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All Saints rolls out the welcome mat
When All Saints Church, known for its outreach to faith groups beyond its own Episcopal ministry, announced that it would host the annual convention of the Muslim Public Affairs Council this weekend, it got a rash of hate mail. Officials at the Pasadena...
Tags: Elections, Islam, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Mohamed Morsi, Israel
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker could enliven New Jersey governor's race
NEW YORK -- The 2012 presidential election is over, Ohio has certified its vote, even Rep. Allen West has conceded. So where’s a political junkie to turn his or her attention throughout the long, cold winter? Perhaps New Jersey, a state known...
Tags: Executive Branch, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Government, Frank Lautenberg, Local Elections
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Top TV of 2012: Poehler's Leslie Knope shines on 'Parks and Rec'
Amy Poehler has been a comedian of note for some time now — it's already 11 years since she joined the cast of "Saturday Night Live" (and three and change since she left it), and before that there was "The Upright Citizens Brigade" on Comedy Central...
Tags: NBC (tv network), Christopher Guest, Scandal (tv program), Vice (movie), Joe Biden
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Jerry Brown hurdles over sophomore traps
SACRAMENTO — There's a strange atmosphere in Sacramento. It's as if there has just been a gubernatorial election and the incumbent has decisively won another term. All hail the governor. The people have reaffirmed their confidence in his...
Tags: Executive Branch, Elections, Jerry Brown, World War II (1939-1945), Arnold Schwarzenegger
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The Stone truth: Left-wingers are boring
When, at long last, will people understand that the left is boring? The question came to mind as I was dipping in and out of Oliver Stone's miasmic 700-plus-page tome. I'll never read the whole thing, and not because it's a left-wing screed full of...
Tags: Jimmy Carter, Occupy Wall Street, Oliver Stone, Entertainment Events, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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The hypocritical politics of rich left-wingers
When, at long last, will people understand that the left is boring? The question came to mind as I was dipping in and out of Oliver Stone's miasmic 700-plus-page tome. I'll never read the whole thing, and not because it's a left-wing screed full of...
Tags: Jimmy Carter, Occupy Wall Street, Oliver Stone, Entertainment Events, Academy Awards
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Obama nominates John Kerry to be next secretary of State
This post has been corrected. See note at the bottom for details.WASHINGTON – President Obama nominated John F. Kerry, the five-term senator from Massachusetts, to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of State on Friday, choosing a longtime political ally who shares much of his foreign policy worldview and...Tags: Parties and Movements, Bill Clinton, The Pentagon, Susan Rice, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
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Memories of 2012: Long voting lines, too many gun tragedies
A simmering rage was building, with South Florida rallies featuring celebrities wearing hoodies and high school kids holding up bags of Skittles. This was a month after Miami-Dade high school student Trayvon Martin was killed in Central Florida by...
Tags: George Zimmerman, Executive Branch, Rick Scott, Fort Lauderdale, Government
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Liberal obsession with race is growing old
When will liberals stop living in the past? Specifically, when will they accept that they aren't all that stands between a wonderful, tolerant America and Jim Crow? I was in the room when, during the Democratic National Convention, civil rights hero...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Executive Branch, Susan Rice, Republican Party, Personal Weapon Control
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The Fugs still riotous after all these years
The Fugs finally return to Chicago on Saturday at the City Winery after a 44-year absence. The reception for the band is bound to be a bit warmer than it was when the counter-culture pioneers last performed here, on Dec. 28, 1968, at the Aragon Ballroom....
Tags: Poetry, Greenwich Village, Central Intelligence Agency, Music, Richard M. Daley
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Christie's approval ratings soar as reelection campaign begins
NEW YORK -- First he appeared with President Obama, a Democrat, after Hurricane Sandy. Then he and his fleece jacket showed up on “Saturday Night Live,” mocking mayors who ignored his evacuation orders. Now New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is...Tags: Executive Branch, Republican Party, Quinnipiac University, Government, Frank Lautenberg
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Making Every Vote In Every State Count
The Hartford CourantObama supporters, the final national numbers coming in show that your candidate won re-election by more than 4 million votes. That wouldn't matter, though, if just under 150,000 votes in the swing states went the other way. Mitt Romney would have...Tags: Parties and Movements, Andrew Fleischmann, George W. Bush, Republican Party, John Kerry
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Dec 29, 2012
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Nov 27, 2012
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Nov 27, 2012
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Nov 26, 2012
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