Margaret Thatcher

To Be or not to Be... Hopeful

Graham Milne | Posted 04.30.2012

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"If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim." - Margaret Thatcher (great line regardless of whether yo...

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In a Washington full of revolving-door sellouts who effortlessly glide between special-interest sinecures and government jobs earning personal fortunes on the payroll of the 1 percent, Elizabeth Warren will never sell her public conscience for private wealth.

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Is This Banner At A Romney Event Racist? (No.)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.20.2012

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Are the words "Obama isn't working," hung on a grey banner behind Mitt Romney's head at a campaign appearance in Ohio some sort of secret, racist dog-...

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DVDs: War Horse Stumbles

Michael Giltz | Posted 04.18.2012

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War Horse is based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo, a solid young adult novel with classic status in the UK. It was turned into a brilliant bit of theater (really, you should see it if at all possible). But Spielberg's film fails on every level.

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California Love

D. R. Tucker | Posted 04.16.2012

I don't remember watching The Earth Day Special when it was first broadcast by ABC in April 1990. Perhaps if I had watched it 22 years ago, I would have avoided falling for the right's denialist trap.

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Margaret Thatcher Fascinated By Reagan's Drawings

AP | By JILL LAWLESS | Posted 05.18.2012

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CAMBRIDGE, England -- Margaret Thatcher was so fascinated by U.S. President Ronald Reagan that she snatched and kept a page of his doodles from a G7 s...

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What Is a Conservative?

Jim DiPeso | Posted 04.29.2012

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What is a conservative? The question has arisen as mercurial Republican voters search for that elusive presidential candidate who can make their conservative pulses quicken.

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A-List Stars Head To The BAFTAs

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 04.13.2012

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LONDON — Silent movie "The Artist" had a night to shout about Sunday, winning seven prizes including best picture at the British Academy Film Aw...

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A Pivotal Period in Britain's History

Sir Peter Westmacott | Posted 04.03.2012

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Few would deny that Margaret Thatcher brought the United States and United Kingdom closer together. As I begin my tenure as British Ambassador to Washington, I look forward to playing my own small part in keeping that relationship in the best possible repair.

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The Soft Core Within The Iron Lady

George Heymont | Posted 03.24.2012

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It's been fascinating to see how critics have reacted to The Iron Lady, a new film inspired by Margaret Thatcher that has been directed by Phyllida Lloyd. Meryl Streep stars as the former British Prime Minister in a script written by Abi Morgan.

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Michelle, Hillary, Elizabeth

Brent Budowsky | Posted 03.21.2012

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This is a story about three great women and two historic waves that embody the political, social, cultural, economic and consumer waves that are transforming America and the world in real time.

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Random Memories of Working with Margaret Thatcher, or My Night at Number 10

Wendy Bryan | Posted 03.19.2012

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She took my elbow, escorting me around... she told me she must show me the blue room, or some room or other as I voiced my confusion over no ice cubes in the gin and tonics. She must have thought me an idiot.

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Watching 'The Iron Lady' Melt

Karin Kasdin | Posted 03.18.2012

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The poor woman probably doesn't have many years left. Would it have cost anyone their livelihood to wait until her death to reveal her pitiful hallucinations to the world?

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'The Iron Lady' Or 'The Lady'

John Philip Newell | Posted 03.18.2012

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Both Margaret Thatcher and Aung San Suu Kyi show extraordinary courage. But their courage is linked to radically different visions of leadership.

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Meryl's Iron Lady: For Those Who've Been Properly In Love

Lonna Saunders | Posted 03.17.2012

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Meryl Streep deserves an Oscar for her portrayal of the love match between Britain's former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her late husband, Denis.

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Meryl Streep Talks Marget Thatcher, Saying 'Sh*t' on TV

Posted 01.16.2012

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If her 8 Golden Globe wins are any indication, Meryl Streep can take just about anything; including playing a political figure she disagrees with and ...

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Conservatives in Crisis

Brent Budowsky | Posted 03.13.2012

As conservatives prepare for an urgent meeting this weekend to discuss their options in the 2012 campaign, they face an epic crisis of identity and el...

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Meryl Streep Talks 'Jersey Shore' and Getting Physical

Posted 01.13.2012

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Meryl Streep sat down with Jimmy Kimmel last night, the day before the release of "The Iron Lady," Streep's new film about former U.K. Prime Minister ...

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Meryl Streep Faces Questions She's Never Answered Before

Posted 03.14.2012

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Meryl Streep has been in the acting business a long time and so inevitably she's done a lot of interviews through those years. So Jimmy Kimmel decided...

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The Iron Lady's Sex Appeal

Christopher Hitchens | Posted 03.13.2012

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In this lost essay by the late Christopher Hitchens, he reveals his penchant for right-wing women. It is a brilliant, perfect jewel of an essay on politics and sexuality by a great writer.

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Are Women Really Lowering Their Voices To Sound Like Margaret Thatcher?

Emma Gray | Posted 03.11.2012

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First women were supposedly trying desperately to sound like Britney Spears and Ke$ha. Now, according to a new survey, there's a new female vocal role model: Margaret Thatcher.

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Ignored Tragedies Remain in Wake of Giffords Shooting Anniversary

Gabriel Schivone | Posted 03.11.2012

This week as communities the world over justly mourn the victims of last year's Tucson's shootings, the violent death of young Torres--one case in a larger pattern--remain barely known.

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The Iron Lady

Iain Johnstone | Posted 03.10.2012

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It has been known in Westminster and media circles for the the past nine years that Mrs. T was battling with dementia. But the British press chose not to intrude on her private life. So why would the British film industry choose to enter territory where Fleet Street feared to tread? The truth is: they didn't set out to.

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The Iron Lady: The Margaret Thatcher Movie We Don't Need

Laura Flanders | Posted 03.07.2012

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Today, in a new time of budget wars, The Iron Lady's depiction of draconian cuts as feminist guts is chilling. What Thatcher called "harsh medicine" meant one thing for the poor and another for the very powerful then, and it still does.

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Michele Bachmann: America's Iron Lady?

John Campbell | Posted 03.04.2012

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It was predictable that Michele Bachmann would seize on the new Meryl Streep movie about Margaret Thatcher to try to revive her faltering campaign by pitching herself as America's Iron Lady. But does it fit?

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