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Freedom: The unfolding revolution
"Why are there no libertarian countries?" In a much-discussed essay for Salon magazine, Michael Lind asks: "If libertarians are correct in claiming that they understand how best to organize a modern society, how is it that not a single country in the...
Tags: Sweden, Feminism, Political Systems
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Fusion power on the right
"At CPAC, the Future Looks Libertarian," read a dispatch on Time magazine's website. "CPAC: Rand Paul's Big Moment," proclaimed The Week magazine. Meanwhile, The New York Times headlined its story about the annual conservative political action...
Tags: The New York Times, This Week (tv program), Milton Friedman, Culture, Same-Sex Marriage
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Rachel Marsden: Are government's 'strategic communications' coming to America?
Did you hear about the new bill that would allow the U.S. government's official overseas information agency to rebroadcast its content onto American TV and radio? The bipartisan Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012 was introduced in Congress last week by...
Tags: Radio, Fox News Channel (tv network), Chicago Tribune Columnists, Rachel Marsden, Joseph Goebbels
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Bush set to cash in on 'peace dividend'
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON -- With Saddam Hussein toppled, President Bush is soon likely to have a rare chance to capitalize on a postwar surge in popularity to advance his domestic agenda and achieve long-held goals at home. Though the war is not over, Bush's success...Tags: Iraq, Government Health Care, Democratic Party, Rob Portman, Benjamin L. Cardin
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George Zimmerman, Bob Graham, dogs are weekend topics
Staff writerThe topics in local public-affairs programming this weekend will range from the George Zimmerman trial to Bob Graham's take on current events to the intricacies of dog-bite insurance. Graham, the former U.S. senator and Florida governor, weighs in on...Tags: Trials, Mark NeJame, Elections, Bob Graham, Barack Obama
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Congressional Democrats from Wash. state press Justice Dept. to honor pot law
The Seattle TimesWASHINGTON Seven congressional Democrats from Washington state are pressing the U.S. Department of Justice to honor the state's new recreational-marijuana law the delegation's first collective public statement on the issue. In a letter to Attorney...Tags: Laws, Eric Holder, Justice System, Jim McDermott, Labor Legislation
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Red Cross to Guantanamo judge: Don't give lawyers our confidential records
The Miami HeraldGUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba A lawyer for the International Committee of the Red Cross on Tuesday urged a military judge not to order release of its confidential communications with the Pentagon about Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other captives...Tags: Human Rights Watch, Ethics, Massacres, Justice System, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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The unfolding revolution
"Why are there no libertarian countries?" In a much-discussed essay for Salon magazine, Michael Lind asks: "If libertarians are correct in claiming that they understand how best to organize a modern society, how is it that not a single country in the...
Tags: Sweden, Feminism, Political Systems
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George Zimmerman: Analysts weigh in this weekend
Staff writerThe George Zimmerman trial, social media and Florida politics will be topics this weekend on local public-affairs programs. The lineup: WFTV-Channel 9 legal analyst Bill Sheaffer examines the Zimmerman jury selection on "Central Florida Spotlight."...Tags: Charlie Crist, Executive Branch, Government, Rick Scott, Regional Authority
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Guantanamo war court debate: When is a spiral notebook a weapon?
The Miami HeraldGUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba When is a spiral-bound notebook a possible weapon? And who gets to decide? Defense and prosecution attorneys parried with the war court's chief judge on this for about a half-hour Tuesday in a pre-trial hearing in the death...Tags: Judges, Bombings, Trials, Strikes, U.S. Army
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House Armed Services won't put squeeze on personnel
By Tom Philpott The House Armed Services Committee has ignored warnings from the Joint Chiefs, the secretary of defense and, this week, from the most influential defense think tanks in Washington by approving a fiscal 2014 defense authorization bill that...Tags: Employees, Government Health Care, Susan Davis, John Kline, U.S. Congress
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4 Democrats in Washington's congressional delegation oppose NSA-style surveillance
The Seattle TimesWASHINGTON Four Democratic members of Washington state's congressional delegation have repeatedly voted against authorizing the kind of vast surveillance of electronic communications the National Security Agency conducted with cooperation from Microsoft,...Tags: PRISM (surveillance program), Business Enterprises, Computer Networking and Internet, Mining, Microsoft Corporation
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