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Out of the White House and onto the dole
In this era of huge federal debt and fiscal dysfunction, it's less than heartening to learn from the Congressional Research Service that the nation's four living former chief executives got a total of $3.7 million in pensions and operating expenses last...Tags: Interior Policy, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Senate, Ronald Reagan
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Reaching out to North Korea
President Obama's recent Middle East trip showed what good things can result from thoughtful, direct presidential involvement. The president addressed young Israelis, reassured allies in the region and brokered an Israeli apology to Turkey for a deadly...
Tags: Barack Obama, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un, Park Geun-hye, George H.W. Bush
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Lloyd Waters: No political apathy in Ohio, Baltimore or D.C.
No doubt political apathy is on the rise. More people seem to be avoiding politics and not voting these days. Maybe we should send a committee out to Ohio to study the voting patterns of that state. Perhaps there’s a fix. Although I didn’t...Tags: Interior Policy, The New York Times, The Herald-Mail, Barack Obama, Personal Data Collection
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Hagerstown woman has volunteered with Habitat for Humanity for 16 years
janeth@herald-mail.comIt started with a simple request for volunteers for the newly formed Habitat for Humanity of Washington County chapter. Cheryl Saylor of Hagerstown noticed the call for volunteers in the newspaper, attended an informational meeting and signed up....Tags: PTA, Habitat for Humanity International, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Auction Service
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Speedometer top speed often exceeds reality
DETROIT (AP) — The speedometer on the Toyota Yaris says the tiny car can go 140 miles per hour. In reality, the bulbous subcompact's 106-horsepower engine and automatic transmission can't push it any faster than 109. So why do the Yaris —...
Tags: Vehicles, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Highway Transportation, Manufacturing and Engineering, Car Engine Repair
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How Republicans lost their mojo
If you're a football fan, you've seen it happen. A coach bursts into prominence by using offensive or defensive innovations to produce victory after victory, championship after championship. For a long time, he's regarded as one of the best. And then,...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Same-Sex Marriage, Al-Qaeda, Abusive Behavior, Vladimir Putin
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Michelle Obama on the Oscars: The behind-the-scenes story
On Feb. 14, a Hollywood delegation showed up at the White House. Motion Picture Academy President Hawk Koch, Oscar producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron and film mogul Harvey Weinstein had come to explore a rather important matter (for them): They wanted...
Tags: Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Dianne Feinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Jack Nicholson, Laura Bush
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Argo, Lincoln and the politics of Hollywood
The Oscar for best picture was won by "Argo," the true tale of a secret rescue mission in Iran during the Carter administration. It beat out "Lincoln," the story of how black Americans were rescued from slavery. Does this mean Jimmy Carter's stock is on...
Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Dick Cheney, Barack Obama, Argo (movie)
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'Argo's' Oscar gets a thumbs-down in Iran
TEHRAN -- Since the news from Hollywood flashed early Monday in Iran, text messages have been passing the word: A film widely denounced here as a stereotyped, anti-Iranian caricature won the coveted Oscar for best picture. "I am secular, atheist and not...
Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Tehran (Iran), Crisis, West Bank
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George W. Bush is One Expensive Ex-President
A commission has tallied up how much America spends annually on its ex-Presidents, and George W. Bush tops the charts by costing taxpayers $1.3 million a year. Bill Clinton is next at $1 million, followed by Original George Bush and Jimmy Carter. What...
Tags: Bill Clinton, POLITICO LLC, George W. Bush, Verizon Communications, U.S. Congress
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3/26/2013-It's Over
I saw the beginning of the end of the traditional Grand Old Party back in 1980 when the Reagan campaign invited the religious right to occupy a central role in Republican politics. Until then, they had been dismissed as a fringe element too extreme for...
Tags: Abortion, Elections, Same-Sex Marriage, Religion and Belief, Abraham Lincoln
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Shifting party fortunes is nothing new
Is the Republican Party toast? You would think so, listening to the political analysts and strategists, including those who prepared a harshly critical self-appraisal for the Republican National Committee. The contention that the GOP should be changed to...
Tags: The New York Times, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Ronald Reagan, Lyndon B. Johnson
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