Politics: Policy
Currently listing articles 1139-1101:
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On Terrorism and Increasing Jewish-Arab Violence in Israel— Does an attack on Arabs by Jews portend good or evil?
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The Myth of American Dictatorship— Alex Jones is still ranting about Presidential Directive 51 and a Bush dictatorship. I wonder if he's actually read the document?
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Digging Through the Netroots— A look at a long final day shuttling between the left and right wings of the political blogosphere.
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Did Kennedy Promise A Cuban Invasion During the 1960 Kennedy-Nixon Debate?— During his 1960 campaign, Senator Kennedy promised to help Cuban exiles overthrow Castro. Did he mean to hold a bake sale?
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White House "Endorses" Obama Iraq Plan— The White House press office sent out an article to its distribution list hyping Iraq PM al-Maliki's endorsement of Obama's Iraq plan.
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A Tale of Two Netroots— In which I get outed as a 'spy' and head across town to see how the other half roots in the grass.
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Obama or McCain Can Finish Journey to Nuclear Test Ban Treaty— Barack Obama or John McCain can show U.S. leadership in ratifying the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
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Sell Fannie and Freddie, Now— Like many government programs, Fannie and Freddie’s objective is noble, but at the same time inappropriate for government to undertake.
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Netroots Nation: A Fly on the Wall— In which a square-peg Republican makes a visit to the beating heart of the progressive left and comes out alive.
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Senator Obama Ain't No John F. Kennedy — Really?
— All presidential aspirants, like the rest of us, need role models. Is JFK the correct one for Senator Obama?
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President Obama— The Obnoxious American takes a peek into the future
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The Ron Paul Revolution Marches on DC— The Revolution March this past weekend wound down the Ron Paul movement with a pat on the back rather than a bang.
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Senator McCain's Conservative Role Model is...The Envelope, Please...— Senator McCain has named Theodore Roosevelt as his conservative role model. Is that an appropriate choice?
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Phil Gramm - Political Criminal— Phil Gramm is off to the political gulag for the ultimate crime of the election season - telling the truth.
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DOD Analyst Convicted for Selling Information to China— With all the evidence of Chinese espionage, why are we allowing them free trade status, which gives them a lot of access to steal intellectual
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Come Together, Right Now - Over Abortion? — It can't be abstinence and preaching all the time.
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Eisenhower's Open Skies to Reach 500th Flight
— President Eisenhower's open skies for peace plan is about to reach its 500th flight.
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How About Electing a Creative Thinker for President?— If most of us ordinary worker bees performed as badly as the government we would have been fired long ago.
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Fear Tactics and Mistruths of the Drug War— Fear is the tool of policymakers and advocates for many causes in our country.
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Interview: Elizabeth Pisani, Author Of The Wisdom Of Whores And HIV/AIDS Advocate— "If we don't spend the money on those most at risk what are we really doing to stop the spread of the disease?"
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Obama, McCain, and The Politics of Oil— The high cost of oil and gasoline is a political football. The players include Bush, Congress, Obama, McCain, Venezuela, Russia, and the Middle East.
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Rant: Useful Idiots Are, Well, Useful — Useful Idiots perform a function in society: they make us angry. That is a good thing.
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A Party of Extremes: The Texas GOP Platform (Part II)— What kind of serious candidate could run on a platform which advocates theocracy, isolationism and the death penalty for rape?
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The Real Price Of Oil— Countries need to start figuring out how to wean us off fossil fuels before it's too late.
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Reinventing the United Nations— It's time for the United Nations to go. It's lost all legitimacy and should be dissolved or replaced with a more rational body.
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Sick and Tired of the Election— The Obnoxious American is mad as hell, but he has no choice but to continue taking it.
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What the Housing Crisis Can Tell Us about Racism, Sexism and Homelessness— With regard to housing in our nation today, it is undeniable that inequalities exist. So how can the playing field be leveled?
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Planned Economies Do Not Work - Part IV— Kudos to Congressional Republicans for defending capitalism and rejecting central economic planning.
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The Supreme Court's Fat Cat Decision Is OK— Elite Fat Cats who run for office must be treated no differently than "poor" but famous people. That is a good thing.
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War With Iran: An Extremist Fantasy— Hysterical extremists seem to think we're declaring war on Iran. Are they lying or are they just unbelievably stupid?
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Election 2008—the “Big Mo”— In politics like sports, momentum drives you to victory.
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Heller, Eugene Robinson, and Dred Scott— the people have to have a right to keep guns exactly in order to keep the military regulated
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Life, the Death Penalty, and Child Abuse— Surviving abuse is rough enough. Don’t make it worse by demanding we go through a capital trial.
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Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition: Supreme Court Rules for Gun Rights— In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court has ruled that individuals have the right to own firearms for self-defense and hunting.
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The Supreme Court (Five to Four) Says That The Answer is Blowin' in the Wind — The decision declaring the death penalty unconstitutional where rape did not cause, and was not intended to cause, a child’s death, is a travesty.
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Interview: Dena Jones, World Society for the Protection of Animals, on Bear Farming— Where have the cuddly teddy bears gone? The shocking practice of bear farming.
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The Good, the Bad and the Crazy: The Texas GOP Platform (Part I)— A look at a state party platform where every crazy whim of extremist minorities is indulged and exalted.
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Beware the Lowly Pay Phone, for it Preys on Thee— Haven't used a payphone in years? It's cheaper to call Europe via cell than to use one of those ubiquitous boxes to call home.
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The Fairness Doctrine— The fairness doctrine, like buggy whip manufacture, had its place. Reinstatement of it would stifle expression and result in blandness.
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