin has tended to the tresses of some very interesting heads. "Unbelievable," he gasps. "From pop stars to royalty to film stars... so many film st...

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Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, Joe the Plumber: Fighting for the American Dream (Austin, Texas: PearlGate Publishing 2008) 192 pp.

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Joe the Plumber, Milton Friedman, Ann Coulter, Dick Morris, Michael Gallagher, George W. Bush, Conservatism, Wurzelbacher, Conservative, Jude Wanniski, David Brooks, Margaret Thatcher, Alan Bloom, Leo Strauss, The Huffington Post, Republican Party, Lord Acton, Plumber, MIchael Barone, Norman Podhoretz, William F. Buckley Jr., President Barack Obama, Stephen Moore, Wurzelbacharian Historicism, F.A. Hayek, Book Review, Sean Hannity, "Joe the Plumber: Fighting for the American Dream" Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, Conservatives, Bill O'Reilly, Arthur Laffer, PearlGate Publishing, The Daily Kos, Plumbing, Wurzelbacherism, Media News

Wurzelbacher's deep understanding of the intellectual umbilical cords of modern conservatism is why Mike Gallagher and Sean Hannity have offered their high praise of his work.

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Martha Washington Redux: America's First MILF

Warren Holstein | Posted 03.10.2009 | Comedy

Hold on to your hats folks or at least your iPod earbuds, Martha Washington was actually a babe! Also, she avidly consumed Gothic romance novels. Me-ow!

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Carol Thatcher, Margaret's Daughter, Dropped By BBC Following "Golliwog" Remark

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 03.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Golliwog, Margaret Thatcher, Carol Thatcher Golliwog, What Does Golliwog Mean, Bbc, Carol Thatcher, Media News

LONDON — The BBC says it has dropped Carol Thatcher, daughter of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, as a contributor to a TV show after sh...

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GOP: Imploding, Meaningless, and Run by Crazies, But not Dead

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Suburbs, Proposition 8, Latinos, Atlanta, District of Columbia, Chicago, Connecticut, Oregon, Colorado, Missouri, Same-Sex Marriage, Nevada, Virginia, Montana, New Mexico, Margaret Thatcher, West, Walnut Creek, Mississippi, Republican Party, Detroit, African-American Issues, Kansas, North Carolina, Abortion, Election 2008 Coverage, Citigroup, Alaska, Alabama, Congress, Barack Obama, Idaho, New York, Midwest, Bill Clinton, South, Great Britain, Wyoming, David Cameron, Utah, Hawaii, Nebraska, United Kingdom, Washington, Immigration, Iraq, Arizona, Democratic Party, Dallas, Maine, New Hampshire, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Houston, Long Island, New England, Philadelphia, John McCain, Contra Costa, Peggy Noonan, Louisiana, Chris Shays, Hispanic Issues, Asian-Americans, Ross Perot, Georgia, Environment, San Francisco, Gay Issues, English-Only, Calfironia, Politics News

Beyond its regional concentration, the Republican Party's face is from another time. Indeed, nearly half of the Republican caucus is composed of Southern white men.

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Sarah Palin Is Making Powerful and Sexy a Potent Brew Without Emasculating Her Husband

Jill Brooke | Posted 11.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Women in Politics, Margaret Thatcher, Women's Issues, Vice President Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin, Todd Palin, Golda Meir, Power, Drill Baby Drill, Femininity, Feminism, Sexuality, Living News

It sure doesn't look like Sarah Palin will be facing divorce. She may have difficulty explaining foreign policy, but she is clearly proud to assert femininity and sexuality along with power.

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She's Not Quayle; She's Thomas

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 09.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Phyllis Schlafly, Clarence Thomas, Pete Townshend, Margaret Thatcher, George H. W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Ray Charles, Jesus Thieves, Mccain-Palin, Sarah Palin Reaction, Sr, Politics News

A second X-chromosome is no more a sufficient qualification for being women's choice for the vice presidency than dark pigmentation was for being African-Americans' choice for a seat on the Supreme Court.

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Hillary, not Michelle, is the Democrats' True First Lady

Dakis Hagen | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Margaret Thatcher, Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, Carla Bruni, First Lady, Politics News

Maybe after being bludgeoned by the Clinton machine, Michelle found Hillary's easy liberalism a little hard to stomach. But now she must be silent.

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Margaret Thatcher Suffering From Dementia: Can't Remember Falklands War

AP | RAPHAEL G. SATTER | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Margaret Thatcher, Margaret Thatcher Dementia, Politics News

LONDON — Margaret Thatcher's daughter says she first realized that her mother was having memory problems when the former prime minister struggle...

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Will Hillary Be Obama's Cheney?

Rob Kall | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Margaret Thatcher, Vice President, Good Cop-Bad Cop, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Dick Cheney, Politics News

While the mainstream media are proclaiming their indignance over Hillary's dumb remark about RFK, I see it differently. Hillary is setting herself up to be Obama's Cheney-like junkyard dog.

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