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Fernando Espuelas: In Republican Debates, Ideology Trumps Intelligent Immigration Policy

As last week’s “pile-up” showed, it’s time to reveal the candidates’ proposed solutions for the wrecks they truly are. Read more: Latinos , National Review , Cato Institute , 2012 Elections , Peter Dixon , Rick Santorum , Hispanic , Obama , Immigration , Newt Gingrich , Center for American Progress , Cir , Politics , Conservatives , GOP Debate , CNN Debate , Gop , Evangelical Christians , Maureen Rimmer , Tea Party , Daniel Griswold , Republicans , Latino Voices News Continue reading

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Angelina Jolie Speaks Out On President Obama, Slams Us Weekly

Angelina Jolie’s new film is called “In the Land of Blood and Honey.” She could also use that bittersweet monicker to describe her review of President… Continue reading

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Carl Pope: Climate Dawn

You might be surprised to learn that I think climate protection may have posted its best quarterly results ever in the last three months of 2011. Read more: Emissions Standards , Environmental Successes , Climate Change , Epa , Keystone Pipeline , Pollution , Coal Power , Barack Obama , 2011 Review , Green News Continue reading

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Remember How Insane The World Was In 2011?

When Mohamed Bouazizi, a young Tunisian fruit seller, set himself on fire toward the end of December 2010, he did so out of economic despair and outra… Read more: Egypt Protests , Turkey Earthquake , Libya War , Timeline , 2011 , Barack Obama , 2011 Year in Review , 2011 World Timeline , Tunisia Protests , Libya Rebels , Arab Spring , Japan Tsunami , Muammar Gaddafi , Oslo Bombing , Vladimir Putin , Hosni Mubarak , Tripoli , 2011 World Events , Year in Review , World News Continue reading

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HuffPost Radio: Both Sides Now : Iraq — End of an Error

If the base can’t embrace Mitt’s switches and Newt’s swagger, is it their fault or voters unhinged by Fox and Obama? Read more: National Review , President Obama , Ntsb , Ann Coulter , Mitt Romney , Iraq War , Rick Santorum , Fox News , David Frum , Rick Perry , Mary Matalin , Newt Gingrich , Junk Food , Ron Reagan , Abu Ghraib , Politics News Continue reading

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1991 Ad Featuring Obama Resurfaces

Long before Barack Obama was a president or politician, he was editor of the Harvard Law Review. In his capacity there, he once appeared on television… Continue reading

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Is Obama Like LeBron?

Consider the parallels. Both are remarkably gifted, precocious, African-American men Continue reading

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Is Obama Like LeBron?

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Why The Busts Keep Getting Bigger

Suppose we describe the following situation: major US financial institutions have badly overreached. They created and sold new financial instruments without understanding the risk. They poured money into dubious loans in pursuit of short-term profits, dismissing clear warnings that the borrowers might not be able to repay those loans Continue reading

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William Hartung: From Gates to Panetta: Room for Improvement

At last Thursday’s confirmation hearings for Leon Panetta’s nomination to serve as Secretary of Defense, one question loomed over the proceedings: will he be as good as Robert Gates? The assumption behind the question — an assumption shared by virtually every member of the Senate Armed Services Committee — was that Gates has been one of the most effective leaders in the history of the department. Would that it were so. Continue reading

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