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Terrorists and Criminals
Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:24 PM EST
I've been reading a lot the past few days about the decision of the Attorney General and the President to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and a few of his fellow terrorists in federal court in New York City.
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Catholics, Abortion, and Health Care Reform
Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:42 AM EST
Senate Democrats will presumably get their act together and bring a health care bill to a vote someday. Whether the Senate bill includes some form of a public option is not the only issue that may cause the bill to fail.
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Why "Surge Light" Won't Work - Richard Cohen
Seeded on Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:08 AM EST (The Washington Post)
If leaks from the White House mean anything, President Obama will opt for a mini-surge, doomed to be called Surge Light, which would mean an additional 10,000 to 20,000 troops and not the 40,000 or more that Gen. Stanley McChrystal would like.
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
Mon Nov 9, 2009 5:23 PM EST
Today is the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The event has special meaning for me since I was living and working in Berlin when it happened. I had been there for over a year when The Wall came down, and I stayed for almost a year afterward.
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Dreams and Audacity
Mon Nov 9, 2009 4:41 AM EST
I've read both of President Obama's books,* Dreams from My Father and The Audacity of Hope. I recommend them to anyone who has an interest in politics generally or Barack Obama in particular.
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Bad Climate for Global Worriers - George F. Will
Seeded on Sun Nov 8, 2009 7:17 AM EST (The Washington Post)
Intelligent people agree that, absent immediate radical action regarding global warming, the human race is sunk. That is a tautology because those who do not agree are, definitionally, unintelligent.
'Seven shot dead' at US army base
Seeded on Thu Nov 5, 2009 3:55 PM EST (BBC News)
At least seven people have been killed and 12 others injured in a shooting at the Fort Hood military base in Texas, according to US media reports. More Articles
Kinky and Political Theater
Wed Nov 4, 2009 11:05 AM EST
The most delicious political news is that Kinky Friedman is running for governor of Texas again! He'll be running in the Democratic primary, and he's convinced that he can beat either incumbent Governor Rick Perry or Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, depending on which of them wins …
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Obama the Incrementalist
Sun Nov 1, 2009 4:30 PM EST
Obama the incrementalist is the headline of a column written by Howard Kurtz in The Washington Post a few days ago.
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Don't Build Up in Afghanistan - Thomas L. Friedman
Seeded on Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:41 AM EDT (The New York Times)
It is crunch time on Afghanistan, so here's my vote: We need to be thinking about how to reduce our footprint and our goals there in a responsible way, not dig in deeper.
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