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Norman Lear

I Too Had a Dream...

Norman Lear | Posted February 12, 2012 | Politics

Read More: Attack Ads, Campaign Finance Reform, GOP Attack Ads, Super PACs, Election 2012, Mitt Romney Super Pac, Obama Elections 2012, Romney Attack Ads

I had a dream last night. Mitt Romney had won the Republican nomination and the race for the presidency was on. But really on. The super PACs on behalf of Mitt coughed up their tens of millions for starters -- and the attack ads began everywhere, day and night:

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Pauline Gaines

Why I'm Glad I Gave My Ex Custody Of Our Son

Pauline Gaines | Posted February 11, 2012 | Divorce

Read More: Child Custody, Custody, Divorce, Divorce Custody, Divorce Kids

When my ex-husband and I decided to divorce, my close relationship with my son exploded almost overnight. "Luca," then six, turned into a piece of property my ex was determined to acquire. My ex did not go after our daughter, and to this day she fortunately has managed to dodge...

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Kerry Kennedy

Baltasar Garzon, Champion of Human Rights

Kerry Kennedy | Posted February 11, 2012 | World

Read More: Augusto Pinochet, Spanish Civil War, Baltasar Garzon Human Rights, Batasar Garzon, Chile Disappearences, Chile Murders, Human Rights

RFK Speak Truth to Power Human Rights Defender Baltasar Garzon has made a career of fighting against the thugs of the world -- organized crime, terrorists, drug lords, death squads and perpetrators of crimes against humanity. In October 1988, he inspired a generation of human rights defenders when he indicted...

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Lynn Casteel Harper

What Lack Of Sleep Does To Your Spirit

Lynn Casteel Harper | Posted February 11, 2012 | Religion

Read More: Health, Religion, Sabbath, Sabbath Rest, Sleep, Sleep Deprivation, Slumber, Spirituality, Spirituality Of Sleep

My favorite local coffee shop sells merchandise brandished with their amusing slogan: "Sleep is for the weak." After petroleum, coffee is the world's most traded commodity. My spouse tells me of one of his students who sleeps with headphones on that repeat all night long the terms she is trying...

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Sen. Barbara Boxer

Time to End Political Attacks on Contraception

Sen. Barbara Boxer | Posted February 11, 2012 | Politics

Read More: Women's Health, Gop Birth Control, Gop Contraceptives, Obama Birth Control, Obama Contraception, Republicans Birth Control

With his announcement on Friday, President Obama affirmed that we must protect women's health and the religious freedom of all.

The president's effort to work with all sides to find the middle ground has garnered support from groups ranging from Planned Parenthood and the National Organization for Woman to...

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Evelyn Leopold

Does Britannia Rule the Waves in the S. Atlantic? Argentina Thinks So.

Evelyn Leopold | Posted February 11, 2012 | World

Read More: Falkland Islands, Hector Timerman, Las Malvinas, UK Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant, Argentina, Argentina Falkland Islands, Brazil, Britain, Chile, Timerman Falkland Islands, Uruguay

Argentina's foreign minister wants the United Nations to mediate with Britain over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) and accused London of militarizing the south Atlantic. "Rubbish," responded Britain's ambassador.

Just when you thought the world had enough problems, there was a bit of a time warp. Foreign Minister

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Bill McKibben

Keystone XL: Time for the Senate to Show Some Courage

Bill McKibben | Posted February 11, 2012 | Green

Read More: Bill Mckibben, Keystone XL, Keystone XL Pipeline, Keystone XL Protests, Keystone-Xl-Senate-Bill, Obama Keystone Xl, Tar Sands

At least for now, the battle over the Keystone Pipeline -- the most visible environmental cause in many years -- has moved from the scarred boreal forest of Alberta and the Sand Hills of Nebraska to the halls of Congress. Or rather, it's moved to send button on your email...

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Michael Moore

A 75th Anniversary for the American Dream, a 25-Year Anniversary for Me

Michael Moore | Posted February 11, 2012 | Politics

Read More: Flint Sit-Down Strike, General Motors, Roger And Me, Flint, Flint-Sit-Down-Strike-75th-Anniversary, Future Of General Motors, Michael Moore, Occupy Wall Street

On this day 25 years ago, in 1987, I became a filmmaker. It was around 10 in the morning and the first-ever roll of Kodak 16mm film for my first-ever movie was loaded into my friend's camera to shoot the very first scene of Roger & Me. I had no...

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William Astore

Why I Still Like Ike

William Astore | Posted February 11, 2012 | Politics

Read More: American Exceptionalism, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight Eisenhower, Eisenhower Memorial, Military Industrial Complex, D-Day, Dwight Eisenhower Legacy, Dwight Eisenhower Presidency, Frank Gehry, Humility, Military, National Monuments

The ongoing controversy over the national memorial to President Dwight D. Eisenhower provides us with an opportunity to recall Ike's legacy and his deeper meaning to America. Ike was of course a national hero, the supreme allied commander who led the assault at D-Day on June...

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Yen Lee

Facebook's Top 10 Cities For Romance (PHOTOS)

Yen Lee | Posted February 11, 2012 | Travel

Read More: Holiday Travel, Romantic Destinations, Destinations, Romance, Slidepollajax, Travel Technology, Us Destinations, Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is quickly approaching, and, for most of us, romance is on the brain. Uptake has analyzed millions of status updates, photo captions and album covers on Facebook in order to bring you a list of the most smooch-worthy spots in the U.S. that people are talking...

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Hanne Blank

10 Surprising Facts About Heterosexuality

Hanne Blank | Posted February 11, 2012 | Gay Voices

Read More: Heterosexuality, Heterosexuality Facts, Heterosexuality Myths, Heterosexuality Surprising Facts, Slidepollajax, Surprising Facts About Heterosexuality

When I began work on my book Straight: The Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexuality, I often got teased by friends who wondered whether, in working on the history of something so commonplace, I was going to come across anything that wasn't already common knowledge. Surely, they thought, it...

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James Zogby

U.S.-Egypt Relations on the Rocks

James Zogby | Posted February 11, 2012 | World

Read More: Arab Spring, Arab World, Egypt Public Opinion, Middle East, US Egypt Relations, US Foreign Policy, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, International Relations, Muslim Brotherhood

The U.S.-Egypt relationship is on the rocks. If it is to be salvaged, both sides will need to change course and pay attention to the concerns of their respective publics, both of whom now hold negative views of each other.

In the year that has passed...

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Dennis Santiago

FDIC Shutters Banks in Illinois and Indiana

Dennis Santiago | Posted February 11, 2012 | Business

Read More: Bank Failures, FDIC Bank Failures, FDIC Banks, Fdic

On Friday, Feb. 10, 2012 the FDIC shifted bank closure activity from the south to the center of the country this week failing Charter National Bank and Trust in Hoffman Estates, Ill. and SCB Bank of Shelbyville, Ind. SCB at $200B assets was the larger of the two and began...

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