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Best Books For Your Christmas Wishlist (PHOTOS, POLL)

Lena Tabori | Posted 12.22.2009 | Books

Read More: Photography, Us Constitution, Book Collectors, Best Books, Warhol, Coffee-Table-Books, Young & Rubicam, France, Art Books, Andy Warhol, Star Wars, Made in France, Guy Bourdin, Constitution, Galaxy, Slidepoll, Books News
Lena Tabori

Books are beautiful objects, and to me there's nothing more alluring than one produced with all the stops pulled out: on uniquely gorgeous paper and practically ready for the museum glass case.

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Slippery Numbers

Simon Sinek | Posted 12.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Airtran, Us Constitution, Start With Why, Advertising, United Airlines, Continental Airlines, Marketing, American Airlines, Delta Airlines, Business News
Simon Sinek

I write the most popular blog on the internet* *comparison made to less popular blogs.

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Asheville Atheism Attacked Anew

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 12.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Christianity, US Supreme Court, Religion, Cecil Bothwell, Us Constitution, Atheism, Asheville, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

Elected officials in North Carolina are constitutionally disqualified from office if they "deny the being of Almighty God." But let us not pick on the ignorant bias of the Tar Heel state.

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You Weren't Elected to Congress to Bargain Our Rights Away and Make Deals

Rebecca Sive | Posted 12.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Harry Reid, Vice President, Congress, U.S. Constitution, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Nancy Pelosi, Stupak Amendment, Abortion Rights, Chicago News
Rebecca Sive

A memo to the Democratic women members of the House and Senate: You weren't elected to Congress to become a "player," to go to fancy parties, and to deal away our constitutional rights.

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We the Populists: How to Make Taxpayer Funded Bailouts Toxic

Linda R. Monk, J.D. | Posted 11.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Breaking Politics News, Goldman Sachs, U.S. Constitution, Business, Constitution, Unions, Seiu, Business News
Linda R. Monk, J.D.

Want to join in the fun? Call Goldman's executive offices at (212) 902-1000, and tell them that nobody makes big profits at public expense while 10.2 percent of Americans are unemployed.

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Stupak Amendment Threatens the Rights of Every American

Karen Finney | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Abortion, Stupak Amendment, Women's Rights, Obama, Congress, U.S. Constitution, Health Care Votes, Abortion Rights, Politics News
Karen Finney

The members of Congress who voted in support of the Stupak amendment sent a message to America's women: after more than 200 years we are still not full citizens of the United States.

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"The Genius Of America" Should Be In Every Classroom

Zanesville TimesRecorder.com | Nat Hentoff | Posted 11.09.2009 | Books

Read More: The Constitution, Us Constitution, Genius of America, Lynne Cheney, Founding Fathers, Dick Cheney, Hentoff, Oreskes, Books News

"Consider," [Lynne Cheney] wrote then, "how little history is required of our students. Once it was taught every year kindergarten through 12th grade;...

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How to Live Like an American: The Basics

Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 10.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Declaration of Independence, Founders, Bill of Rights, Peter Breggin, Liberty, Us Constitution, American Values, Psychology, Living News
Dr. Peter Breggin

I grew to understand that the same principles that worked so well in my psychiatry practice were the same principles taught by our founders and expressed in the Declaration of Independence.

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I Live In The Land Of You, Me And We

Matthew Modine | Posted 10.15.2009 | Impact

Read More: Matthew Modine, Rush Limbaugh, Lynching, We the People, Rush Limbaugh Obama, U.S. Constitution, Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird, Impact News
Matthew Modine

The first three words of the Constitution say, "We the People." "We" is a lovely word; it is inclusive. Life forms and nature are a delicate dance of symbiotic relationships. Some people understand that there is only one world and we are all in this together.

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Latinos Must Think Before Boycotting the Census

Hector E. Sanchez | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2010 Census, Undocumented Immigrants, U.S. Constitution, Boycott, Latino Voters, Hispanic, Politics News
Hector E. Sanchez

Boycotting the census is not the right way to put pressure on the administration. Calling for a census boycott would only be a severe setback, hardly a way to advance the Latino agenda.

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"...And Our Posterity"

Gary Hart | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Law, Us Constitution, Constitution, Politics News
Gary Hart

The idea that future generations have a stake in carrying out the Constitution's objectives is profound. When we go to war, when we act on climate change, we do so not only for ourselves but also for our posterity.

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Is the Military-Industrial Complex Using Gen. McChrystal to "Potty Train" Obama on Afghanistan?

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bob Woodward, Obama Afghanistan, General Mcchrystal, Military Industrial Complex, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Mcchrystal Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, Mcchrystal Obama, U.S. Constitution, Us Troops Afghanistan, Politics News
Miles Mogulescu

The McChrystal affair is a vivid reminder of the huge pressures powerful vested interests can place on a new president to protect the status quo and prevent meaningful change.

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The Torture Memos: Rationalizing the Unthinkable -- A Must-Read.

William Fisher | Posted 11.24.2009 | Books

Read More: Bush-Office-of-Legal-Counsel, U.S. Constitution, John Yoo, Rule of Law, Books News
William Fisher

In chillingly uncomplicated prose, Cole argues that these memos are the real "smoking gun" in the torture controversy because they demonstrate that the culpability lies not merely with the CIA interrogators.

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Why Health Care Reform May Kill the USA

Steven G. Brant | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Constitutional Law, John Boehner, Maturity, Health Care Reform, Treason, Democracy, U.S. Constitution, Pbs Newshour, Constitution, John Wayne, Rebellion, Health Care, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News
Steven G. Brant

My waking nightmare was prompted by House Minority Leader John Boehner's appearance on the PBS NewsHour Thursday night. Why is he speaking so positively of "rebellion"?

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Hillary Clinton Challenged by Judicial Watch

Norman Cressy | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Judicial Watch, U.S. Constitution, Senator Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Senate, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Politics News
Norman Cressy

As far as anyone knows, Secretary Clinton did not have a sex change.

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Is Bagram Obama's New Secret Prison?

Andy Worthington | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Geneva Conventions, Us Constitution, World, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Terrorism, President Obama, Authorization for Use of Military Force, Guantanamo, Boumediene v. Bush, Barack Obama, Judge John D. Bates, World News, Rendition, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, Bush Administration, U.S. Court of Appeals, Enemy Combatants, Bagram, CIA Rendition, Bagram Detainees, Cia, Combatant Status Review Tribunals, Breaking Politics News, New York Times, Bagram Habeas Corpus, Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham, Leon Panetta, Extraordinary Rendition, Politics News
Andy Worthington

The Obama administration is following Bush's lead by unilaterally rewriting the Geneva Conventions, presumably to allow it to continue exploiting prisoners of war for their supposed intelligence value.

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Thomas Jefferson and "The Blood of Tyrants"

Josh Horwitz | Posted 10.17.2009 | Home

Read More: Second Amendment, Gun Violence, Militia, Timothy McVeigh, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Gun Control, Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Constitution, Constitution, Home News
Josh Horwitz

Those who hold the belief that the 2nd Amendment gives them an individual right to take violent action have isolated Jefferson's "tree of liberty" quote in order to justify a radical ideology.

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What if the Right was Right? A Reflection on the "Christian States of America."

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Citizenship, Fundamentalism, Social Justice, President Obama, Teabaggers, Islamists, Secularism, Violence, Globalization, Gun Control, International Law, Obama, Christian Nation, Religious Right, Guns, Nation-State, Politics, Gandhi, Us Constitution, Moral Majority, Christ, Taxation, Health Care, Spirituality, Taxes, Christian Right, Jesus, Terrorism, War, Democracy, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Iraq War, Terroists, Nonviolence, Jesus Christ, Far Right, Progressive Christianity, Health Care Reform, Town Halls, Christianity, Socialism, World, Gospels, Politics News
Cynthia Boaz

I am not saying that Jesus was a Stalinist or even a communist, just that it's very clear from his teachings that he believed that people were happier and healthier when they shared with each other.

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Obama Should Nominate Feingold Next to Supreme Court

Matthew Rothschild | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, Feingold Obama, Russ Feingold, Us Constitution, Rhodes Scholar, Sotomayor Confirmation, Rick Warren, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings, Senator Feingold, Harvard Law School, Mccain-Feingold, Politics News
Matthew Rothschild

Obama would do himself proud, and his progressive base proud, and the Constitution proud, by nominating Russ Feingold to fill the next vacancy on the Supreme Court.

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Muslims in America

Salam Al Marayati | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, U.S. Constitution, Muslim, American Muslims, World News
Salam Al Marayati

It is an Islamic obligation to defend what we are taking an oath to, namely the constitution of the United States of America.

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Congressional Oversight Needed

Ginny Sloan | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Checks and Balances, Congress, Mickey Edwards, Federal Government, Congressional Oversight, Congressional Research Service Report, Project on Government Oversight, U.S. Constitution, Chris Shays, Politics News
Ginny Sloan

Effective congressional oversight is critical for maintaining the separation of powers established under our Constitution and serves not only the interests of Congress, but also those of the executive branch and the American public.

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Sotomayor Hearings are Political Bullsh*t

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts, Sonia Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings, Senate Judiciary Committee, Sonia Sotomayer, Sonia Sotomayor Views, Sonia Sotomayor, Samuel Alito, U.S. Constitution, Constitution, Politics News
Miles Mogulescu

Senate confirmation hearings on judicial nominations are a form of Kabuki Theater in which everyone plays their assigned roles and no one tells the whole truth.

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California Dreamin': How the State Can Beat Its Budget Woes

Ellen Brown | Posted 08.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Federal Bailout, Ious, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Money Supply, Federal Reserve, Banking Crisis, U.S. Constitution, California Budget Crisis, Bank of North Dakota, State Bank, Business News
Ellen Brown

The world's eighth largest economy is not going quietly into that pit of debt and devastation that has devoured Third World countries whole.

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A 'Must Read' for the Book Czar

William Fisher | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, U.S. Constitution, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Presidential Power, Founding Fathers, James Madison, George H.W. Bush, Politics News
William Fisher

Ambitious assertions of presidential power are the logical outcome of a decades-long trend that started with Reagan and culminated under the "unitary executive" doctrine embraced by the George W. Bush administration.

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Exceptionalism is Wearing Thin

Judith Blau | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Us Constitution, Treaties, Politics News
Judith Blau

There are only 15 "core" human rights treaties that are in force. In the case of 3, the US has signed, without ratifying, them. In the case of 7, the US has neither ratified nor signed them.

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