Oct 02 2012
New York Times covers Morsi’s U.N. speech but refuses to mention Palestine By Paul Woodward, September 27, 2012 Egypt’s newly elected president, Mohammed Morsi, gave an historic speech at the United Nations General Assembly yesterday. The focus of Morsi’s speech was Palestine — yet you wouldn’t know it if you read the New York …
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Oct 02 2012
A Letter to Mitt Romney from Samantha… By Samantha K., Dear Governor Romney, I’ll be honest with you – you never had a chance of getting my vote. Not because I am a victim who is dependent upon the system, but because I am an informed woman with a grasp on economics, and I’m …
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Oct 01 2012
Quitting smoking is a battle fought out in the desert spaces of our imagination By Giles Fraser, Friday 28 September 2012 14.30 EDT We are no longer on speaking terms, however much I wish it were otherwise. But I must never see her again. She was ruining my life, clouding my judgment, dominating too …
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Sep 30 2012
I am a job creator: A manifesto for the entitled By Steven Pearlstein, September 29 I am a corporate chief executive. I am a business owner. I am a private-equity fund manager. I am the misunderstood superhero of American capitalism, single-handedly creating wealth and prosperity despite all the obstacles put in my way by …
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Sep 29 2012
The good, the bad and the politically ugly By Cliff Schecter, 29 Sep 2012 13:46 While I plead guilty to being a political junkie, it’s never a bad thing when something outside the realm of our current political slugfest takes me away from reading about our national pageant for at least a bit. Especially …
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Sep 29 2012
Bachmann: ‘We Must Ban Falafel’ in School Lunches By The Daily Currant, Sep. 28, 2012 Minnesota Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann courted controversy today by claiming that falafel and other “jihadi foods” should be banned from school lunches in the United States. In an interview with local television station KSTP in Minneapolis, Bachmann explained that …
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Sep 29 2012
Warrantless Electronic Surveillance Surges Under Obama Justice Department By Matt Sledge, 09/28/2012 9:52 pm EDT The Obama administration has overseen a sharp increase in the number of people subjected to warrantless electronic surveillance of their telephone, email and Facebook accounts by federal law enforcement agencies, new documentsreleased by the American Civil Liberties Union on Friday …
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