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The Night They Brought Old Dixie Back

Linda R. Monk, J.D. | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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Linda R. Monk, J.D.

The Republicans are resurgent, at least for now. It's going to be a hard slog in 2010 and 2012 to keep the grassroots fervor alive -- and the funding to sustain it. In Virginia, we are just plain tired.

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The "Goldilocks Principle" and Afghan War Options

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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Joseph A. Palermo

General McChrystal's recommendation for more troops and material has a distinctly Westmorelandian flavor to it. If approved, it could create an additional $40 to$80 billion per annum in war costs.

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You Can't Lend Charisma

Leighann Lord | Posted 11.07.2009 | Politics

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Leighann Lord

Maybe Barack didn't campaign harder for Thompson because, deep down, he knew it wouldn't do any good.

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Mr. President: I Challenge You To Quit!

Sadie Nardini | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Yoga, Michelle Obama, Smoking, Focus, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Breath, Calm, Obama, Breathing, Detox, Quit Smoking, Sadie Nardini, Barack, Fitness, Anxiety, Relaxation, Meet the Press, Living News
Sadie Nardini

Mr. President, I'm sure your stress levels are unbelievable. Yet, if you want to help create change we can believe in, then you must stop bumming cigarettes. I know you've done it, and may do it again.

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Africa's Seat at the Table

President Abdoulaye Wade | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

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President Abdoulaye Wade

Battling global warming, the economic crisis, food and energy shortages, and AIDS and malaria requires co-partners, not post-colonial relationships.

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The Wrath of Suburbanites and Independents

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Barack Obama, Bob Gates, Larry Summers, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Democrats, 2009 Elections, New Jersey Election, Msnbc, Cnn, Virginia, Jon Corzine, New York's 23rd District, New Jersey, Wall Street, Governors' Races, John King, Tim Geithner, Off-Year Elections, Republicans, Alan Greenspan, 2010 Midterm Elections, Angry Electorate, Voters' Rage, Virginia Election, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

The election results show that no incumbent governor (or incumbent party) can escape the wrath of an electorate that continues to bleed while it watches tax dollars squandered on foreign wars and Wall Street fat cats.

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A New Foreign Policy: Hillary Clinton Targets Pakistan

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

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Mayhill Fowler

Hillary Clinton's three-day visit to Islamabad and Lahore, which began inauspiciously on the day of the terrorist attacks, was widely derided in the Pakistani press and cursorily covered here at home.

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My Exclusive Interview with Ken Guest -- Journalist/Analyst on Afghanistan (Part 2)

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

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Kathleen Wells, J.D.

The path out of the Afghan quagmire lies in making the Afghan tribes the cutting blade of the strategy, not the US forces or the Afghan National Army.

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WATCH: The Scariest White House Halloween Costume

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 10.29.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, Halloween, Public Option, Joe-Lieberman-Filibuster, President Barack Obama, Filibuster, Horror, Obama Health Care, Barack Obama, Halloween Costumes, Satire, Parody, Scary, Health Care Reform, Joe Lieberman, Political Satire, Robert Gibbs, Health Care, Comedy, Political Cartoons, Blue Dog Democrats, Comedy News
Matthew Filipowicz

With Halloween just around the corner, some folks in the White House are getting into the spooky spirit. Namely, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.

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President Obama: Afghanistan Needs More Than a Military Solution

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 10.29.2009 | World

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Patricia DeGennaro

The news media has an annoying tendency to focus on the symptoms, not the disease.

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An Open Letter: Dear Mr. President, We Need the Public Option

Dr. Johnny Benjamin | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

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Dr. Johnny Benjamin

If you provide the American people with a competitive public option, the American people will keep the insurance industry in check. We will force them with our premium payments to treat us fairly.

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The First Couple -- Like Us, Only Better

Wendy Sachs | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living

Read More: New York Times, Michelle Obama, The Obamas, Barack Obama, Celebrities, President Barack Obama, Sasha and Malia Obama, Obama Health Care, Living News
Wendy Sachs

They are the quintessential power couple. Parents of young children, they are attractive, athletic, romantic, charismatic, exotic, and trying to save the world one organic garden at a time.

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On Not Having Kids -- Because You Don't Want Them to Grow Up in a "Communist" Country

Colin Delany | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

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Colin Delany

Somehow it came up that her own son and his wife were reluctant to have children, which in itself is nothing unusual, but their reason blew my folks' minds: it was because they didn't want their kids to grow up in a "communist" country.

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Gillibrand Talks "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," Gay Rights

gaycitynews.com | Paul Schnidler | Posted 10.29.2009 | New York

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"For himself, I think, he's going to take all the time he believes he needs in order to be successful, because it's all about being successful." Thos...

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The Shape of Things to Come: War before Peace in the Mideast

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 10.28.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Egypt, Palestinian Territories, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Bush Administration, Middle East, Larry David, Reality-Based Community, President Barack Obama, Realpolitik, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Moshe Dayan, Israel, Anwar Sadat, World News
Leon T. Hadar

The current status-quo in the Middle East must be disturbed before conditions are right for the next round of Middle East diplomacy.

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Nancy Pelosi's Political Balancing Act

Sherry Bebitch Jeffe | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2010 Elections, Alben Barkley, President Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Politics News
Sherry Bebitch Jeffe

Pelosi's first priority is to maintain her speakership, and that means protecting her Democratic majority through the 2010 elections -- even if it means bucking her own party's president.

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Poking the Cobra

Will Durst | Posted 10.26.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Karl Rove, Barack Obama, President Barack Obama, Satire, Political Satire, Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, Democrats, Republicans, Comedy News
Will Durst

Obama needs to keep in mind the advice my father regularly spouted after his third six pack: never get in a fight with an ugly person, he's got nothing to lose. You know. Like a Republican.

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It's a Runoff, Now What? Parsing the Impacts of the Presidential Rematch in Afghanistan

Vikrum Aiyer | Posted 10.23.2009 | World

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Vikrum Aiyer

A coalition government in Afghanstan, while supposedly offering the best of both worlds, tacitly condones an illegitimate election and would require America to broker power among competing personalities.

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NoEscalation.org: Can the Peace Movement Reach President Obama?

Robert Naiman | Posted 10.25.2009 | World

Read More: John Murtha, Barnett Rubin, Rahm Emanuel, President Barack Obama, Afghanistan Escalation, Congress, Joe Biden, David Obey, Afghanistan War, World News
Robert Naiman

Congress fights over whether we can "afford" to provide every American with quality health care, but every health care reform proposal on the table will likely cost less than McChrystal's endless war.

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Boring

Neil McCarthy | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

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Neil McCarthy

Even the lies are ... Boring.

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Climate Cover-Up: Blockbuster New Book Exposes Anatomy of Denial

Jeff Biggers | Posted 10.27.2009 | Books

Read More: Tar Sands, Al Gore, Climate-Destabilization, John Kerry, President Barack Obama, Big Coal, Kevin Grandia, Climate Change, Climate Deniers, Oil, Canada, DeSmog Blog, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Coal, Jame Loggan, Books News
Jeff Biggers

In the end, unfolding like a chilling and disturbing thriller, Climate Cover-Up is about one of the greatest campaigns of misinformation in our time.

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Commercial Real Estate: 90% Financing at Low Rates Is Possible

Jerry Chautin | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Commercial Real Estate, Business Condo, Financing, Loan Fees, 7(A), President Barack Obama, Working Capital, Office Building, Cdc, Conventional Loans, Obama Administration, Obama Stimulus, Franchise, Cash Flow, Skating Rink, Certified Development Companies, 80%, Small Business Owners, Warehouse and Retail Store, Credit, Restaurant, 7a, Values, Borrowing Money, Loans, Vacancies, 90%, Business News, Operating Costs, Job Creation, Sba, Bowling Alley, 504, Small Business, Business News
Jerry Chautin

The lesser-known 504 program from the U.S. Small Business Administration can be ideal for small-business owners to buy, build or rehabilitate commercial buildings.

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Jerry Springer: A Passion for Politics Burns Brightly

Ellen Sterling | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Edwards, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Nobel Peace Prize, The Jerry Springer Show, President Barack Obama, Planet Hollywood Las Vegas, Jerry Springer, Politics News
Ellen Sterling

If I asked you to think of Jerry Springer and politics, you might recall that he was mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio. But, if any of that is all you know about Springer, you're missing out.

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Wall Street Is More of a Threat to Obama's Domestic Agenda than Afghanistan

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

Read More: Matt Taibbi, Bill Clinton, Pecora Commission, Treasury Department, Sec, Joseph P. Kennedy, President Barack Obama, Cdos, Collateralized Debt Obligations, Larry Summers, Federal Reserve, Credit Default Swaps, Newt Gingrich, Fdr, Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street, Vietnam, Tim Geithner, Vice President Dick Cheney, Afghanistan, Timothy Geithner, Bear Stearns, Lyndon Johnson, Alan Greenspan, Securities and Exchange Commission, Too Big to Fail, President George W. Bush, Blue Dog Democrats, World News
Joseph A. Palermo

Whatever Obama decides to do in Afghanistan is of little consequence compared to Wall Street's ongoing "plutonomy."

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The Case for Barack Obama

Charles Perez | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Diplomacy, Obama Nobel Peace Prize, Public Option, Barack Obama, Nobel Peace Prize, President Barack Obama, Diplomacy, Healthcare Reform, Healthcare, Politics News
Charles Perez

As Michelle Obama once warned critics, "Don't ever underestimate my husband." Maybe we shouldn't. Obama is playing a big game. His biggest challenge will come in righting the economy.

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