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McCain and Obama Differ on Same-Sex Marriage Initiative
Barack Obama and John McCain are at odds over a California ballot initiative that would amend the state’s ... Full Article At The New York Times - Politics
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From the Department of Closing the Barn Door After The Unity Pony Drops A Steaming Load
Nice work on the whole worst of both worlds thing, Kos : Markos Moulitsas, a Liberal blogger and founder of the Daily Kos Web site, said he had decided to cut back on the amount of money he would contribute to the ... Full Article At Corrente
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The FundamentaList (No. 39)
Latino evangelicals may play a decisive role in future elections, Dobson says Obama has a "fruitcake" interpretation of the Constitution, and culture wars continue in ... Full Article At The American Prospect
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Personal Reflection on the Election Year Frenzy
I think I need to take some of my own advice about understanding the different roles that various folks are going to play. Or perhaps I should, in the words of the classic line from Desperately Seeking Susan, "Just take a valium like a normal person." I get very worked up in ... Full Article At Open Left
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Linda Seger: The Religious Score Card
Dr. James Dobson from Focus on the Family, and others of the very Conservative Christian Right, are losing their power. Not every Evangelical, or every former Republican, or every Christian... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Jeanine Molloff: The Character Issue, FISA and The Constitution
Recently Chris Hedges wrote an article in Truthout entitled: The Corporate State and the Subversion of Democracy. Hedges described the systematic, de facto dismantling of the US Constitution, stemming... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Judith Blau: CHANGE
What might the American people ask Barack Obama to tackle on January 21st? I am assuming here that the members of the Electoral College elect him. I am also taking him at his word when he... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
Karl Rove Schools Alan Colmes on Rights of Enemy Combatants
One of the more astounding post-9/11 Liberal media affectations has been the extraordinary concern press members have for how terrorists looking to kill innocent Americans are treated at detention centers. A fine example of this occurred on Thursday... Full Article At Newsbusters
What's Your Favorite Grievance?
It's always worth taking time on the Fourth of July to read through the Declaration of Independence, a document that never ceases to amaze. In particular, it's fun to go over the list of grievances against King George III, to remind oneself what the whole fuss was about. My favorite is this... Full Article At The New Republic
US marks Independence Day with fireworks, revelry
NEW YORK — Americans across the country mixed patriotism and plain old good fun to mark Independence Day on Friday, with solemn ceremony alternating with parades and hot-dog-eating hijinks. On the 232nd anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, Boy Scouts in Hartford, Conn... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Chris Weigant: What Would Abbie Hoffman Have Thought Of The Flag Lapel Pin Debate?
First off, happy Independence Day! I'd like to address, in as patriotic spirit as can be mustered, the wearing of United States flag lapel pins, and the inherent silliness this Debate represents. Flag lapel pins are all the rage these days, but the... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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The Star-Spangled Banner, an unusual anthem
There is something rather unusual about our national anthem, “ The Star-Spangled Banner “. We only sing part of it, and the last words of the part we commonly sing are a question: Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave? ... Full Article At The Moderate Voice
NY Times Slams Obama For Being "New And Not Improved"
There has been a lot of talk lately about Barack Obama's changing positions. Arianna highlighted his "perceived move to the center" in a blog this week. A move she says is a mistake. The ... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Washington Post & Other Papers Lose 27th Amendment to the Constitution
Nearly two years ago on Newsbusters, I floated a proposal that newspapers require their editorial and other writers to police themselves for accuracy by requiring them to turn in footnotes with their copy. The process would force writers to check information they think they know that isn't so. Had... Full Article At Newsbusters
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FISA vote not "moving to center"
I've gotten a million media requests lately to talk about Obama's "move to the center". Exhibit A for that conventional wisdom is Obama's capitulation on ... Full Article At Daily Kos
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Can Egyptian Born McCain Be President?
If the title of this post has you befuddled, you are not alone, but please bear with me. My hometown newspaper this morning carried a story by Eunice Moscoso, on whether Senator John McCain is a natural born U.S. citizen, and whether he is eligible... Full Article At The Moderate Voice
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Joe Galloway: How dare they rip The Fourth Amendment?
Early next week the U.S. Senate will vote on an extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, with a few small amendments... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Norman Horowitz: Dalton Trumbo, George Bush, Harry Cohn and Sumner Redstone
I went to see the movie "Trumbo" the other night. It spoke eloquently to me about the life and times of Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. I was inspired by Peter Askin's brilliant use of Trumbo's letters delivered perfectly by a team of actors enhanced by archival footage of the times when we were... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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What's That You're Reading?
Since 2001, when Salon controversially covered The Incredible Vanishing Book Review —for which it had to provide room to correct its too dire assessment at that time—the decreasing space devoted to book reviews has been documented at newspapers all over the country. In 2007, the LA Times... Full Article At Corrente
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Quote Of The Day: Gun Control And Political Values
Dick Polman has a MUST READ post on the Supreme Court’s decision on nixing Washington D.C.’s handgun ban. The first part deals with the McCain camp’s reaction but the broad and specific points he makes at the end is our Quote of the... Full Article At The Moderate Voice