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Obama has the wrong ideas; Romney seems to have no ideas
Going by the conventional rules of American politics, the Democratic Convention this week was an unmitigated disaster. And, going by the same rules, GOP convention was a disaster, too. So, either the rules of American politics have fundamentally changed,...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Bill Clinton, Paul Ryan, American Enterprise Institute, Elections
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Is Obama cruising to re-election? He seems to think so
In President Barack Obama's much-anticipated acceptance speech in Charlotte, he sounded at times to be relying on the reverse of the old breakup line: "It's not you, it's me." He told the American public that it is "you," and not he as president, who must...
Tags: Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), John McCain, Bill Clinton, Elections, Sarah Palin
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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: Parties and Movements, Rush Limbaugh, Tea Party Movement, John Bailey, Paul Ryan
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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: Parties and Movements, Rush Limbaugh, George H.W. Bush, Islam, Comedy Central (tv network)
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Thief of historic documents sentenced to prison
Disgraced collector Barry H. Landau was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in federal prison for stealing thousands of historic documents worth as much as $2.5 million from archives along the East Coast, including one in Baltimore, where the scheme...
Tags: Lyndon B. Johnson, Celebrities, Bill Clinton, Connecticut Historical Society, Brian Dennehy
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Scoring on the presidential fib-a-meter
Infamous presidential quotes through history: 1. "The American people have got a right to know that their president is not a crook." Richard Nixon. 2. "There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe." Gerald Ford. 3. "Read my lips: No new taxes."...Tags: George H.W. Bush, Richard Nixon
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How long 'til liberals start pining for the good old days of George W. Bush?
My daughter learned a neat rhetorical trick to avoid eating things she doesn't like. "Daddy, I actually really like spinach, it's just that this spinach tastes different." Democrats and the journalists who love them play a similar game with Republicans...
Tags: Parties and Movements, The New York Times, Tea Party Movement, Book, Ronald Reagan
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Opera star Denyce Graves joins Peabody Conservatory faculty
In terms of talent, glamour and wide appeal, few opera singers today rank as high as mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves. No wonder there's quite a buzz at the Peabody Conservatory, where Graves will join the voice faculty in the fall. People are still talking...
Tags: The Jackson Five (music group), Concerts, Students, Teachers, London (England)
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Pair tried to steal historical documents worth millions, police say
Barry H. Landau has rubbed elbows with presidents, helped plan inaugurations, and claims one of the largest collections of Oval Office memorabilia outside museums and presidential libraries. His Manhattan apartment includes a collection of china from...Tags: Long Island, Lyndon B. Johnson, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Homes
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One troop yields six new Eagle Scouts, all friends, all seniors at Hereford High
Six seniors at Hereford High School have something in common with former president Gerald Ford, director Steven Spielberg, astronaut Neil Armstrong and Walmart founder Sam Walton.
They all are Eagle Scouts.
On Jan. 7, Boy Scout Troop 1908 held an...Tags: Schools, Steven Spielberg, Social Organizations, Schools, Sam Walton
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Leopold hopes his record can help him overcome scandal
Sitting at a table in a school cafeteria in Severna Park, Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold didn't look like a politician under siege as he spoke to residents for hours on a recent evening.
Leopold nodded agreeably when a pair of longtime...Tags: Mount Airy, Philip C Jimeno, U.S. House of Representatives, Severna Park, Elections
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Give pols a pass for verbal miscues
My elementary school principal was fond of reminding his students that the last perfect person walked this Earth 2,000 years ago. (Note to the litigious types over at the ACLU: It was permissible to provide such insight in light of the school's...
Tags: John McCain, Elections, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Sarah Palin, Jimmy Carter
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