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The president's feeble gesture
"President Obama plans to give up 5 percent of his salary this year to draw attention to the financial sacrifice of more than 1 million federal employees who will be furloughed." -- The Washington Post, April 4 "Here's the plan. We get the warhead and...
Tags: John Boehner, Polls, Layoffs and Downsizing, Washington, DC, Elections
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This soldier's skill had nothing to do with gender
Lyudmila Pavlichenko was a hunter. She tracked men and she killed them. And no woman was ever better at it. She'd hide under bushes in the snow. Or she'd find a burned-out building and watch in the gray rubble in the cold, waiting for enemy soldiers....
Tags: Iraq, Nursing, Unrest, Conflicts and War, World War II (1939-1945), Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Here's my predictions for Tuesday's election. Now share yours
The obvious drawback to offering predictions about Tuesday's election is that you might be wrong about key races and thus dent whatever reputation you have for political insight. "I don't know" is always a correct answer. "We'll see. Time will tell. It...Tags: Colin Powell, Elections, Tribune Company, Same-Sex Marriage, Barack Obama
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Women flex muscle at the polls
Congratulations, ladies. You kept the barbarians from the gate. On Tuesday, Rep. Todd Akin of Missouri, who famously said that a woman's reproductive system shuts down during "legitimate rape" and prevents conception, lost by 15 points to incumbent Sen....Tags: Robert P. Casey, Jr., Elections, Social Issues, Joe Walsh, Richard Mourdock
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Rape and the mind of God
Indiana's Richard Mourdock, Illinois' Joe Walsh and Missouri's Todd Akin aren't doctors. They are Republicans running for the U.S. Senate or the House of Representatives. But they appear to have special knowledge of how a woman's body works, not to...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Elections, Paul C. Broun, Barack Obama, Social Issues
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The problem with Duckworth
Let's see, the reasons that you're supposed to vote for Democrat Tammy Duckworth and against Republican incumbent Joe Walsh in the northwest suburban 8th Congressional District are: He's a radical, "anti-choice," loudmouthed, wing-nut tea partyer. Do I...
Tags: David Axelrod, Abortion, Parties and Movements, Elections, Social Issues
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Biden's overbearing persona revealed
Tonight President Barack Obama will try to repair the damage from the last debate. No, not just the first one, the one he sleepwalked through against Republican Mitt Romney. I also mean the vice presidential debate between Republican Paul Ryan and Vice...
Tags: Social Services, Paul Ryan, Undecided Voters, Separation of Church and State, Elections
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Kirk: Lock up the 'chuckleheads'
Change of SubjectTranscribed from a portion of the WBEZ-FM 91.5 interview with Republican U.S. Sen Mark Kirk of Illiniois Wednesday: Alex Keefe: Senator, you mentioned the murder of Hadiya Pendleton a moment ago. It seemed like things got pretty emotional in the...... -
Weeks in review
Change of SubjectA roundup of state and local news-review and weekly political chat shows. Descriptions provided by the broadcast outlets in most cases: Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review WTTW-Ch. 11: Host Joel Weisman with Chuck Goudie, ABC-7 News - Mick Dumke,...... -
The one in which I endorse Joe Walsh -- but not for congress
Change of SubjectAfter sitting through the 8th District U.S. congressional race debate Thursday morning between Joe Walsh and Democrat Tammy Duckworth at the Tribune editorial board, I'm prepared to offer Walsh my endorsement to be the Next Big Thing in cable talk....... -
Advice from somebody nobody asked
Change of SubjectSunday's print column I'm bursting with suggestions and sound counsel, yet, somehow, requests are not pouring in. Therefore, think of this as an unsolicited advice column. Dear Republicans: In the past week I've heard many of you confidently offering... -
DNC fills convention speakers’ list with women
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelOn the eve of the Republican National Convention in Tampa the Democrats are signalling one of their campaign themes by naming 10 more speakers for their upcoming national convention — all women. The speakers list released this morning by the...
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