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Why Al Jazeera buying Current is a good thing for media, country
The Baltimore SunI don’t care if Al Gore got more money than he ever deserved for his pathetic channel, or Glenn Beck got the short end of the stick in trying to buy it as an escape from his prison of media marginalization. All of that is ideological and...Tags: Television, Current TV (tv network), Glenn Beck, DirecTV Group Inc., Al Jazeera (tv network)
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A divided GOP looks inward
No political party enjoys losing an election, but a healthy party reacts to defeat — after a suitable period of grieving — by trying to figure out what went wrong. That's what Democrats did in the late 1980s after a string of failed...
Tags: Marco Rubio, Sociology, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney
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Controversial address vaults Hopkins' Carson into political arena
Dr. Ben Carson says he didn't anticipate the reaction to what he considered his common-sense remarks as keynote speaker this month at the National Prayer Breakfast. But after video went viral of the trailblazing black neurosurgeon taking jabs at...
Tags: The Wall Street Journal, Neurosurgery, Ann Coulter, Barack Obama, Hospitals and Clinics
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Biden has the last laugh
Vice President Joe Biden, the Republicans' favorite punching bag, gave his critics nothing to laugh about as President Barack Obama's ultimate fireman in rescuing the country from the fiscal cliff it teetered on as 2012 ended. Mr. Biden's 11th-hour...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Dick Cheney, Elections
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Why did Obama defend and then drop Susan Rice?
Whether Susan Rice jumped or was pushed from consideration to succeed retiring Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, her removal from the equation clears one bone of partisan contention from President Barack Obama's plate as he heads into his second term....
Tags: U.S. Department of State, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Scott P. Brown, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
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Killing terrorists, then and now
An unsigned and undated Justice Department white paper, obtained by NBC News, reports The New York Times, "... is the most detailed analysis yet to come into public view regarding the Obama legal team's views about the lawfulness of killing, without a...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Terrorism, Executive Branch, Anwar al-Awlaki, American Civil Liberties Union
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Drone warfare becomes America's face to the world
It is certainly not be what he hoped or intended, but one of President Barack Obama's biggest legacies in foreign affairs may prove to be the proliferation of drones as tools of war, assassination and terror. Mr. Obama is not the first to use drones...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Terrorism, Ron Wyden, Pulitzer Prize Awards, John Brennan
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Hagel and defense
Biography isn't policy. President Barack Obama's choice for secretary of defense, Chuck Hagel, former Nebraska Republican senator, has a resume most politicians can envy: a clean senatorial record, no ethical lapses and two Purple Hearts from a war many...
Tags: Leon Panetta, Defense, Barack Obama, National Government, Iran
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Groundhog Day in Gaza
In the film "Groundhog Day," Bill Murray wakes up each morning and relives the previous day. A similar scenario is playing out in the Middle East between Israel and her enemies. The deadly "movie" always goes like this: Israel is shelled or attacked...
Tags: Terrorism, Iran, BBC, Groundhog Day (movie), United Nations
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Republicans right to seek answers about Benghazi
In general, presidents should appoint whomever they want to serve in their cabinets. But that doesn't mean that re-elected President Barack Obama will — or even should — appoint U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice to replace the soon-departing...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, White House, Television, Barack Obama, Scott P. Brown
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The presidential power trap
As Barack Obama prepares to be sworn in for the second time as president of the United States, he faces the stark reality that little of what he hopes to accomplish in a second term will likely come to pass. Mr. Obama occupies an office that many assume...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, North American Free Trade Agreement, Barack Obama, Richard Nixon
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A tax whose time has come
As Washington politicians search for budget solutions, imagine if there were a magical revenue source that operated not unlike a national consumption tax that many conservatives prefer and would mitigate global warming to please liberals, all while...
Tags: Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Prices, Al Gore, Apple iTunes, Consumers
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