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Alcohol and cars do mix
I agree with Mike Tidwell that fossil-fuel-based global warming is producing violent changes in our weather — something that only the most die-hard right-wingers (think Rush Limbaugh) and those in the hip pocket of the oil industry (think Tom...Tags: Forests, Natural Resources, Hybrid Vehicles, Ethanol, Fuel-efficient Vehicles
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Meet some of the lazy, shiftless 47 percent: Cowboys
In the imaginary universe of Mitt Romney, the 47 percent of Americans who pay no income tax are loafers, shiftless bums and welfare queens who will all vote for Barack Obama in November. In the real world, that 47 percent includes the working poor, the...
Tags: David Brooks, Personal Income, Illegal Immigrants, Entertainment Events, Elections
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Mitt Romney, man of mystery
Mitt Romney's income tax returns may contain some surprises that he does not want the world to know about, but they are hardly his only secrets. His biggest secret, the question he has not answered through the entire campaign, the one that bothers...
Tags: Chris Christie, Government, Regional Authority, Republican Party, NAACP
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Immigration dittoheads on the Supreme Court
The first day of a big week for the third branch of government brought a ruling on Arizona's immigration law that was less than satisfying for Justice Antonin Scalia and the Rush Limbaugh wing of the U.S. Supreme Court. A five-vote majority that included...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Laws, Radio, Judges, Political Fundraising
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Future Islands, Matmos deliver at Thrill Jockey 20th anniversary show
Baltimore's music scene is undeniably one of the country's best, and a good deal of credit for that goes to Thrill Jockey, a Chicago-based indie record label. In the past several years, Thrill Jockey has signed a dozen current or former Baltimore bands,...
Tags: Ceremonies, Buzzcocks (music group), David Grohl, Music Industry, Tortoise (music group)
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Romney and the GOP construct an alternate reality
"We're not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact-checkers," says Neil Newhouse, a Romney pollster. A half-dozen fact-checking organizations and websites have refuted Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan's claims that President Obama removed the work...
Tags: Fox News Channel (tv network), Republican Party, Government Health Care, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Mitt Romney
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Republicans have lost their minds
I have a question for the responsible Republicans: How much lunacy of the present day extremist-controlled GOP will it take to outweigh your desire to lower your taxes? Apparently, it wasn't enough when the Republican-controlled Congress forced a...Tags: Government, Hurricane Isaac (2012), Republican Party, Abortion, Parties and Movements
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A debate about debates
Dictionary.com defines a "debate" as: "A formal contest in which the affirmative and negative sides of a proposition are advocated by opposing speakers." That is not what will take place during three exchanges between President Barack Obama and...
Tags: Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Fox News Channel (tv network), Primaries, Sean Hannity
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The decline of party power
No recent development has underlined the decline of political party clout more than beleaguered Senate Republican nominee Todd Akin's refusal to accede to GOP leadership demands that he withdraw from his race against Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of...
Tags: Democratic Party, Tea Party Movement, Republican Party, Joe Biden, Mitt Romney
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Leonard Pitts: Texas GOP wages war on thinking
Some recent headlines from the alternate universe of modern conservatism: Rush Limbaugh claims the bad guy in the new "Batman" movie was named Bane to remind voters of Mitt Romney's controversial tenure at Bain Capital. Michele Bachmann, citing zero...
Tags: George H.W. Bush, Joe Arpaio, Republican Party, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney
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On Facebook, the revolution is a lot less demanding
There was a time when any protest worth its salt meant time and sweat, with picketing in inclement weather, massing in Washington and possibly even the risk of violence or getting arrested. People went to jail to support the Montgomery bus boycott...
Tags: Washington, DC, Gays and Lesbians, Social Movements, Vincent Gray, Labor Legislation
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No 'Rush' to health insurance policy
Dan Rodricks wrote in a recent column that Howard County Health Officer Peter Beilenson is "sick of the vilification of the uninsured by opponents of Obamacare." And that he is "sick of people like Rush Limbaugh, who have great health insurance,...Tags: Health Insurance
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