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Remembering About Forgetting

Sandy Goodman | Posted 07.13.2008 | Home

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Sandy Goodman

Memory is big these days. Especially for those of us getting on in years. I'm celebrating my 75th birthday later this month. I don't know which I'm mo...

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Wilshire & Washington

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 07.09.2008 | Media

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Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

Wilshire & Washington, the weekly Blog Talk Radio program that explores the intersection of politics, entertainment, and new media, launched this morning.

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Beating the Jaywalking Rap

Nicholas Stephanopoulos | Posted 07.06.2008 | Politics

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Nicholas Stephanopoulos

While gunshots ring out and drug deals are executed just blocks away, DC's police officers spend entire days nabbing pedestrians who cross streets a little too soon or a little too late.

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Where Have All The Lost Guns Gone?

Diane Dimond | Posted 06.28.2008 | Home

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Diane Dimond

Earlier this month the ATF quietly revealed that the owners admitted a substantial part of their inventory was either "missing, lost or stolen." After adding it all up the ATF concluded that, collectively, those registered gun dealers "lost" 82 firearms every single day!

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The Vagaries of Vouchers

Gerald Bracey | Posted 06.24.2008 | Media

Read More: No Child Left Behind, School Reform, Washington Post, Vouchers, Washington, Media News
Gerald Bracey

What is with the Washington Post? one week says that the Washington, D. C. voucher program doesn't work -- the next it runs an editorial begging Congress not to kill the program.

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The Disintegration of John McCain

Paul Jenkins | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

Even still-enamored journalists cannot fail to notice that it would be difficult to find a candidate less suited for the times or the office than McCain right now.

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The GameChanger and The Player

Mike Bonifer | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics

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Mike Bonifer

The GameChanger is coming off a campaign that ran for seventeen months across the world's media networks, generating transactions worth what must have...

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Almost Blue: The Obama-Dean Western Campaign

Dawn Teo | Posted 06.08.2008 | Home

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Dawn Teo

Obama's army goes deep behind enemy lines in the West. He and Dean are determined to compete in red states as a matter of strategy, forcing McCain to spend money and resources on his own turf.

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Internet in Transition

Leslie Harris and John Morris | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Transition, Internet, Public Policy, Policy, 2008 Election, Washington, Politics News
Leslie Harris and John Morris

If you silence the rhetoric, and strip this presidential election cycle of all the partisan trappings, you are left with one undeniable fact: voters a...

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Way to Win Hearts and Minds

Sam Sedaei | Posted 06.03.2008 | Politics

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Sam Sedaei

Regardless of one's belief about Israel, violence is not the answer and both HAMAS and Israel need to be condemned for their appeal to violence to advance their cause.

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Anti-Abortion Protesters Block the Liberty Bell

Leora Tanenbaum | Posted 05.29.2008 | Living

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Leora Tanenbaum

My children, ages six and eight, don't know about the birds and the bees. But now they know about abortion.

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Why Republicans Might Attack Iran Before the General Elections

Omid Memarian | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics

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Omid Memarian

One of the strongest scenarios among neo-conservatives is based on the hypothesis that in the case of any military attack against Iran, the greatest beneficiary would be John McCain.

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Annoying HuffPost Trend: Elected Democrats Posting On What's Wrong In Washington

James Boyce | Posted 05.15.2008 | Politics

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James Boyce

If elected Democrats have a complaint about oh, say corruption in Iraq, they should speak with the people in charge of the purse strings. That would be the Democrats.

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Senator Proposes Sweeping Election Reforms

Jacob Soboroff | Posted 04.21.2008 | Home

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Jacob Soboroff

Last week I visited with Senator Bill Nelson (D-FLA) in his Washington, D.C. office to discuss his plan to change the way and day we vote, and why he chose now to introduce his plan.

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Must See TV for The Gov And Me

Jonathan Neil Schneider | Posted 03.26.2008 | Entertainment

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Jonathan Neil Schneider

I'm one selfish, apathetic lazy-ass. At least that's what I thought as I watched the HBO miniseries, John Adams.

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3/19 Anti-War Rally Photos

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Last week, on the fifth anniversary of American military involvement in Iraq, anti-war rallies were held in various locations around the country. The...

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Obama Channels Jefferson

Denise Clapsaddle | Posted 03.18.2008 | Home

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Denise Clapsaddle

Obama has tapped into a deeply felt societal sentiment that now is one of those moments that calls for something more than progress at the rate of one step forward, two steps back. Is he the one to lead us?

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A Warning to Our Superdelegates

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.12.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

It is increasingly unseemly for superdelegates to stand by as the Clinton campaign resorts to techniques that would have made Jesse Helms blush 20 years ago.

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Clinton's General Election Disaster in the Making

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.09.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

Of the many strange spins the Clinton campaign has sold the media, few are as troubling as the idea that she is the stronger general election candidate.

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Michigan And Florida Need A Mulligan

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.11.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Mulligan -- (noun)  A golf shot not tallied against the score, granted in informal play after a poor shot especially from the tee. This is ...

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Friday Talking Points [18]

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.08.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

I'm going to start off with a quick piece of advice for both Democratic campaigns (or perhaps for Howard Dean) -- spend the next few weeks taping ever...

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Column: Digging in the Right Place for Change

David Sirota | Posted 01.18.2008 | Politics

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David Sirota

In the legislatures of Washington and Wisconsin, a new kind of universal health care proposal is moving forward, signaling the potential for a true national health care movement.

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Ashcroft No-Bid Contract Brings Scrutiny To Justice Department

New York Times | PHILIP SHENON | Posted 01.10.2008 | Politics

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When the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey needed to find an outside lawyer to monitor a large corporation willing to settle criminal charges out o...

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Clinton Discusses Her Personal Apology To Obama

Huffington Post | Katharine Zaleski | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics

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Hillary Clinton commented publicly for the first time about her personal apology to Senator Barack Obama after one of her top campaign officials broug...

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Obama: "Hillary, I'm Looking Forward To You Advising Me"

Huffington Post | Katharine Zaleski | Posted 12.13.2007 | Politics

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Democratic candidates gathered in Iowa today for their final debate before the January caucuses. The overall feeling of the debate was cordial consid...

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