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    A Hunger for Justice: Guantanamo Day 100

    MAY 16, 2013 7:33PM

    By SeventhSister


    Topics: belief/religion, news, politics, open+call, guantanamo prison, hunger strike, martin luther king

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 580 Views
    • 60 Comments
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    Our Incredible Shrinking President

    MAY 16, 2013 6:52PM

    By old new lefty


    Topics: barack obama, president of the united states, potus, tea party, irs, associated press, republicans, conspiracy theory, leadership, nsa, government surveillance, illegal aliens, deportation, veterans administration, belief/religion, movies, music, news, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 649 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    The IRS was Right to Scrutinize "Tea Party" Groups

    MAY 14, 2013 2:29PM

    By Richard B. Simon


    Topics: irs tea party obama, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 702 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Why is Corporate 
America inciting violence in Chicago?

    MAY 8, 2013 10:08AM

    By Bob Simpson


    Topics: school closings, chicago, racism, education, politics, economy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 718 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    Suicides Climb While Friedman Recycles Social Darwinism

    MAY 6, 2013 12:28PM

    By Paul Nevins


    Topics: technology, politics, news, economy, business, belief/religion

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 585 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Sandra Day O'Connor's Mea Culpa

    MAY 1, 2013 9:46AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, law, supreme court, sandra day o'connor, antonin scalia, clarence thomas, conservatism, bush v. gore, roe v. wade, constitution, chicago tribune, rachel maddow, democratic party, republican party, partisanship, william rehnquist, george w. bush, al gore

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 704 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Will The Terror In Boston Challenge Our Open Society?

    APRIL 16, 2013 8:30PM

    By Paul Nevins


    Topics: belief/religion, books, economy, environment, family, news, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 1218 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    The Clash of Civilizations Over Marriage Equality

    MARCH 26, 2013 10:55AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, catholic church, supreme court, fundamentalism, gay rights, traditionalism, modernity, andrew sullivan, douglas wilson, law, science, truth, traditions of civility, democracy, personal autonomy, free will, religion, pope benedict, pope john paul ii, birth control, president obama, walter lippmann, secularism, marketplace of ideas, utilitarianism, separation between church and state, biblical morality, new testament, theocracy, taliban, religious freedom, traditional marriate, christianity, republican party. christian nation

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 2364 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    CPAC Follies of 2013

    MARCH 18, 2013 3:45PM

    By Tom Degan


    Topics: politics, molly colgan, chrsi christie, sarah palin, cpac, marco rubio, rand paul, wayne lapierre, alan west, tom degan

    • Editor's Pick
    • 25 Ratings
    • 7116 Views
    • 666 Comments
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    Who I Think Obama Is

    MARCH 10, 2013 4:07PM

    By koshersalaami


    Topics: politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 1779 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Dictatorship v. Democracy

    MARCH 10, 2013 7:54AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, democracy, dictatorship, walter lippmann, hitler, fascism, republican party, president obama, sequester, tax cuts, entitlement programs, partisan gridlock, german parliament, freedom, bob woodword, voting rights act, citizens united, constitution, governing class

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 4519 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    Breakfast Epiphanies: Encounters With Notorious Homophobes

    MARCH 8, 2013 1:09PM

    By Kevin Mims


    Topics: movies, politics, writing, homophobia, gay marriage, maggie gallagher, orson scott card

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 1729 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    How misunderstood is the US Constitution?

    MARCH 6, 2013 4:52PM

    By Brian Carter


    Topics: united states, rights, misunderstandings, foreign, politics, us constitution

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 888 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    "Madhouse" Speaker John Boehner

    MARCH 1, 2013 3:57PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: president george h. w. bush, newt gingrich, rick scott, democracy, filibuster, israel, iran, neoconservatism, friends of hamas, james inhofe, rand paul, mccarthyism, ted cruz, rush limbaugh, fox news, jonathan chait, entitlement cuts, tax cuts, propaganda, james madison institute, defense, medicaid, chuck hagel, speaker boehner, president obama, sequester, push poll, republican party. tea party, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 995 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    3 Books For What Little Time We Have Left (Part II)

    MARCH 2, 2013 4:55PM

    By old new lefty


    Topics: technology, television, politics, family, environment, belief/religion, 1989, 1968, 1913, 1848, gutenberg bible, revolution, anarchists, occupy wall street, the arab spring, the connected generation, the worldwide web, memes, tweets, twitter, instant messages, facebook, the internet

    • Editor's Pick
    • 0 Ratings
    • 566 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    The Chris Christie Road Bump to the White House

    FEBRUARY 27, 2013 10:38AM

    By Robert J. Elisberg


    Topics: chris christie, politics, cpac, republican party

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 749 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    GOP `disaster capitalism' is key to the sequester

    FEBRUARY 25, 2013 3:16PM

    By Ron Legro


    Topics: deficit, fiscal policy, president obama, shock doctrine, disaster capitalism, gop, politics, economy, budgert, federal government, sequestration, republican party, gop, bob woodward

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 2983 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    The Intellectual Dishonesty of William Kristol

    FEBRUARY 25, 2013 1:06PM

    By Steven J. Gulitti


    Topics: politics, neoconservatives., war policy, foreign policy, barack obama, william kristol

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 992 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

    • Editor's Pick
    • 1 Ratings
    • 1001 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Backlash to NRA Rampage Reloads Gun Reform

    FEBRUARY 20, 2013 4:15PM

    By Robert Becker


    Topics: open call, politics, nra, lapierre, self-destruction

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