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The New York Times Goes Inside Brave New Films
The video blasted across the Internet, drawing political blood from Senator John McCain within a matter of days. Produced here in a cluttered former motel behind the Sony Pictures lot, it juxtaposed harsh statements about ... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
Condoleezza Rice: I Was "Proud" Of The Decision To Invade Iraq
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she's ``proud'' of the U.S. decision to wage the Iraq War and insisted that the world is not more dangerous than it was when George W.... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Brian Palmer: Presidential Campaigning on the Down-Low?
As predicted by Obama supporters and detractors alike, the junior senator from Illinois is now catching flak from all sides for each position he takes - on ethanol; on Israel and AIPAC; on a strategy... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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The conservative mind
Bowers : It must be really scary to be a conservative. To be one, you must live in constant fear of terrorists nuking the United States, of gay people on the verge of convincing you that you really enjoy sodomy, of Spanish becoming the official language of the United States next week, of every African... Full Article At Daily Kos
In Iran’s Holy City, Dissent Over Mixing Islam and Politics
The regime faces criticism from an unexpected source.... Full Article At U.S. News & World Report
Lou Sheldon: pot calling the kettle...
Holy smoke. The irony and hypocrisy meters just blew-the-f*ck up . Look at this from the American Taliban Traditional Values Coalition's Lou Sheldon ( a big fan of John McCain, btw), is aghast that a he's not the only game in town in the... Full Article At Pam's House Blend
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Joan Z. Shore: Gay Day or May Day
It's Saturday, June 28 - I'm going to get into trouble for writing this, but here goes: Like many other big cities around the world, Paris is holding its Gay Pride parade today. As (bad) luck would have it, the phantasmagoria is stomping along right under my windows, having blasted its way... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Panels I Did Not Attend
My Apen schedule includes the following event: Religion and the Modern World Who Speaks for Islam? Irshad Manji, Dalia Mogahed, Reuel Gerecht Moderator: Jeffrey Goldberg Wouldn't it be weird if the correct answer turned out to be that American Jews... Full Article At The Atlantic - Matthew Yglesias
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White People Have No Race
Arguably the panel I'm watching now, "Race and Politics in America: Where Are We in 2008?" with Richard Thompson Ford, Shelby Steele, Charles Kamasaki, and Ta-Nehisi Coates suffers from the opposite problem from the "Who Speaks for Islam?" panel -... Full Article At The Atlantic - Matthew Yglesias