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"Rep. Ron Paul's presidential campaign, a pugnacious, ideological crusade against big government and interventionist leanings in the Republican party, will officially end Thursday at a rally outside the Texas GOP's...
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" ROME - President Bush is urging Europe to more aggressively partner with the United States to look beyond trans-Atlantic issues and focus on global problems such as Mideast peace, curtailing...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorA Canadian who takes exception to Canada's Free Speech, certainly has not witnessed the horrors of repressed speech as the world is full of detractors to free speech. ...
Che Guevara is an icon of the 20th century whose brand has turned into a worldwide marketing phenomenon. The fact that Guevara was a communist guerrilla and Marxist ideologue is an irony of little interest to his...
Normally, when posting a story from the news wires I try and change the headline a bit just to make it better. But here I find that impossible to do. The Washington Post really hit this one on the head."It was already shaping up to be a difficult year for congressional...
"Chomsky on World Ownership
Michael Shank | January 23, 2008
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Noam Chomsky is a noted linguist, author, and foreign policy expert. On January 15, Michael Shank...
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"Brazilian Soccer Heartthrob’s Response to Supermodel’s Anti-Catholic Outburst: I Was a Virgin When I Got Married
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""We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth…. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not..? For my part, whatever anguish of...
From the NYTimes (registration req'd) comes this overview of what is going on with airwaves that have been freed up by digital television, and can be used for wireless broadband and other services. This probably seems unimportant and arcane to some media people, but it is...
"Virginia lawmakers voted unanimously Saturday to express "profound regret" for the state's role in slavery.
Sponsors of the resolution say they know of no other state that has apologized for slavery, although...
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"United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan delivered his swan song today at the Truman Presidential Library in Missouri.[1] It was a thinly veiled parting shot at U.S. foreign policy delivered by an embittered U.N....