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    Reflections on Memorial Day (Reprise)

    MAY 24, 2013 3:40PM

    By Boanerges1


    Topics: war is hell, canadians, americans, memorial day

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 1032 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    The Sequester Blame Game Comes to A Head

    FEBRUARY 25, 2013 2:04PM

    By Brian Carter


    Topics: politics, spending cuts, sequestration, senate, republicans, house of representatives, fact check, economy, congress, blame game, americans

    • 1 Ratings
    • 232 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Drones are stealing my privacy!

    FEBRUARY 7, 2013 11:38AM

    By Brian Carter


    Topics: politics, privacy, predator, uav, americans, doj memo, obama, drones

    • 1 Ratings
    • 382 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    TAXES! How does the U.S. measure up?

    FEBRUARY 1, 2013 9:54PM

    By Brian Carter


    Topics: taxes, tax burden, spending cuts, republicans, politics, obama, fact check, economy, community, americans

    • 2 Ratings
    • 1290 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Gun Control Debate: A few facts

    JANUARY 31, 2013 2:56PM

    By Brian Carter


    Topics: americans, congress, gun control, gun laws, gun rights, lapierre, nra, obama, politics, republicans

    • 1 Ratings
    • 250 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Gun Control: Where do our priorities lie? [Repost]

    DECEMBER 15, 2012 4:21PM

    By Brian Carter


    Topics: americans, community, connecticut, gun control, mass shootings, mayors against illegal guns, politics, republicans

    • 1 Ratings
    • 263 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Students to Candidates “What have you done for me lately?”

    OCTOBER 25, 2012 11:13AM

    By Brian Carter


    Topics: voters, student loans, romney, republicans, politics, opinion, ohio, obama, education, economy, college students, bowling green university, americans, 2012 election

    • 4 Ratings
    • 290 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    The Armstrong Scandal & Willful Disbelief

    OCTOBER 22, 2012 10:52AM

    By Brian Carter


    Topics: americans, competition, cycling, doping, europe, lance armstrong, opinion, sports, tour de france

    • 1 Ratings
    • 247 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Armchair Debating Mitt Romney

    OCTOBER 18, 2012 10:10AM

    By Brian Carter


    Topics: 2012 election, americans, democrats, economy, fact check, jobs, obama, obamacare, opinion, politics, republicans, romney, unemployment, voters

    • 1 Ratings
    • 304 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Politifact gives Conservative PAC a Smackdown

    OCTOBER 3, 2012 11:55AM

    By Brian Carter


    Topics: 2012 election, affordable care act, americans, community, fact check, health care reform, obama, political ads, politics, politifact, religion, religious freedom, republicans, voters

    • 6 Ratings
    • 382 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    The Brave New World of Selfish and Stupid.

    SEPTEMBER 26, 2012 2:03PM

    By Barbara Weicksel


    Topics: news, gay/lesbian, family, belief/religion, different places, transgender person, different lives, gay kids, stupid, selfish, future generations, americans, better world, obligations, high school, current-events, lesbian, gay, politics, death, society

    • 0 Ratings
    • 321 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Boehner's Misconception of Governance & other Missteps

    SEPTEMBER 17, 2012 11:26AM

    By Brian Carter


    Topics: paul ryan, voters, unemployment, spending cuts, romney, republicans, politics, fact check, economy, democrats, congress, americans, 2012 election, fiscal cliff

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 13815 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Economy Worse Under Obama?

    SEPTEMBER 4, 2012 10:50AM

    By Brian Carter


    Topics: voters, unemployment, romney, republicans, politics, opinion, obama, jobs, job creation, grassley, fact check, economy, democrats, americans, 2012 election

    • 1 Ratings
    • 1492 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Gun Control: Where do our priorities lie? (Repost)

    JULY 23, 2012 11:36AM

    By Brian Carter


    Topics: americans, arizona, assault weapons, aurora, bloomberg, colorado, congress, democrats, gun control, gun shows, mayors against illegal guns, nra, obama, politics, republicans, romney, voters

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 2581 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Health Care vs. Politics: Who Wins?

    JULY 9, 2012 6:01PM

    By Brian Carter


    Topics: 2012 election, affordable care act, americans, community, democrats, economy, fact check, family planning, health care, health care reform, health insurance, obama, obamacare, obesity, politics, republicans, romney, supreme court

    • 4 Ratings
    • 362 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Patheos: Wholly American, Wholly Muslim

    JULY 2, 2012 10:05PM

    By Hesham A. Hassaballa


    Topics: belief/religion, men, americans, muslims, islam, zahra suratwala, wajahat ali, anthology, essays, all american, book, review, patheos

    • 1 Ratings
    • 701 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    One More Time, Why Do We Need Keystone?

    JANUARY 20, 2012 4:18PM

    By Brian Carter


    Topics: unemployment, republicans, politics, pipeline, opinion, oil, obama, keystone, jobs, global warming, epa, environment, economy, congress, climate change, canada, americans

    • 0 Ratings
    • 122 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Enticing Americans into Caring about Hockey

    JANUARY 19, 2012 4:45PM

    By Ken Henderson


    Topics: sports, playoffs, stanley cup, tournaments, seasons, leagues, ahl, nhl, canadians, americans, hockey

    • 4 Ratings
    • 1660 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Occupy: An American Tune

    OCTOBER 28, 2011 2:22PM

    By Living with Caer


    Topics: foreclosure, vets, homeless, wall street, belief/religion, family, news, open call, politics, suffering, americans, occupy, photo essay, economy

    • 6 Ratings
    • 1292 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Doorman to the Tsar

    OCTOBER 17, 2011 10:16AM

    By toritto


    Topics: russina court, history, abyssinian guards, st. petersburg, americans

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