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Obama 'Going Bulworth' Wouldn't Give Him Power Over Republicans
Tweet Share on Facebook May 17, 2013 CommentPresident Obama has fantasies of "going Bulworth" on Congress and Washington, letting loose with everything he really thinks and trying to do what he really wants, despite the political repercussions, The New York Times reports. And congressional Republicans see Obama not so much like the fictional politician in the old Warren Betty movie, but as Richard Nixon, forced to resign in disgrace because of the Watergate scandal and reviled for his overuse of executive power.
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House Republicans Waste Time With Obamacare Repeal Vote
Tweet Share on Facebook May 16, 2013 CommentOf all the advice offered in the Republican National Committee's impressively frank and overdue report on how to remake its image for the 21st century, one item sticks out for its obviousness and its good sense: make sure people see you as the party that is for something, not just against something.
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More Women Military Members Needed to Stem Sexual Assualt
Tweet Share on Facebook May 15, 2013 CommentFaced with yet another report of sexual abuse by a military official assigned to handling sexual assault cases, women might understandably re-think a career in the armed services. Who wants to enter a field where – aside from all the other risks and stresses that come with the job – one has to worry about being abused or attacked by the very people who are supposed to have your back in combat?
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The Cleveland Kidnapping and Media Coverage of Misogyny
Tweet Share on Facebook May 14, 2013 CommentWho is the bigger victim of a misogynist culture – the three women who were allegedly abducted, raped and kept hostage by Ariel Castro in Cleveland? Or Katherine Russell Tsarnaev, who has drawn some scorn, suspicion and bewilderment because she gave up a carefree life as a typical American young woman to marry a Muslim, converting to the faith and covering her head in customary fashion?
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IRS Targeting of Tea Party Groups Is a Real Scandal
Tweet Share on Facebook May 13, 2013 CommentRepublicans are vowing to undertake an exhaustive investigation of the IRS scandal in which agency officials admit that employees targeted conservative groups for harassment. And they should.
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The Danger of Blame on Boston, Benghazi and the Cleveland Kidnappings
Tweet Share on Facebook May 10, 2013 CommentAfter any tragedy, there is a rush to figure out what went wrong – how it could have been prevented, what signs or signals were missed. It's a painful but very necessary exercise, since (as my parents repeatedly reminded me during my childhood) failure is an impetus for learning.
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CNN's Sex-Crazed Amanda Knox Case Interview
Tweet Share on Facebook May 9, 2013 CommentMemo to Chris Cuomo: No means no.
It seems the CNN interviewer still hasn't figured out that the idea that women really mean yes when they say no is simply untrue. And while the admonition is generally applied to a situation where a woman is declining sex, in Cuomo's case, it's a situation in which the interviewer simply refused to accept that accused murderer Amanda Knox is not some "deviant," sex-crazed "freak."
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Report Finds Military Sexual Assault Still a Huge Problem
Tweet Share on Facebook May 8, 2013 CommentAn Air Force Lieutenant Colonel was charged this week with sexual battery for allegedly assaulting a woman in a parking lot, grabbing the civilian woman by her breasts and buttocks. That, tragically, is not at all an unusual occurrence in a U.S. military that has done little to stem sexual harassment and assault of its own female members.
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Chris Christie’s Lesson for Animal Rights Groups
Tweet Share on Facebook May 7, 2013 CommentIs there something about New Jersey that brings out the superhero in the Garden State's politicians?
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Boston Bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev Deserves a Proper Burial
Tweet Share on Facebook May 6, 2013 CommentOf all the heroism we've witnessed in the Boston Marathon bombing and its aftermath, that displayed by funeral director Peter Stefan doesn't rank among the brave behavior shown by first responders and the runners who helped their fallen competitors. But Stefan's quiet, determined commitment to American values deserves to be lauded nonetheless.
