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Boehner’s Reid ‘F-Bomb’ Isn’t a Big Effing Deal
Tweet Share on Facebook January 4, 2013 CommentSo it turns out that elected officials swear. You got a #$@(*&! problem with that?
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The Healthcare Lessons Mark Kirk Learned From His Stroke
Tweet Share on Facebook January 4, 2013 CommentWalk a mile in someone else's shoes.
But how many of us actually do that? At least by choice?
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The Winner of Republican Bickering Is President Obama
Tweet Share on Facebook January 3, 2013 CommentWith 220 votes, fewer than he might have liked but more than enough to do the job, Ohio Republican Rep. John Boehner was re-elected Thursday as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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GOP Assault on Unions Will Prove Costly
Tweet Share on Facebook January 3, 2013 CommentSunday marked an important anniversary in labor history. On Dec. 30, 1936 at a GM plant in Flint, Mich., members of the United Auto Workers began the union's first sit down strike. Gov. Rick Snyder of Michigan awakened a sleeping giant last month when he disenfranchised workers in a state with a proud union heritage.
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Free Speech, Gun Rights, and the Constitution
Tweet Share on Facebook January 3, 2013 CommentBattles over either the First Amendment or the Second Amendment often share similar dynamics, with defender/exercisers of the amendments arguing that the freedoms granted by the founding fathers are (nearly) absolute, and should not be modified just because sometimes people get hurt by them. But the issue gets stickier when a situation pits the First against the Second.
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GOP Got Its Way in Fiscal Cliff Deal
Tweet Share on Facebook January 2, 2013 CommentAmerica went over the fiscal cliff on Jan. 1, 2013. Just as promptly, as though attached to a bungee cord, it snapped right back up to the edge thanks to an agreement hastily hammered out between Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell.
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Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell Saved America From Fiscal Cliff
Tweet Share on Facebook January 2, 2013 CommentVice President Joe Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have known each other in the Senate for nearly 30 years. They have served together under five presidents. They know and understand one another. They know what makes the other tick.
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Obama's Fiscal Cliff 'Win' Will Come Back and Bite Him
Tweet Share on Facebook January 2, 2013 CommentSomething had to pass. The "fiscal cliff" had to be averted—of course this is true; it was in all the papers. And the deal that emerged will be characterized as a victory for President Obama and a signal the Republican Party is in serious turmoil.
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Hillary Clinton's Blood Clot Isn't a Benghazi Cover-Up Conspiracy
Tweet Share on Facebook January 2, 2013 CommentHillary Clinton's impressive career should, on paper, be a sign of women's advancement in public policy and in society as a whole. That was until her detractors accused her of a higher-level version of the feigned "I have a headache" dodge.
