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Get Rich Cheating

Jeff Kreisler | Posted 06.25.2009 | Comedy

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Jeff Kreisler

Everyone's doing it--from sleazy CEOs to 'roided-up home run kings, silicone-enhanced starlets, and backroom-dealing congressmen--so why not you?

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White House Correspondents Dinner: The Reality Show

Danielle Crittenden | Posted 06.08.2009 | Style

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Danielle Crittenden

No amount of celebrity sugaring can coat Washington in glamour. Not even that hot Obama guy can. For the reality of the D.C. reality show is this: It remains a capital city in the mold of other dull official, capital cities.

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A New President and a New Generation Seek a Nuclear Weapons Free Future

Jim Wallis | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: International, Bomb, Washington, William J Perry, Democrat, Evangelicals, Wall Street Journal, Evangelical, Weapons, Peace, Democrats, Movement, America, Barack Obama, Republican, Conservative, Sam Nunn, Non Proliferation Treaty, Bush Administration, Henry a Kissinger, Wall Street, Nuclear Weapons, Barack, George Shultz, Liberal, Russia, Nuclear Weapons Policy, Nuclear Testing, Republicans, Conservatives, Justice, Young Evangelicals, Politics News
Jim Wallis

A new generation of Evangelical Christians launched The Two Futures Project whose mission is "for the abolition of all nuclear weapons."

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Reducing Pollution Should Not Be a Partisan Issue

Rep. Earl Blumenauer | Posted 06.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Green the Capitol, D.C., Washington, Capitol Power Plant, Earl Blumenauer, Republicans, Nancy Pelosi, Green News
Rep. Earl Blumenauer

I applaud the efforts of Speaker Pelosi to Green the Capitol. Sadly, the Republican leadership has opposed, even mocked, the Speaker's determination to improve our air quality and reduce operating expenses.

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Jack Kemp: Bleeding-Heart Conservative

Jim Wallis | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: President, Leadership, Football, Children, Economics, Washington, Common Ground, Conservatism, Congress, Legacy, Black, Bleeding Heart, Republican Jack Kemp, Compassion, Civil Rights, Republican, Conservative, Racism, White, Housing Projects, Housing, Bill Bradley, Political Leader, Development, Poverty, Housing and Urban Development, Partisan, African Americans, Politics News
Jim Wallis

Kemp was a fervent believer in "supply side economics," which I just as fervently oppose. But you do not have to agree with all of Jack Kemp's economic policies to be impressed and inspired with his life and leadership.

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2,870 Mayors for Peace: Does Yours Belong?

Jim Luce | Posted 06.04.2009 | World

Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Weaponry, Atomic Bomb Dome, Delhi, Atlanta, Chicago, Washington, United Nations, Takeshi Araki, Sri Lanka, Boston, World Peace, Thought Leaders, Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Hiroshima, Denver, Global Citizens, Seattle, Nagasaki, 2020 Vision Campaign, Prague, Mayors for Peace, Tanzania, Tadatoshi Akiba, Aaron Tovish, Philadelphia, Total Abolition of Nuclear Weapons, Santo Domingo, Mathew Luce, Los Angeles, Barack Obama, Haiti, Japan, New York, Hiroshima Peace Park., Federation of the American Scientists, Tipping Point, Thousand Origami Cranes, San Francisco, Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol, Orphans International Worldwide, Senbazru, Lome, Galle, Moshi, Manado, Jacmel, World News
Jim Luce

It is possible to disarm all nuclear weaponry by 2020. It is do-able. For the sake of our orphans, for the sake of your own families' children, let us commit ourselves to believing this.

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Bybee and Peterson: Two Mormons, Two Different Ethics On Torture

Ann Wright | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Waterboarding, Jay Bybee, Cia, D.C., Washington, Eric Holder, Torture, Politics News
Ann Wright

Jay Bybee, for supporting policies of torture, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as a judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Alyssa Peterson, for saying no to torture, is dead, perhaps by her own hand.

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How to Be Happier: Stay Connected to Your Past.

The Happiness Project | The Happiness Project | Posted 05.25.2009 | Home

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I'm working on my Happiness Project, and you could have one, too! Everyone's project will look different, but it's the rare person who can't benefit....

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Reading The Pictures: Obama Schools The Credit Card Industry

Michael Shaw | Posted 05.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Politics, White House, Credit Card Industry, Washington, Larry Summers, Obama, Slideshow, Business, News, Recession, Media News
Michael Shaw

2009-04-24-shawcredit.jpgObama used the bully pulpit to dictate to the credit card suits how the industry is going to treat the consumer from now on.

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American College Reporters See Israel Up Close In The Editors Screened Tomorrow in DC

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 04.20.2009 | World

Read More: Project Interchange, Middle East Politics, Screening, Washington, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel, Media, Film, Peace, Dc, Israel Gaza Operation, America, World News
Karin Kloosterman

Six university newspaper editors from America visited Israel for the first time last December, and the already planned trip happened to coincide with the first week of the recent Gaza Conflict.

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Reading The Pictures: Underneath The Tea

Michael Shaw | Posted 05.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Teabags, Images, Politics, Conservatives, Lady Liberty, Teabag Protests, Washington, Obama, Republicans, Hammer and Sickle, Anti-Obama, Tea, Tea Protests, Media News
Michael Shaw

2009-04-16-shaw_teaparty.jpgThere were all kinds of seductive symbolic elements (hammers-and-sickles, U.S. flags, Hitlers, pigs, Uncle Sams, Indians, Alfred E. Nuemans, tea bags -- of course) running through Wednesday's protests.

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Peter Zumthor: A "Timeless" Architect for our Time?

Frances Anderton | Posted 05.16.2009 | Style

Read More: Timeless, Spa, Pritzker, Vals, Zumthor, David Adjaye, Eisenhower, Gehry, Washington, Style News
Frances Anderton

Adjaye, still in his early 40s, has built a string of much-praised houses for fine artists, as well as museums, libaries and cultural centers, and will be the design architect.

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Tea And Sympathy

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Revolution, President Obama, Washington, Rebel, Boston, Monopoly, Fox, Obama, Media, Tin Foil Hat, Taxation Without Representation, Dc, Britain, East India Company, Teabag, Tax Day, Tea Taxes, Tea Bag, Almost Got Shagged, Cuppa Tea, Cigarettes, Fellow Traveler, Revolution, British East India Company, Protest, Lower Taxes, Higher Taxes, Tea Party, Protestors, Tea, Parliament, Taxes, Tobacco Tax, Smokers, Tea Tax, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Boston Tea Party, Washington DC, Anti-Tax, Smuggler, Barack Obama, Teabag Party, Smuggling, Tax, Chris Weigant, Smuggle, Giles, Fox News, Cigarette Taxes, Boston Harbor, Colonies, Spike, Cigarette Tax, Tinfoil Hat, Tax Day Tea Party, Buffy, United Kingdom, Politics News
Chris Weigant

If the modern-day Tea Parties are smart, they would try to educate the public and hang their whole protest on the "anti-bailout" hook.

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Keeping Clean Energy, Public Comments on the Table

Bruce Nilles | Posted 05.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Clean Energy, Coal, Sierra Club, Washington, Centralia Coal Power Plant, Gov-Christine-Gregoire, Dan Ritzman, Christine Gregoire, Gov Christine Gregoire, TransAlta, Green Energy, Clean Air Act, Gov. Christine Gregoire, Green News
Bruce Nilles

It's hard to know what to think when this whole process has been conducted behind closed doors, but it's hard to believe that this process is in the people's best interest.

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Future Historians: Blogs Drive U.S. Foreign Policy

Ari Melber | Posted 05.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Politics, Orange to Blue, Washington, Cfr, Leslie Gelb, New York Times, Act Blue, Internet Politics, Iraq, Michael Beschloss, Media, Academy, Daily Kos, Foreign Policy, Media News
Ari Melber

For Internet politics, the controversial becomes conventional very quickly. This Sunday's New York Times Book Review has a salient example of blogs' ascension within the conventional wisdom.

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Is Cap-And-Trade Dead This Year?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cap and Trade, Gas Prices, Foreign Oil, Cloture, President Obama, Economy, Washington, Filibuster, Democratic, Obama, Lightswitch Tax, Conventional Wisdom, Filibuster Proof, Republican, Cap-and-Trade, Budget Reconciliation, Health Care, Reconciliation, Energy, Gas, House, Budget, Democrat, Congress, Energy Policy, Democrats, Barack Obama, Fast Track, Education, Wall Street, Chris Weigant, Tax, Oil, Senate, Healthcare, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Democrats are all but admitting that they're killing off cap-and-trade for this year's legislative season. When the time comes, they will be blaming the Republicans, even though their own cowardice is the real culprit.

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Restore Economic Confidence by Robbing Banks

Spencer Green | Posted 04.26.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Banks, Economic Stimulus, Robberies, Geithner, Recession, Washington, Bailouts, Comedy News
Spencer Green

The immediate result of this, of course, will be a reminder to Washington that it's our money in the banking system, our money which is being used to bail out that system, and our money to take as/when we see fit.

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Stop the Financial Services "Super Czar" (Updated)

Don McNay | Posted 04.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Fiddler on the Roof, Wall Street Bailout, Populism, Hank Paulson, Shelia Bair, Main Street, Regulation, Bailout, Insurance, Obama Average Americans, Washington, Kentucky, Constitution, Wall Street Bonuses, Lexington KY, National-Association-of-Insurance-Commissioners, Personal Finance, State-Insurance-Regulators, Fdic, Financial Services, Systemic-Risk, Aig, Don McNay, Representative-Government, Insurance Companies, FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair, Barack Obama, Wall Street Regulators, Tim Geithner, Deregulation, Car Czar, Banking Crisis, Ben Bernanke, Systemic Risk Regulator, House Financial Services Committee, Bailout Outrage, Business News
Don McNay

There has been talk about appointing a new "Systemic Risk Regulator." This "Super Czar" would oversee all of the financial services industry. We had a "Super Czar" last year. His name was Henry Paulson.

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Turkey's Delay Tactics in Opening the Border with Armenia

Harut Sassounian | Posted 04.20.2009 | World

Read More: White House, Turkey, Blockade, Lobbying, Washington, Azerbaijan, George MItchell, Iraq, Ankara, Congress, American-Jewish Organizations, Armenian Genocide, April 24, Hilary Clinton, Erdogan, Davos, Gaza, Shimon Peres, Lobbying Firms, Israel, Afghanistan, Pres. Obama, Football Diplomacy, Ambassador of Turkey, Ali Babajan, Armenian Genocide Resolution, Karabagh, Artsakh, Armenia, World News
Harut Sassounian

While some people are dismissing Pres. Obama's solemn campaign pledge to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, Turkish leaders have taken the president's promise very seriously.

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 04.06.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, India, Warship, Chas Freeman, Freeman, Obama, Iran, Submarine, Nuclear, Brown, Sallai Meridor, Ukraine, Medvedev, Clinton, Gaza, Donors Conference, Billions, Sudan, Cricket, Hague, Washington, Guinea-Bissau, Palestinian National Authority, Assassination, Taliban, Aipac, China, Ambassador, Paksitan, Foreign Affairs, World News
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Pakistan's Civil War? Facts: Gunmen attack the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, Pakistan on Tuesday and...

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EARTH HOUR 2009: Washington, DC, To Go Dark For Earth Hour (VIDEO)

World Wildlife Fund | Posted 04.06.2009 | Green

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WASHINGTON, DC, March 4, 2009 - World Wildlife Fund announced today that the District of Columbia has signed on to be an official flagship city for Ea...

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Our Moral Audit of the Budget

Jim Wallis | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Market, White House, President, Social Justice, Debate, President Obama, Taxes, Washington, Proportion, Priorities, Poor, Wealth, Common Good, Social Responsibility, E.J. Dionne, Budgets, Justice, Capitalism, Faith, Health Care, Equality, Irs, Budget, Politics, Biblical, Community, Rich, Compassion, Federal Budget Proposal, Invisible Hand, Inequality, Economy, 100 Days, Obama Budget, Politics News
Jim Wallis

My prediction is that many in the faith community, especially those on the front lines of serving the poor, will rally around the principles and priorities of this budget.

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Coming Soon to a Neighborhood Near You

Michael J. Panzner | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Federal Bailout, Debt, U.S. Economy, Violence, Federal Reserve, Borrowing, Rescue Plan, National Debt, Federal Budget Deficit, Conflict, Bailout, Financial Rescue, Economic Rescue Package, Spending, Protest, Washington, Protests, Protestors, Politics News
Michael J. Panzner

After almost four decades of relative calm and complacency, there are signs that the social mood is beginning to sour.

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Holder, Race and Obama's 10% of the White Alabama Vote

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.24.2009 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

The complicated picture of how America came to vote for its first black president reflects the country's multifarious attitude towards race

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I Know a Guy

James Moore | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics

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James Moore

"The Report on the Workshop of How to Conduct Workshops" has now been sent to the White House. It seems this cannot be issued without the president's approval.

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