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By Petrarch | Mar 13, 2008 |
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The real lesson of Eliot Spitzer's downfall.
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By Petrarch | Feb 22, 2008 |
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It's interesting that Bill Clinton is not called the first African-American president.
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By Petrarch | Feb 19, 2008 |
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There is one way in which we can help the Cuban people, and that is by immediately and unilaterally ending the embargo that has been in place for all these years.
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By Petrarch | Feb 18, 2008 |
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Freedom, by definition, includes the freedom to choose to be an idiot.
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By Hobbes | Feb 8, 2008 |
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The Archbishop of Canterbury believes not only that his religion is dying, but his country's legal and political structure are doomed as well.
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By Petrarch | Feb 5, 2008 |
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Americans complain about the lack of true leaders and of today's poll-driven politicians. But if American is a democracy, isn't that exactly how it is supposed to work?
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By Lee Tydings | Feb 4, 2008 |
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Hillary is right in pointing out that most parents could use some help, but it doesn't take a village. It especially doesn't take a village of government-funded social workers, most of whom are either not yet married or divorced.
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By Hobbes | Jan 31, 2008 |
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When Commodore Matthew Perry opened Japan to the west, he took American and British missionaries along. In addition to translating, they also helped with education.
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By Hobbes | Jan 30, 2008 |
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This video just gave us the best news we've heard out of the Middle East in a long, long time -- Iraqis are beginning to laugh at their leaders.
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By Petrarch | Jan 24, 2008 |
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George W Bush, lambasted as the destroyer of peace in the Middle East, may preside over the most welcome development there since the Second World War.