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    Mar 7, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Rand Paul's filibuster worked

    Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul got a lot of attention Wednesday for mounting an honest-to-God filibuster of President Barack Obama's nominee for CIA director, John Brennan. The nation's political class marveled at his real-life Mr. Smith act, the funny stuff his...

    Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, DC, Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)

    2. Apr 3, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. The left, the right, the arts and dogs in lively 'Chesapeake'

    THEATER REVIEW: "Chesapeake" by Remy Bumppo at Greenhouse Theater Center ★★★ ... At the height of the so-called culture wars of 20 years past, the late Senators Strom Thurmond and Jesse Helms were raging against artists funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.
    At the height of the so-called culture wars of 20 years past — when the late Senators Strom Thurmond and Jesse Helms were raging against the "obscene" solo artists funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and performers like Tim Miller and...

    Tags: World AIDS Day, Arts, Arts and Culture, Culture, Jesse Helms

    3. Mar 26, 2013 | Chicago Tribune

  3. Great moments in homina homina homina!

    Change of Subject
    Attorney Charles J. Cooper offers a lame, confused response in the Supreme Court today to the question of, if procreation is to integral to marriage, why do we let prisoners and the elderly marry? JUSTICE BREYER: What precisely is the......
    4. Mar 27, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  4. Same-sex marriage can't be stopped by courts

    WASHINGTON -- To see the future of gay marriage, you didn't have to set foot in the Supreme Court chamber Tuesday morning as the justices took up the first of two landmark cases on the issue.
    WASHINGTON -- To see the future of gay marriage, you didn't have to set foot in the Supreme Court chamber Tuesday morning as the justices took up the first of two landmark cases on the issue. You needed only to stand in the plaza in front of the court...

    Tags: Marriage, Barack Obama, John G. Roberts, Jr., Anthony Kennedy, Same-Sex Marriage

    5. Mar 27, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  5. Excerpts of Tuesday's gay marriage case at high court

    Excerpts from the arguments before the Supreme Court on Tuesday about California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage, from a transcript released by the Supreme Court:
    Excerpts from the arguments before the Supreme Court on Tuesday about California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage, from a transcript released by the Supreme Court: ___ On whether the case should be before them (Chief Justice John Roberts and...

    Tags: Marriage, John G. Roberts, Jr., Trials, Justice and Rights, Customs and Tradition

    6. Mar 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Prop. 8: Justice Kagan cuts to the injustice of gay marriage ban

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    Gotta hand it to Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan. Tuesday morning she interrupted Charles J. Cooper, the attorney representing the anti-gay marriage side in the court’s hearing on California’s Proposition 8. She cut through the legal...

    Tags: Marriage, Justin Bieber, Human Interest, Gays and Lesbians, Anthony Kennedy

    7. Feb 12, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  7. Pope shows lifetime jobs aren't always for life

    The world seems surprised that an 85-year-old globe-trotting pope who just started tweeting wants to resign, but should it be? Maybe what should be surprising is that more leaders his age do not, considering the toll aging takes on bodies and minds amid a culture of constant communication and change.
    The world seems surprised that an 85-year-old globe-trotting pope who just started tweeting wants to resign, but should it be? Maybe what should be surprising is that more leaders his age do not, considering the toll aging takes on bodies and minds amid a...

    Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Ronald Reagan, Saudi Arabia, U.S. Supreme Court, Elections

    8. Feb 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Essie Mae Washington-Williams dies at 87; black daughter of segregationist Strom Thurmond

    A week before Christmas in 2003, a retired Los Angeles schoolteacher stood before a phalanx of news cameras and 250 reporters in a South Carolina ballroom and declared, "I am Essie Mae Washington-Williams, and at last I am completely free."
    A week before Christmas in 2003, a retired Los Angeles schoolteacher stood before a phalanx of news cameras and 250 reporters in a South Carolina ballroom and declared, "I am Essie Mae Washington-Williams, and at last I am completely free." After more...

    Tags: Teaching and Learning, Executive Branch, Justice and Rights, Government, Lawyers

    9. Dec 17, 2003 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. From the archives: 'Strom Thurmond Was My Father'

    Strom Thurmond was my father. I have known this since 1941, when I was 16 years old. My mother took me to his law office and introduced me to him as his daughter and him to me as my father.
    Strom Thurmond was my father. I have known this since 1941, when I was 16 years old. My mother took me to his law office and introduced me to him as his daughter and him to me as my father. It was a very cordial meeting and was the beginning of a...
    10. Mar 1, 2007 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. My link to Strom Thurmond

    The Rev. AL SHARPTON JR. is a civil rights activist and founder of the National Action Network.
    LAST WEEK, I received the shock of my life. I found out that my family was enslaved by the family of the leading segregationist of our time, the late Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina. I don't know whether Thurmond himself was my blood relative; there...

    Tags: Slavery, 2012 Democratic National Convention, Racism, Social Issues

    11. Jan 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Senate approves limits on the filibuster rule to speed debate

    WASHINGTON – The Senate approved rules changes Thursday that will limit the use of the filibuster as a weapon in the partisan obstruction that has ground action in the chamber to a near standstill.
    WASHINGTON – The Senate approved rules changes Thursday that will limit the use of the filibuster as a weapon in the partisan obstruction that has ground action in the chamber to a near standstill. The deal, between Senate Majority Leader Harry...

    Tags: Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, Frank Capra Jr., Elections

    12. Jan 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Filibuster agreement expected for vote late Thursday

    WASHINGTON -- Senate leaders reached a tentative agreement Thursday for rules changes that would limit the use of the filibuster as a weapon in the partisan obstruction that has ground action in the chamber to a near standstill.
    WASHINGTON -- Senate leaders reached a tentative agreement Thursday for rules changes that would limit the use of the filibuster as a weapon in the partisan obstruction that has ground action in the chamber to a near standstill.   The deal, between Senate...

    Tags: Barack Obama, Harry Reid, U.S. Congress, Mitch McConnell, Frank Capra Jr.

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In 2003 the retired L.A. schoolteacher unburdened herse...
(February 9, 2013)
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Essie Mae Washington-Williams, the biracial daughter of...
(February 4, 2013)
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Mary Ann Fischer shakes hands with the late Senator Str...
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