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Four Star Trek: The Wrath of General Stanley McChrystal

Yale University says it has hired retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal to teach a graduate level seminar on its New Haven, Conn., campus. — The New York Times At ease, ladies and gentlemen. You may think it’s odd that I was picked to teach a course on le… Continue reading

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Obama Tiptoes Into The Israel-Palestine Crisis

As direct talks between Israeli and Palestinian leadership commence, the Obama administration finds itself in perhaps the most delicate diplomatic position it has yet assumed on the international stage.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Pale… Continue reading

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Jody Weis’ Secret Gang Summit: City Officials Have Mixed Feelings

Chicago’s political leaders have come out with strongly divided opinions on a secret meeting between police and gang leadership that took place August 17.The meeting was held in Garfield Park; Police Superintendent Jody Weis summoned leaders of several… Continue reading

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Race Baiting Rumblings

At an explicit level, Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally did not have anything to do with race. At a symbolic level, “Restoring Honor” was ripe with racial meaning. Various elements of the event were subtly but intimately interlaced with racial inn… Continue reading

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Translating Women’s Political Gains into Economic Power

Over 25 years ago, Geraldine Ferraro was nominated as the Democratic Party’s Vice Presidential candidate, shattering the political glass ceiling and ushering in a new era of political leadership for women.As the first female Chair of the U.S. Congress … Continue reading

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Lisa Murkowski Adios?

When the polls closed on the August 24 Alaska Republican primary election an unknown forty-three-year-old, flag-waving, baby-killer-hating, right-of-fiscally-conservative attorney from Fairbanks, Alaska, named Joe Miller dumbfounded the pundits and roc… Continue reading

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Lisa Murkowski Adios?

When the polls closed on the August 24 Alaska Republican primary election an unknown forty-three-year-old, flag-waving, baby-killer-hating, right-of-fiscally-conservative attorney from Fairbanks, Alaska, named Joe Miller dumbfounded the pundits and roc… Continue reading

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Welcome Steps on the Middle East

J Street welcomes the announcement of direct talks between the Government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority, with the United States closely shepherding the process. We applaud President Obama’s leadership and the work of Secretary Clinton and Sen… Continue reading

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Keep The Faith

It is with a heavy heart that I tell you today that the board of elections in Haiti has disqualified me from my run for the presidency of the country. Though I disagree with the ruling, I respectfully accept the committee’s final decision, and I urge m… Continue reading

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Terror Babies, Mosques in Manhattan, and Gay Marriage

In case you missed it, Republican leadership has completely gone off the deep end … I mean completely.There is Texas Congressmen Lou Gohmert, whose insanity brought us “terror babies.” (I swear they are real. There was one at brunch on Sunday who wou… Continue reading

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