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Female Suicide Bombers

By Bonnie Erbe - February 8th, 2010 | PERMALINK
Bonnie ErbeFemale suicide bombers are nothing new. They first came under the scrutiny of scholars as rarities some 20 years ago, and their profiles rose during the Chechen conflict of the last decade. But ...
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Execute the Terrorists

By Deroy Murdock - February 8th, 2010 | PERMALINK
Deroy MurdockThe Obama Administration wisely is considering moving from Manhattan the trial of five September 11 conspirators. Team Obama's original idea of trying Team al-Qaeda in civilian court cannot be scrapped soon enough. Instead, ...
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Privatized Bureaucracy is Still Bureaucracy

By Tina Dupuy - February 8th, 2010 | PERMALINK
Tina DupuyThe knee-jerk “government is bad” argument against health care reform, the jobs bill or banking regulations is always “it creates more bureaucracy.” This is mainly from Republicans who want to be called lawmakers. ...
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Losing Our Religion, By State Order

By Kathryn Lopez - February 8th, 2010 | PERMALINK
Kathryn LopezEven with its centuries-old roots throughout the region, is Christianity history in the West?  In a speech at the Catholic University of America, in Washington, D.C., the visiting archbishop of Vienna, Cardinal  Christoph Schonborn, ...
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Obama is No Fool, You Idiots

By Gene Lyons - February 8th, 2010 | PERMALINK
Gene LyonsIf President Obama's recent face-to-face meeting with congressional Republicans had been a prizefight, they'd have stopped it: Obama by TKO. It was such a mismatch that Fox News, unofficial network of the GOP, ...
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Bipartisanship. Now. Period.

By Donna Brazile - February 8th, 2010 | PERMALINK
Donna BrazileSoon after the televised exchanged between President Barack Obama and the U.S. House Republican Caucus, two days after the president's State of the Union Address, Internet chatter exploded. The public, press and pundits ...
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The Great Recession Slows Down

By Martha Randolph Carr - February 8th, 2010 | PERMALINK
Martha Randolph CarrThere are small signs that the Great Recession is starting to shift gears. New employment statistics show US companies are not shedding jobs in record numbers. Under more normal circumstances losses would still ...
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Voting Record Puts Bayh in the Hot Seat

By Donald Lambro - February 8th, 2010 | PERMALINK
Donald LambroWASHINGTON -- If you want further evidence of how deep Democratic losses may be in the fall midterm elections, Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh's suddenly shaky bid for a third term is exhibit A. A ...
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In Praise of Moral Courage

By Steve and Cokie Roberts - February 8th, 2010 | PERMALINK
Steve and Cokie RobertsWhat do Bob Dole, Howard Baker, Pete Domenici, Sam Nunn, Tom Daschle and Chuck Robb have in common? They are all former senators, from both parties, who are working together on such issues ...
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Understanding Presidents’ Day

By Tom Purcell - February 8th, 2010 | PERMALINK
Tom Purcell"I thought the purpose of Presidents Day was getting steep discounts on furniture and linen." "Ah, you speak of the confusion surrounding that federal holiday. Snopes.com does a fine job clarifying what the day ...
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My Two Cents

By Will Durst - February 7th, 2010 | PERMALINK
Will DurstRaging Moderate, by Will Durst I'm only guessing, but a major problem with being president has to be people around you being more likely to stick their face in a cast iron oscillating fan ...
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Fox’s Fairly Imbalanced Pro-Muslim Influence

By Diana West - February 6th, 2010 | PERMALINK
Diana WestShould Fox News register with the State Department as a foreign agent -- an agent of Saudi Arabia? First off, is that a farfetched question? Not when a leading member of the ruling family ...
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Assessing the Illinois Primaries

By Brian O'Neill - February 6th, 2010 | PERMALINK
Brian O'Neill(Now, if your eyes drift right to the author bio on the page, you’ll notice it says I focus mainly on Yemen. You might wonder how, despite my residency, I am capable ...
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Watch Obama’s Actions, Not His Words

By Floyd and Mary Beth Brown - February 5th, 2010 | PERMALINK
Floyd and Mary Beth BrownBy Floyd and Mary Beth Brown Americans are waking up with a whopping Obama-hangover, and it's not a pretty sight. Daily, it dawns on ever more Americans that the man in the White House is ...
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Fat Like Me

By Martha Randolph Carr - February 5th, 2010 | PERMALINK
Martha Randolph CarrMartha's Big Adventure by Martha Randolph Carr Human beings are great at tinkering with things. Sometimes this turns out splendidly and we end up with penicillin or fuel-efficient cars. Great minds set out to ...
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The Winds of Political Change

By Michael Reagan - February 4th, 2010 | PERMALINK
Michael ReaganMaking Sense, by Michael Reagan This week, the State of Illinois concluded its primaries for its soon-to-be-open United States Senate Seat. This seat, President Obama's until he won the presidency, has gained infamy with ...
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Obama, Year One: A Report Card

By Will Durst - February 2nd, 2010 | PERMALINK
Will DurstRaging Moderate, by Will Durst When asked how he thought his first year as 44th president of the United States had proceeded, Barack Obama gave himself a B+. To say other parties have been ...
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The American Dream vs. Car Manufacturers

By Martha Randolph Carr - February 2nd, 2010 | PERMALINK
Martha Randolph CarrThere was a period of time in American history when it was a commonly held belief that car manufacturers would always do well in the US because cars would always be needed. It was ...
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Abstinence-only Programs Increase Teen Pregnancy

By Bonnie Erbe - February 2nd, 2010 | PERMALINK
Bonnie ErbeA new study should silence members of the religious right who continue to support the non-existent efficacy of abstinence-only sex education. Do I believe fervent theocrats will close up shop and go home on ...
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U.S. Rated ‘Mostly Free’ Compared to Other Nations

By Deroy Murdock - February 2nd, 2010 | PERMALINK
Deroy MurdockNEW YORK - The state of our Union is mostly free. This may shock citizens who call America the "Land of the Free." Alas, as the Heritage Foundation demonstrates, Washington has transformed Francis Scott ...
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Can Obama, GOP Get Anything Done?

By Morton Kondracke - February 2nd, 2010 | PERMALINK
Morton KondrackeSEWANEE, Tenn. -- As I listened to retired Archbishop Robin Eames reflect on the reconciliation of Northern Ireland, I thought, "Who's going to reconcile the United States?" Eames, 72, received an honorary doctor of ...
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Why Democrats Need to Take a Deep, Deep Breath

By The New Republic - February 2nd, 2010 | PERMALINK
The New RepublicDemocrats across the country are starting to wonder aloud if they misjudged the electorate over the last year, with profound ramifications for the midterm elections this year and, potentially, for Mr. Obama's presidency," ...
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Tucker Carlson’s Latest Venture Will Not Be Televised

By The New Republic - February 2nd, 2010 | PERMALINK
The New RepublicIf you're a journalist, chances are you've had some pretty low moments in the last few years, as your industry has imploded all around you. But, in your darkest hours, you were always ...
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Enjoy Corporate-Sponsored America

By Gene Lyons - February 2nd, 2010 | PERMALINK
Gene Lyons"I hope we shall crush ... in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the laws ...
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The Uniter is Back

By Donna Brazile - February 2nd, 2010 | PERMALINK
Donna BrazileI was curious after the Democrats' bitter loss in Massachusetts exactly which Barack Obama would show up to deliver his first State of the Union address. Would it be the impassioned motivator who, ...
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Obamanomics: ‘A Fiscal Catastrophe in the Making’

By Donald Lambro - February 2nd, 2010 | PERMALINK
Donald LambroWASHINGTON -- If President Obama thinks the political disaster that hit his party last month in Massachusetts was bad, he had better brace himself for the Congressional Budget Office's latest economic forecasts for ...
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Geaux Saints!

By Steve and Cokie Roberts - February 2nd, 2010 | PERMALINK
Steve and Cokie RobertsThe cheer, with its inside joke of a "French" spelling for go, serves as the standard greeting among New Orleanians these days. The NFC champions have become so much more than a football ...
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Obama: The Flame War President

By Tina Dupuy - February 1st, 2010 | PERMALINK
Tina DupuyEvery horrendous thing one could possibly say about President Barack Obama has been said. It’s been said, repeated, blogged, taped, printed, e-mailed, syndicated, broadcasted and most likely spray painted somewhere. Some of the ...
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