Sept 11

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Lobbying The September 11 Day Of Service

Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business

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Dave Levinthal at the Center for Responsive Politics reminds us this morning that nothing in Congress goes unlobbied. The Edward M. Kennedy Serve Amer...

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President Obama On 9/11 Anniversary: Every Year On This Day, We Are All New Yorkers

New York Daily News | President Barack Obama | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York

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Eight years ago, on an ordinary Tuesday morning, nearly 3,000 lives were lost in the deadliest attack on American soil in our history. It was an even...

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9/11's Dark Heritage

Dan Collins | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York

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We still haven't quite acknowledged that our leaders never adequately warned the men and women working around the smoldering site that the place where they were flinging themselves into duty was a toxic landmine.

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Eight Weeks of America's War, Not Eight Years of "Obama's War"

Jonathan Morgenstein | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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The Obama administration is trying to salvage the situation in Afghanistan after the Bush Administration lost the war over eight years.

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Government by Lynch Mob -- Obama Should Ignore Critics and Just Lead

Ray Hanania | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

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On issue after issue, Obama is acting like he is soon to run for re-election, instead of being a president with a massive mandate still only months into his administration.

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9/11 Memorial Preview Site Opening Near World Trade Center Site

AP | AMY WESTFELDT | Posted 09.18.2009 | New York

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NEW YORK — Tourists coming to ground zero to see the Sept. 11 memorial often peer through a fenced-off construction site for a glimpse and ask s...

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Why Obama Is Reading "Netherland" (And Why You Should Too)

Ariel Gonzalez | Posted 06.11.2009 | Media

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After having finished Netherland, I can see why President Obama added it to his reading list. Aside from being extraordinarily well-written, it's...

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Who Says no Bias? American Theaters Block Arab American Film

Ray Hanania | Posted 02.28.2009 | Entertainment

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Two great Hollywood actors, Hesham Issawi and Sayed Badreya decided to make a Hollywood movie that told a part of the Arab American and Muslim Arab story in a real way.

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Obama's Election May Put an End to Sept. 11-related Animosity and Bring Healing

Ray Hanania | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

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Obama's election as president has changed America and can also make it a far better nation, one that truly embraces the ideals that motivated our founding fathers.

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Why Hockey Should Give Palin a Pass

Jason Notte | Posted 11.14.2008 | Entertainment

Often viewed as the pale, toothless, mouth-breathing younger cousin of America's major sports, the last thing hockey needs is to be batted around by parties facing off for political advantage.

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Denouncing Islamic Terrorism Does Not Undermine Just Causes

Ray Hanania | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics

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Headlines in newspapers across the Arab and Islamic World proclaimed that the bombing of the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad was a "warning" to Pakistan's...

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Reflecting on Our Response to 9/11

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

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Seven years later, as we remember that day, it is appropriate to reflect on the statement and to wonder how the world would be different if its counsel had been heeded.

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McCain Started Pushing For Iraq War Moments After Sept. 11 Attacks

Think Progress | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

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On the morning of the 9/11, just moments after the World Trade Center collapsed from the terrorist strikes, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) went on television...

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Profiling Only Helps When There Is Evidence of Crime, Not Before

Ray Hanania | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics

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We have to learn to distinguish between real moderates and the extremists if we plan to defeat the terrorists. Profiling can't do that. Americans need more, not less education.

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America's Loathsome Disdain For the 9/11 Killers, And For Justice

Ray Hanania | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics

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Turns out that Americans are not much different at all from the killers, the dictators and the fanatics we decry.

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Malkin, Rachael Ray and the Real Symbols of Hatred in America

Ray Hanania | Posted 06.06.2008 | Politics

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"Backlash terrorism" is not considered a crime, but it should be. Including when TV talk show hosts are accused of supporting terrorism by sporting "jihadi chic" clothing.

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