Tag: politics
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May 17, 2007 11:46 AM EDT --
I read a fascinating piece in The Nation online yesterday that touched on some of Falwell's over-looked early years when "questions of the day" for many cultural conservatives were ones concerning . . .
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April 30, 2007 02:52 PM EDT --
Last week Rosie O'Donnell and ABC announced that she will leave "The View" in June.
Rosie, the outspoken co-host host of the morning talk show, said her needs could not be met in contract . . .
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April 12, 2007 01:30 PM EDT --
Relations between Japan and China are thawing a bit as China's Premier Wen takes his first trip to Japan.
John Bussey, editor of The Wall Street Journal Asia, says its all about trade.
Click here . . .
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May 07, 2007 08:07 AM EDT --
A new study finds there is a subtle racial bias in the referring of NBA games. Specifically white refs call fouls against black players at a greater rate then against white players and that black . . .
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April 13, 2007 09:17 AM EDT --
Imagine a swath of land stretching from Boston to Portland, Maine with homes on both sides of the road in ruins.
In Louisiana people don't have to imagine. That's the destruction they still see . . .
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April 23, 2007 09:36 AM EDT --
In the wake of the Virginia Tech tragedy last week, On Point is taking a closer look today at how schools should balance privacy, public safety, and the rights of students and parents.
Here . . .
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April 19, 2007 12:44 PM EDT --
A new ABC News Washington Post poll shows 51 percent of Americans thought that Don Imus should have lost his job over his racially insensitive remarks.
But there is a racial divide within that divide. . . .
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April 24, 2007 09:23 AM EDT --
What was the governor of New Mexico doing in North Korea last week? Bill Richardson was formally there to collect the remains of six U.S. soldiers killed during the Korean War. He also had a say in negotiations . . .
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May 02, 2007 01:45 PM EDT --
Blackwater, USA first came to the attention of most Americans in March 2004 when four of its employees were killed in the Iraqi town of Fallujah, and two of the charred, dismembered bodies were strung . . .
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April 24, 2007 08:48 AM EDT --
German filmmaker Malte Ludin's father, convicted war criminal Hans Ludin, was executed when Malte was only five-years-old, but decades later his legacy looms large in the family.
When Malte's . . .
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May 24, 2007 02:49 PM EDT --
Prosperity theology has met its match in the form of Reverend Billy.
From the stoop of New York's Disney Store to the Mall of America, performance artist Bill Talen preaches his gospel as "Reverend . . .
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April 24, 2007 08:41 AM EDT --
President Bush has promised to tighten economic sanctions and impose new ones on Sudan if that nation's president does not move quickly to stop the bloodshed in Darfur. Bush says Sudan must allow deployment . . .
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May 04, 2007 03:38 PM EDT --
The hodgepodge of barriers along the U.S. border with Mexico comes to life in an article by journalist Chuck Bowden in the new issue of National Geographic magazine. And while he explores this barrier, . . .
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May 02, 2007 11:53 AM EDT --
Photographer Mark Edward Harris has made two visits to North Korea and has been to the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea. His stunning photographs from the Hermit Kingdom are featured in . . .
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December 20, 2007 11:10 AM EST --
The deadline was Monday for candidates to file their affidavit to appear on Arizona's presidential primary ballot. The primary is on Super-Duper-Humungo-Tuesday, Feb. 5. Given today's . . .
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November 01, 2007 07:10 PM EDT --
And, we're not talking former Mexican President Vicente Fox, either.
Fox tried to force Sen. McCain from using footage of himself from the Fox News debate. They then expanded the . . .
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January 23, 2008 12:36 PM EST --
I was able to bring my daughters (and their college student-after school sitter) to see Sen. Clinton up close and personal last night. It was a delight to see their reactions.
Our older (almost . . .
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December 17, 2007 11:20 AM EST --
This am, on Morning Edition, NPR teased a longer story to run this afternoon (on All Things Considered) featuring interviews with several Iraqis who were wounded and/or witnessed the infamous Blackwater . . .
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January 29, 2008 07:45 PM EST --
Pres. Bush signed the Defense Authorization bill yesterday. BUTTTTTTT, he also quietly announced that he will IGNORE five provisions of it. Apparently, there is a SIGNING STATEMENT out there. . . .
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March 19, 2008 03:59 PM EDT --
Early this morning, I finally got a chance to sit down at the computer and watch Sen. Obama's entire 40-minute speech (while reading along). I thought it was a wonderful speech, and it sets up a discussion . . .
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