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Eyes on the Real Prize

Gloria Duffy | Posted 10.28.2009 | World

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Gloria Duffy

The US is entering a season of key international negotiations, during which two arms control treaties that have been languishing for years will hopefully be completed.

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What's In A Name? Defining The Modern Conservative

Tim Ellis | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

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Tim Ellis

Is conservatism good for America? The answer depends largely on what you mean by conservatism -- and what you mean by "good for America."

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Gregg Harper: "We Hunt Liberal, Tree-Hugging Democrats"

Media Matters | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

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The latest edition of Politico's "Get To Know A Congressman" series features Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS). In the interview, Harper was asked about the C...

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Dana Rohrabacher: House GOP Leadership Is "Constantly Trying To Play A Political Game"

The Hill | Michael O'Brien | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

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House GOP leaders are too interested in playing "political games" to score attention, one Republican congressman said this weekend. Rep. Dana Rohraba...

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Democrats To Act On Stalled Bills, Despite GOP Obstruction

New York Times | Carl Hulse | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

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While they await their health care overhauls, Congressional Democrats will this week try to make progress on other initiatives that have been moving a...

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U2's Music and Mission and My Kid's First Rock Concert

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.02.2009 | Entertainment

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Jim Wallis

What I love about a U2 concert, headlined by the Irish tenor with the sunglasses, is how it achieves such a powerful combination of art and social justice, music and message; and all with such fun.

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Birther Poll: 42 Percent Of Republicans Believe Obama Not Born In U.S.

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

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A new study from Public Policy Polling finds that 42 percent of Republicans believe that President Obama was not born in the United States, while 22 p...

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It is Time for Congress and the GOP to Get a Grip!

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Federal Deficit, Personal Health, Health, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Bipartisan, Health Care, Partisanship, Partisan Politics, Politics News
Patricia DeGennaro

Congress seems to be stuck in some partisan twilight zone unwilling to get out of their comfortable bickering and get to work for the American people not themselves.

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Renzi's Lawyers Argue Bush DOJ Leaked Info For Political Gain On Eve Of Election

Talking Points Memo | Justin Elliott | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

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We now have the lawyers of a former Republican Congressman arguing that the Bush Administration encouraged the Justice Department to leak information ...

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Unfair to the Unbalanced: When Fair and Balanced is Not Required

John Milewski | Posted 08.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Birthers, Journalistic Bias, Obama Birth Certificate, Birther-Movement, Conservatives, Liberals, Fair and Balanced, Lou Dobbs, Journalism, Barack Obama, Partisan Politics, Media News
John Milewski

Do we really need to be respectful of the views of the scarily unhinged, tragically misinformed, or strategically dishonest?

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Three Moral Issues of Health Care

Jim Wallis | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

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Jim Wallis

With an issue like health, deeply personal but of great public concern, the faith community has a unique and important role to play: to define and raise the moral issues that lay just beneath the policy debate.

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Obama's Dilemma -- Torture, Accountability and Partisanship

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.26.2009 | Politics

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Lincoln Mitchell

The treatment of prisoners during the Bush years is a stain on the moral standing of the US which the rest of the world will not easily forget.

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Just When You Think You Can't Be Shocked By GOP Hypocrisy

Mark Nickolas | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

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Mark Nickolas

The same political Neanderthals that helped execute their disastrous strategy of the last two election cycles are still firmly in control of House Republicans.

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Journalists Spin for Republicans on the New "60-Vote" Senate Regime

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 12.15.2008 | Media

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Joseph A. Palermo

The "60 vote" threshold is an artificial obstructionist creation of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and the Senate Republicans.

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"Support I Have Yet to Earn": Obama's Victory Speech

Rick Horowitz | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

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Rick Horowitz

Barack Obama was in the No-Gloat Zone. For his very first speech as president-elect... Obama crafted a message with much of the scope and power of an inaugural address.

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The Triangle of Truth: Just Because I'm Right Doesn't Mean You're Wrong

Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 10.03.2008 | Living

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Lisa Earle McLeod

It's another political season, and the spin doctors are priming the pump. The name of the game is division. Splitting complex issues into polar opposi...

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Jason Linkins

Congressmen Learn To Use Twitter, Break New Ground In The Field Of Bipartisan Bickering, Hurting America

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

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Twitter, the revolutionary web tool that I frequently use to let friends and colleagues know precisely where I will be getting soused on any given nig...

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