Tag: political science
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April 22, 2006 10:34 AM EDT --
There's a growing movement to abolish the Electoral College system without amending the Constitution.
A group called Campaign for the National Popular Vote has been pushing a plan to essentially do . . .
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May 03, 2006 11:06 AM EDT --
Peter King has a scathing article in, of all places, Sports Illustrated about the conditions in the poorest area of New Orleans eight months after Hurricane Katrina. His is incensed: "What I saw was . . .
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November 14, 2009 01:18 AM EST --
Recently, a lot of people have questioned what I mean by "Libertarian". The definition of "Libertarian" to which I subscribe is "Moderate Libertarianism" ... I'm a " Red . . .
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December 05, 2006 05:26 PM EST --
I plan to invent an imaginary, virtual country for satirical purposes. I decided to make a group for the experiment. This may prove to be funny and interesting, or it may prove to be a big flop.
I tend . . .
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April 21, 2006 12:21 PM EDT --
In a post this morning, I challenge Peter Bienart's assertion that Brent Scowcroft would be the best choice were President Bush going to replace Don Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense.
[I]f Bush were . . .
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April 23, 2006 09:23 AM EDT --
There's a big story in this morning's Washington Post about Pentagon plans that have radically ramped up the role of military special forces troops in the war on terror, giving them . . .
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October 07, 2007 02:56 PM EDT --
All manner of creatures have lived at the White House. No, I’m not talking about the presidents and their families, but about the members of the animal kingdom who have also populated 1600 Pennsylvania . . .
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April 26, 2006 10:05 AM EDT --
The big buzz this morning is President Bush's appointment of Fox pundit Tony Snow as his press secretary.
Does it make sense to put a guy in that job who is famous for being so opinionated, . . .
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October 29, 2007 08:18 PM EDT --
I was in my Political Theory class today and my teacher asked a very interesting question.
Should the government try to make its citizens good?
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April 27, 2006 02:44 PM EDT --
Can the retired generals who are criticizing Don Rumsfeld be punished for violating military law? Yes they can.
They almost certainly won't be, for reasons personal and political.
But . . .
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April 22, 2006 10:37 AM EDT --
All signs now point to the formation of an Iraqi government now that the political deadlock over the premiership has been broken. The new Iraqi parliament is meeting today to formalize the new cabinet . . .
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May 02, 2006 11:47 AM EDT --
Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has resigned.
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, the longest-serving leader in postwar Italy, resigned Tuesday to make way for a center-left government led by . . .
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March 06, 2007 03:45 PM EST --
Come and meet Bill Bradley when he visits a book store near you. Read the discussion and share your thoughts on Bill Bradley's new book, The New American Story. Click here to join the group. . . .
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March 22, 2007 05:24 PM EDT --
All Americans want a good life for themselves and their families. They want to be proud of their country and to believe that it can live up to its ideals. A friend asked me recently if I thought dealing . . .
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October 26, 2007 04:40 PM EDT --
I chuckled at the news last week that Barack Obama is related to Dick Cheney. The two are eighth cousins, both descended from a Huguenot French ancestor in the 1700’s. A spokesman for Obama . . .
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April 24, 2006 09:27 AM EDT --
Osama bin Laden appeared in a new videotape on al Jazeera yesterday that renewed his declaration of jihad on the West. He added to his list of grievances against the developed world but strangely did not . . .
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April 24, 2006 10:33 AM EDT --
There has been a minor kerfuffle over the last few days over Yale's hiring of Michigan historian Juan Cole, best known these days as the author of the controversial Informed Comment blog, for a prestigious . . .
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April 25, 2006 09:39 AM EDT --
Through a second party, Mary McCarthy has denied that she is the source of the CIA secret prisons/rendition story that won Dana Priest a Pulitizer. She does not deny "inappropriate contact" with . . .
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April 25, 2006 09:41 AM EDT --
The Washington Examiner editorial board (now under the direction of Mark Tapscott) points to Virginia Tech Transportation Institute study which found that eighty percent of vehicular crashes occur when . . .
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April 26, 2006 10:33 AM EDT --
Illinois Congressman Bobby Rush is a former leader of the Black Panther terrorist group that advocated insurrection against the government of the United States. He's currently involved . . .
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