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Obama's to-do list: First lady has one
The Swampby Mark Silva The president and first lady, treading a delicate line between political and home life, go to great lengths to remind people that, after all, they're just people, too. But, with a first lady attempting to play the......Tags: Children, Government, White House, Super Bowl, Calendars, Days, and Months
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Obama to grads: 'Body of work' ahead
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama addressed squarely, and with a measure of humor, tonight the very words that a public university had used this year in refusing to confer an honorary degree upon a president, a graduate of Harvard......Tags: Children, Government, Super Bowl, Football, Technology
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PA is overdue for its second president as Santorum surges
How can it be that Pennsylvania, the state with the most precious historical legacy of all, has produced only one president?
This is the land of Thomas Paine and Benjamin Franklin, the Declaration of Independence, George Washington crossing the Delaware,...Tags: James Buchanan, William Henry Harrison, Health, Thomas Jefferson, John F. Kennedy
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88 books that shaped America, at the Library of Congress
Jacket CopyThe Library of Congress' list of 88 books that shaped America includes poetry, novels, nonfiction, a play, a polemic, books of science and grammar, cookbooks and children's books. What's it missing?... -
Christopher Hitchens, writer and intellectual, dies at 62
Jacket CopyProlific, argumentative and intellectually bracing writer Christopher Hitchens has died of cancer. He was 62.... -
Occupy Philly ignores eviction order, awaits police response
Nation NowOccupy Philly refuses an eviction order as protests supporting Occupy Wall Street come under pressure across the country. Occupy Philly demonstrators are still assessing their options.... -
We're taxed out [Most commented]
Opinion L.A.Pay it forward, Californians, the editorial board wrote Saturday, saying: California is a wealthy state, with enough money and brains to create a future of opportunity and achievement for the next generation. As we face these new triggered cuts and...... -
Questioning ethnic labels on ‘Hispanic’ Heritage Month
Hispanosphere - Orlando SentinelGuest Writer: Raúl Ramos y Sánchez Ramos y Sánchez is a marketing executive, editor of MyImmigrationStory.com, and the award-winning author of the novels «America Libre» and «House Divided». You can visit his... -
Five literary treats to last all year long
Jacket CopyFive literary treats that will last through 2011: free short stories, a new app, near-extinct words and author interviews form the Paris Review.... -
Arizona’s Latino studies ban will widen ethnic divisions
Hispanosphere» Orlando Sentinel – HispanosphereGuest Writer: Raul Ramos y Sanchez Ramos y Sanchez is a marketing executive, editor of MyImmigrationStory.com, and the award-winning author of the novels «America Libre» and «House Divided». You can visit his website at www.RaulRamos.co... -
Obama's inauguration speech, annotated
Tribune reportersA great speech doesn't speak only to the audience at hand, even if that audience numbers in the billions and engulfs the globe. A great speech also speaks to the past. For a better appreciation of Obama's address, we've highlighted passages in which...Tags: Children, Government, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Abraham Lincoln
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The United States is more than a country
The United States of America is the embodiment of the struggle of humanity to rise from the tyranny of feudalistic oppression. It is a laboratory where great experiments to discover the limits of human potential are performed. To quote from Thomas Paine&...Tags: American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington
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