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Thatcher made history by standing firm
In 1975, when asked to explain why Margaret Thatcher was poised to take over the Tory Party, the irascible British satirist Malcolm Muggeridge replied that it was all due to television — and the fact that the telegenic Mrs. Thatcher had a "certain...
Tags: Gerald Ford, Sociology, Parties and Movements, Ronald Reagan, Conservative Party (UK)
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Time editors discuss new book about presidents at McDaniel College
The four-story brownstone near Washington's Lafayette Park is one of the most exclusive hotels in the world. There's a fireplace in the master bathroom, and the thread counts on the sheets is high enough to rival the Four Seasons. And only four people...
Tags: John F. Kennedy, Government, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Corporate Officers
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How Republicans raided the welfare state and left it flat broke
I would like to add some points to former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich's column "How the welfare state has grown" (April 7). Mr. Ehrlich fails to mention the fact that every president since Lyndon Johnson, beginning in 1964, has raided the Social Security...
Tags: Ronald Reagan, U.S. Congress, Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare, Lyndon B. Johnson
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What's so terrible about 'portable' classrooms? [Commentary]
There seems to be a consensus that school trailers are horrible, and there is a constant push to build bigger schools so we can get rid of the need for "portable classrooms." At a recent community meeting, Harford school board member Bob Frisch said...
Tags: Schools, State of the Union Address, High Schools, Middle Schools
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Democrats' hypocrisy on voter access
Many Maryland politicians spritz on Eau de Hypocrisy at least occasionally. But Gov. Martin O'Malley and fellow Democrats bathed in it with their support for the inaccurately labeled Referendum Integrity Act, an effort to make it harder for citizens to...
Tags: Martin O'Malley, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Political Fundraising, Parties and Movements, Government
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From pride to disillusionment: a black leader sours on Obama
I can hear 'em now. "He's a good guy"; "He's a family man"; "He'll govern like a moderate"; "It will be so good for the country"; "He's post-partisan." That the election of a mixed-race candidate for president sent positive messages about America around...
Tags: State of the Union Address, U.S. Senate, Illinois General Assembly, Small Businesses, Labor Disputes
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In death penalty repeal, reason over revenge at long last
Many of us believe that capital punishment, first used in the Province of Maryland in 1638, should have been relegated to the trash heap long ago. Politicians in Annapolis had overwhelming evidence of its costly and debilitating flaws for many years,...
Tags: Illinois Governor, Criminals, Prisons, Government, Murder
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The Internet – you never know where or when stuff will turn up [Editorial]
It's been more than 25 years since Douglas H. Ginsburg asked that his nomination to become a U.S. Supreme Court justice be withdrawn. The prospective high court justice nominated by Ronald Reagan, it turned out, smoked marijuana and ended up admitting...Tags: Ronald Reagan, U.S. Supreme Court, Recreational Substance Use, Marijuana Use, Barack Obama
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On sequestration, Obama becomes extortionist in chief
At the end of 1995 and stretching into January 1996, the federal government "shut down" because of an impasse between President Bill Clinton and House Republicans led by then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich. The issue was increased taxes vs. less spending....
Tags: White House, Fiscal Cliff, Government, National Government, The New York Times
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Twelve steaks and an arugula salad: Obama takes the GOP to dinner
President Barack Obama had a dinner date last week with a dozen of his worst enemies, thus proving that the governmental stalemate in Washington, D.C., is driving him to unusual acts of political creativity -- or desperation. The president personally...
Tags: CNN (tv network), Ron Johnson, Saxby Chambliss, Parties and Movements, Ronald Reagan
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Time is ripe for a new approach to Cuba
Unfortunately, our nation faces enormous challenges in virtually every region of the globe. In countries ranging from Iran to North Korea to Syria to Mali, and on issues spanning terrorism, drug trafficking, global warming and cyber warfare, each day...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, Petroleum Industry, Barack Obama, Elections, U.S. House of Representatives
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Bad luck for Mitch McConnell: Ashley Judd bows out
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will not be facing a challenge from actress Ashley Judd when he runs for re-election next year. Though he may be happy to have avoided the physical comparison -- she, after all, played Marilyn Monroe in a movie,...
Tags: Celebrities, Harry Reid, Alec Baldwin, Tea Party Movement, Parties and Movements
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