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Obama's superhero delusions
— President Barack Obama was asked at his Monday news conference whether he has the "juice" to get his agenda through Congress. But presidential juice is like the juice at fancy hotels: It comes in a tiny little glass. The framers were very anti-...
Tags: Elections, Richard Nixon, Republican Party, Politics, Chemotherapy
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Chained thinking on the federal deficit
Washington's tug of war over the federal budget has many wonders, but the biggest one of all must be the lengths to which politicians and pundits will go to deprive Granny and Grandpa of $30 a month. That's the amount by which benefits for the average...
Tags: Customs and Tradition, Social Security, Economic Indicator, Retirement, Economy, Business and Finance
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Newport News preacher redefined the black church
When Lightfoot Solomon Michaux pitched his first revival tent at the corner of 19th and Jefferson in 1919, he'd already made his mark selling fish and groceries. Michaux was nearly 35 when he went from chasing profits to saving souls. And as he stood...
Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Lifestyle and Leisure, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Radio
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Nearly 300 walk at Martinsburg War Memorial Park for March of Dimes' March for Babies
richardb@herald-mail.comTara Viands joined a parade of nearly 300 people who walked a three-mile loop around War Memorial Park on Saturday morning to raise money for the March of Dimes’ March for Babies. “I walked because my daughters can’t walk,” said...Tags: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Interest, Polio
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Bush's long-shot campaign to be seen as Truman
The dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum was more than an opportunity for the five living U.S. presidents to compare notes on what Stefan Lorant called "the glorious burden" of the office. It also was the beginning of Bush'...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Korean War (1950-1953), Career and Workplace, Executive Branch, Defense
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Back Story: Presidents say the darnedest things
Paul Dickson, a Garrett Park resident, loves the origins of words and is a compiler of word books and dictionaries. So imagine my delight and pleasure when my friend, Mary Garson, who is also fascinated with etymology, gave me a copy of Dickson's...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Vietnam War (1955-1975), U.S. Congress, Abraham Lincoln, Wars and Interventions
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The shame of deference
WASHINGTON -- Two of the three most infamous Supreme Court decisions were erased by events. The Civil War and postwar constitutional amendments effectively overturned Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), which held that blacks could never have rights that...
Tags: Entertainment, Radio, Federal Communications Commission, University of California, San Diego, Racism
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Conquering fear to protect freedom
According to a 19th-century poet named Francis Scott Key, the United States is the "land of the free and the home of the brave." If he were writing those lyrics today, he might add an asterisk with the notation: "Void in the aftermath of terrorism."...
Tags: Safety of Citizens, Francis Scott Key, Sports, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama
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Column: The shame of deference
WASHINGTON — Two of the three most infamous Supreme Court decisions were erased by events. The Civil War and postwar constitutional amendments effectively overturned Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), which held that blacks could never have rights...Tags: Entertainment, Radio, Al-Qaeda, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC
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'Right wing' doesn't equal 'terrorist'
"If history were to repeat itself," warned President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his 1944 State of the Union address, "and we were to return to the so-called normalcy of the 1920s, then it is certain that even though we shall have conquered our enemies on...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Paul Ryan, John Kerry, Radio, Times Square
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The ex-presidents club
As former President George W. Bush, joined by President Obama and three living former presidents, dedicates his library this week in Dallas, it's important to remember that presidential libraries are relatively new. In 1941, while he was still in office,...Tags: Civil and Public Service, Diseases and Illnesses, Arts and Culture, Tuberculosis, U.S. Department of State
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The most dangerous threat is fear
A graffiti-type message left in a women's restroom at an Elkhart license branch kept thousands of kids from school on the day of the Boston Marathon. The scrawled message, found back in January, was brief. It suggested that 20 students would be killed at...Tags: Terrorism, U.S. Senate, Students, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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