Paul Tsongas

Jason Linkins

Paul Tsongas And Who Voted For Him Back In The '90s Has Become Important In 2012, For Some Reason

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.30.2012

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Years from now, assuming that the human race survives in a way that allows us all to have the free time to reminisce about the politics of the past, a...

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Edward Brooke: The Last Statesman

D. R. Tucker | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Howard University, Boston University Law School, Richard Nixon, George W. Bush, Paul Tsongas, New York Times, Dunbar High School, Wwii, Senator Edward Brooke, Barry Goldwater, Remigia Ferrari-Scacco, Politics News
D. R. Tucker

As I read this magnificent book, I found myself regretting my youth, wishing that I had been born 40 years earlier so that I could have voted for this man in his trailblazing contests.

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The Debt Ceiling Talks Remind Me of High School

Brian Keane | Posted 09.24.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Warren Rudman, Debt Ceiling, Paul Tsongas, John Boehner, George W. Bush, President Obama, Concord Coalition, Eric Cantor, Politics News
Brian Keane

The U.S. House of Representatives today looks strikingly like a high school or college student government. And no offense to hardworking student leaders, but that's not meant to be a compliment.

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A New Call to Economic Arms

John B. Stimpson | Posted 05.25.2011

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John B. Stimpson

Washington has been outspoken about the dangers of debt and leverage in the financial system. Now it is time for our elected leaders to focus on their own financial house and put the United States back on a prudent fiscal trajectory.

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Mitt, Waldo, Tip, Ted and the Real Revolution

Martin Nolan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Martin Nolan

As Brown goes to Washington, he is aware of the history in "The People's Seat." He would be wise to consult Emerson's 1841 quote, "There is properly no history, only biography."

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My Night Of Shame: Meeting The Clintons And Making An Ass Of Myself

Tony Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tony Sachs

It's not an exaggeration to say that I love these two people whom I'd never met.

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