18 June 2013

U.S. & World Headlines

Why Do Americans Support Israel?

Created on Monday, 19 November 2012 00:37
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Authors: International News from The AtlanticWalter Russell Mead offers an explanation:...(W)hen television cameras show the bodies of children…...
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Barney Frank, Ron Paul Pressure Obama on New Marijuana Laws

Created on Monday, 19 November 2012 00:37
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Authors: Politics from The NationLast week, voters in Colorado passed a bill that changed state laws to allow possession of one ounce of marijuana and six plants, while Washington voters changed state laws to allow residents over 21 to purchase up to an ounce of weed from licensed dealers. The problem, of course, is that federal law still...
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Moscow on the Seine: The Controversy Over Russian Cathedral Plans in Paris

Created on Monday, 19 November 2012 00:37
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Authors: International News from The AtlanticBacklash builds against a planned Orthodox church that's backed and would be partly funded by the Kremlin....
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Obama Reportedly in ‘Throw-Down Mode’ on Bush Taxes

Created on Monday, 19 November 2012 00:37
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Authors: Politics from The Nation (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)   Progressives have plenty of reason to be concerned about the upcoming fiscal cliff negotiations. There was the ugly “grand bargain” Obama reportedly agreed to in 2011, which would have kept all of the Bush tax rates while raising $800 billion in unspecified tax code...
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The Chinese Party Congress Wrap-Up: 3 Surprises

Created on Monday, 19 November 2012 00:37
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Authors: International News from The AtlanticXi Jinping's affable, plainspoken demeanor is the big story of the power transition....
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Smart Conservatives to GOP: It's the Economy, Stupid

Created on Monday, 19 November 2012 00:37
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Authors: Politics from The NationWhile many conservative pundits are coming up with explanations for the election results that excuse them from having to make any ideological adjustments to win future elections, some are claiming that they can easily solve their problems. According to the most partisan members of Republican establishment, the GOP...
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The Next Chapters in the Republican War on Math: Tax Cuts and Austerity

Created on Monday, 19 November 2012 00:37
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Authors: Politics from The AtlanticGOP partisans got their forecasts all wrong in the run-up to the election. Now they're showing their innumeracy in the policy arena, too....
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The Time Has Come for Responsible Republicans to Rebuke Romney-Ryan

Created on Monday, 19 November 2012 00:37
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Authors: Politics from The NationThe Republican Party has too rich and honorable a history to allow its future to be defined by fools like Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. But it will have a future only if responsible Republicans distance themselves—rapidly—not just from the debacle that was the Romney-Ryan run but from the crude “47...
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Is There Any 'Reasoned' Defense of the Atlas Shrugged Guy?

Created on Monday, 19 November 2012 00:37
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Authors: Politics from The AtlanticMaking the case for an embattled small businessman...
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When 'Pro-Life' Kills

Created on Monday, 19 November 2012 00:37
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Authors: Politics from The NationRemember when Joe Walsh, the Republican congressman from Illinois, claimed a ban on abortion needs no exception to save the life of the woman? “With modern science and technology, you can’t find one instance,” he said, in which a woman’s life could have been saved by abortion. Well, how...
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