Obama’s Health Plan
President-elect Barack Obama's "Blueprint for Change" calls for "affordable, accessible health care for all." After a quote from a speech he gave in...
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CIA Director Hayden Says bin Laden Isolated
During a speech given on November 13 before the Atlantic Council think tank, CIA Director Michael Hayden offered his best-informed opinion that Osama...
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War Without End, Amen
The New York Times revealed on November 10 the existence of yet another secret administration policy that had been hidden from the American...
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Ron Paul Scores 5th in New York Times Poll
As part of an ongoing post-election series entitled "The 44th President," the New York Times conducted an "If You Were President ..." reader...
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U.S. Bishops Take Action on Abortion
In the wake of a presidential race that culminated in the election of a pro-abortion administration, U.S. Catholic bishops moved quickly on November...
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Obama’s Agenda for America in Brief
According to Obama, "Change has come to America." But has it really? And if so, what kind of change is it? In his...
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Admissions of Media Love-in for Obama
The Republican Party must accept much of the blame for its recent drubbing in the presidential and congressional elections. President Bush and GOP...
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How the Republicans Blew It
For the last eight years, the Republicans have rivaled the Democrats in making government bigger, costlier, and more intrusive. Now they have paid...
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Will the Constitution’s Trial Rights Finally Be Vindicated?
More than six years after they were thrown into a U.S. prison, the New York Times has reported that six Algerian detainees may...
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Obama’s Pick of “Tough Guy” Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel may have been a ballet and dance major at Sarah Lawrence College, but in political circles Obama's choice as chief of...
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Will Obama Let You Keep Your Guns?
On November 7, the New York Times reported that "sales of handguns, rifles and ammunition have surged in the last week, according to...
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A Look at Obama’s Likely Cabinet Picks
One of the first orders of business for a new president-elect is to consider which people to nominate for his cabinet. The position...
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Why McCain and the Republicans Went Down
During the Republican presidential debate in Durham, New Hampshire, in September 2007, Congressman Ron Paul warned that "we've dug a hole for ourselves...
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What Happened to the Third-party Presidential Candidates?
During the presidential campaign, as well as on election night, the major media generally ignored the third-party candidates who threw their hats into...
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Fate of Chinese Separatists Held in Guantanamo Uncertain
A report in the British newspaper, the Guardian, for November 1 examined the plight of 17 members of a dissident ethnic Chinese group...
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