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Debating the Catholic Contraception Controversy
Debate Club: Experts debate White House ruling that requires religious institutions to cover employees' contraception.
Mortgage Settlement a Distraction, Not a Solution
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To Avoid a Failed February, Romney Needs a Big Idea
Ford O'Connell: Romney is dearly in need of a "big idea" to help generate passion.
Deficit Reduction Won't Create Jobs
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Take a look at the White House fact sheet just released on the president's "accommodation" on the Health and Human Services ruling on contraceptives and religious liberty:
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So Rick Santorum says that he was not talking about over-emotional females when he raised objections to the idea of women in combat. Instead, he says, he was talking about how over-emotional males might behave. OK fine, so instead of insulting women, he's insulted men, and military men in particular.
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To borrow a headline from Matt Drudge, former Gov. Mitt Romney got "Rick Roll[ed]" on Tuesday night, thanks to decisive victories by Rick Santorum in the Missouri, Minnesota, and Colorado Republican presidential nominating contests.
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The terrain of economic debate is moving under former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's feet. His response, so far, has amounted to an acknowledgement of reality with a subjective caveat: Things are getting better in spite of President Obama's policies, not because of them.
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On January 20, when Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius issued a final rule requiring that all women have access to free preventive care services, including contraceptives, the heat from congressional leaders, Republican presidential candidates, and Catholic groups increased. (The rule includes an exemption for churches and houses of worship, but not for other religious institutions such as hospitals, universities, and charities.)
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As news spread that a provision in President Obama's landmark healthcare legislation mandated that religious institutions, such as schools and hospitals, be forced to provide birth control and contraceptive protection for employees in spite of the institution's religious grounding, the reaction was immediate: The move was a blunder, an unforced error from an administration that had finally started making some headway with voters.
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