Politicians

The Companies Where Politicians Go To Get Rich

24/7 Wall St. | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Rich-Politicians, Companies Politicians Get Rich, Politicians, Business News, Chevron, Corporate Boards, Slideexpand, Ford, Business News

From 24/7 Wall St. The appointment of former politicians to large public companies’ boards is regularly called into question. Just recently, foll...

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LOOK: Political Women And Their Celebrity Dopplegangers

The Jane Dough | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Doppelgangers, Michelle Obama, Betty White, Emma Thompson, Politicians, Appearance, Hillary Clinton, Viola Davis, Celebrity Doppelgangers, Queen Elizabeth II, Female Politicians, Celebrity Look Alikes, Women News

Don’t lie: You've thought about which famous figures look like you. If you’re anything like me, you've made a point to repeat far too generous com...

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Why Are We Making Bill's Photo Op All About Hillary?

Jezebel | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Bill Clinton, Porn Stars, Marriage, Hillary Clinton, Scandals, Politicians, Sex Scandals, Women News

Well, it seems that Billiam Clinton, a married man, was caught on film in mixed company publicly touching three non-virgins (and menstruators, no doub...

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Ten Things I Learned During a Decade in D.C.

Death Race | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Washington DC, Politics, Gq, Politicians, Death Race, Congress, Capitol Hill, Washington, Politics News
Death Race

After eleven years living in Washington, D.C., part of me is just sick of this swamp. The superficial commentary, the power-driven egoists, the fake smiles, the obsession with image. That's why I'm moving to Los Angeles.

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Talking To Kids About Bullying

Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Dinner Conversations, Conversation Starters, Talking to Kids About Bullying, Mitt Romney Bullying, Family Dinner Table Talk, Politicians, Bullying, Friday Dinner Download, Mitt Romney, Table Talk, Parenting, Anti-Bullying, Parents News

This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: In today's world, people who run for office should assume that thei...

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Obama and the Bully: The Cornering of Mitt Romney

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Bill Clinton, Military, Millenials, Politicians, President Barack Obama, Harvard Institute on Politics, Mitt Romney, Don't Ask Don't Tell Policy in the Military, Lesbians, Community Organizing, Gays, Baby Boomers, Vice President Joe Biden, Gay Marriage, Republicans, Politics News
Dr. Peggy Drexler

To a generation of current and future voters, Barack Obama has deftly offered a choice: a respectful and inclusive voice of the future; versus a schoolyard tormenter aligned with the intolerant voices of the past. Not bad for a community organizer.

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Thank You Hillary, For Not Caring What Other People Think

Thought Catalog | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Politics, Female Leaders, Politicians, Appearance, Women in Business, Hillary Clinton, Makeup, Women in the Media, Females in Power, Women News

In yet another display of Not Letting Women Rest Until They Are Dead And Buried, the blogosphere and legitimate news outlets alike were all a-titter t...

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I Could Write a Book About My Book Ordeal!

Dave Astor | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Newspaper Syndication, Malpractice, Publishing, Newspapers, Celebrity Memoirs, Cats, Cartoonists, Memoirs, Politicians, Columnists, Libraries, Small Publishers, Literary Agents, Entertainers, Celebrities, Getting Published, Books News
Dave Astor

Celebrity entertainers and politicians have no problem getting their memoirs published. So a book partly about celebrity entertainers and politicians should have had no problem getting published, right?

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Power Moms To Watch In 2012

Babble.com | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Elizabeth Warren, Power Moms, Politicians, Female Politicians, Kelly Ayotte, 2012, 2012 Elections, Slideexpand, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Kirsten Gillibrand, Nikki Haley, Mia Love, Parents News
Babble.com

Here are the moms you're going to see on the campaign trail this year in various roles -- they're ones we should all be watching!

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Silence.com

John Brown | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Rhetoricians, Hopkins, Silence, Politicians, Public Diplomacy, Target Audiences, Pascal, Talking Less, Comedy News
John Brown

I hereby propose a new portal/site (call it whatever you want) dedicated to total silence. You would click on silence.com, no content/graphics/sound would appear on it.

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Small-Business Lending Summit Features Obama Administration's Top Appointees, Elected Politicians and Industry Leaders

Jerry Chautin | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Washington, Small Business Loans, Obama Administration, Credit Crunch, Barack Obama, Karen Mills, Community Banks, Small Business Owners, Ifa, Sba, Financial Institutions, Politicians, Small Business Franchising, Small Business News
Jerry Chautin

At the recent Small Business Lending Summit, franchising was cited as a popular path to entrepreneurship. But the difficulty that small-business owners face for financing is a challenge.

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Let's Get Women Out of the Red

Gerald McEntee | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: San Jose, Politicians, President Barack Obama, Kathleen Falk, Mitt Romney, Governor Scott Walker, Leah Lipska, Gerald McEntee, Afscme, Wisconsin, State of Union Address, Local 1, Politics News
Gerald McEntee

No public official should have to stop and think about pay equity. It's the right thing to do. And it's the smart thing to do. When women do not get paid fairly, we all suffer.

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The Dangerous Allure of Political Promises

Terry Newell | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Faith in Politicinas, Hope and Change, Political History, Presidential History, Politicians, 2012 Election, Republican Presidential Candidates, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Politics News
Terry Newell

Our minds -- and those of politicians -- feed on overconfidence. We want to believe not only the promise but that the person who made it can deliver. A recent book by Nobel-winning economist/psychologist Daniel Kahneman helps explain this.

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Down With Leadership

Carne Ross | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Elections, Politics, Video, Republican Primary, 2012 Elections, Politicians, American Political System, Politics News
Carne Ross

Conventional assumptions about political power are thus overturned. It is action by individuals, and with others, which offers the most effect. As we realize the decline of the leader-based model, a new form of self-organized politics will emerge.

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What Authors Can Learn from Politicians

Gretchen Crary | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Authors, Politics, Book Publicity, Book Publicists, Publicity, Politicians, Writing, Books News
Gretchen Crary

As weird as this may sound coming from a book publicist, I've always looked to politics as the ultimate model for what I do.

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Davos 2012: Latin American Leaders Say Their Will Withstand Recession

AP | By NIKO PRICE | Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Chile, Global Recession, European Economies, Politicians, Brazil, Bank of Mexico, International Bailouts, Davos, Mexico, Reform, Recession, Austerity, World Economic Forum, Video, Business News

DAVOS, Switzerland -- When the developed world sneezes, the old saying goes, Latin America catches a cold. But now, after decades of austerity and ref...

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PHOTOS: Political Pets

Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Photography, Photos, Cats, Pets, Bush, Clinton, Politicians, Exposure, Barack Obama, Dogs, Politicians Pets, Animals in the News, Weird News News

Politicians with their four legged friends through out the years. To see more great photography visit HuffPost Exposure. ...

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Opt Out Chronicles: Politicians Are Not the Answer

Timothy D. Slekar | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: High-Stakes Testing, Politicians, Pssa, Opt Out, Public Schools, Standardized Testing, Standardized Test Opt Out, No Child Left Behind, Education News
Timothy D. Slekar

How do we allow our children to take part in a system imposed by political operatives, lobbyists, and think tanks that only want to get at the money tied up in public schools and declare the public system a failure?

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Newt - Democracy's Blessing or Curse?

Kevin Bermeister | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian Statehood, Clinton, Politicians, Democracy, European Union, Oslo Accords, Jewish, Brussels, Political, Blessing, Israel, Newt Gingrich, Politics News
Kevin Bermeister

In one fell swoop, Newt Gingrich focused the worlds' attention on all of the ignorance that has plagued Israel through more than 30 years of rhetoric ...

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Politically Indirect: Interpreting Politician-Speak

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Democrats, Republicans, Political Satire, Politicians, Political Humor, Comedy News
Maggie Van Ostrand

It's easy to hear what politicians say, but not so easy to know exactly what they are saying. We only know the two are not the same. Here are 10 examples of differences between what they say and what they mean:

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Politicians Crack Jokes For Breast Cancer

Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Video, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Charity, Politicians, Improv, Washington DC, Breast Cancer, Susan G. Komen, Fundraising, Impact News

Capitol Hill was laughing Wednesday night, and not because of Herman Cain's pizza song. Politicians and journalists participated in the 18th annual...

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The American Spring

Ronald Ricker | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Equality, Tyranny, Alexander Hamilton, Bill of Rights, Politicians, Lobbying, Middle Class, Majority Rule, U.S. Constitution, Tyranny of the Minority, Federalist Papers, 1st Amendment, John Stuart Mill, Mob Rule, Nafta, Tyranny of the Masses, Patrick Henry, Right to Vote, Voting, Politics News
Ronald Ricker

Somewhere, sometime, accelerating rapidly recently, we Americans have lost it--the American Dream. We were the land of opportunity, the land of equa...

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Not the America I Envisioned

Jim Worth | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Greatest Generation, Middle-Class, Income Inequality, Vietnam War, Economy, Congress, American Dream, Class Warfare, Baby Boomers, Politicians, Civil Rights, Politics News
Jim Worth

This country, America, has become ugly, and it's my generation that has made it this way.

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The Fraud of Authentic Leadership

Elise Lelon | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Reality Television, Leadership, Bill Clinton, Fraud, Washington, Enron, Exxon Mobil, Ponzi Scheme, Global Warming, Branding, Sarah Palin, Betrayal, Human Rights Violations, Authentic Leadership, Sexual Harassment, Ceos, Denial, Social Media, Herman Cain, John Edwards, Securities and Exchange Commission, Dennis Kozlowski, Truth, Bernie Madoff, Politicians, Business News
Elise Lelon

Leaders who describe themselves as "authentic" are like sentences that start with, "To be honest." Whenever big cheeses proclaim "authentic leadership" as their effective guiding principle, chances are they're not so authentic, and they may not be effective or principled either.

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The Future of Jewish Leadership: Journalist vs. Politician

Dovid Efune | Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Journalists, Anti-Semitism, Anti-Politician, Dovid Efune, New York, Moses Mendelssohn, Menachem Begin, Politicians, Politics, Lord Jonathan Sacks, Bret Stephens, Jewish Solutions, Wall Street Journal, Journalism, Jewish Leadership, Ari Goldman, Theodor Herzl, Ariel Sharon, Mike Huckabee, Vladimir Jabotinsky, Jewish Philanthropists, Arianna Huffington, Algemeiner, Media News
Dovid Efune

Last week I wrote about the need for renewed focus on Jewish solutions as opposed to Jewish problems. Addressing requests for more thoughts on this s...

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