Middle East tensions are rising as President Obama prepares to visit Israel, the West Bank and Jordan.Clearly, Iran will be at the top of the agenda. On Thursday, Mr. Obama announced that Tehran was only about a year away from producing a nuclear bomb.“Obviously, we don’t want to cut it …
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Unexpectedly, we bear witness to an historic event – a sitting pope resigning his office in our lifetime. This is an extraordinarily rare occurrence, one which has not taken place in more than 600 years. The first question, of course is, simply: Why did this happen? Why would Pope Benedict …
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A very wise man once quipped, “Historians have enough trouble predicting the past, so don’t ask me to predict the future.” The same holds true for predicting elections, and Israel’s voters did not disappoint. What we do know is that multiple levels of the status quo were upset. The new …
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You ever think maybe these health care reform fears are overblown and that these companies announcing all these warnings are overdoing it? What’s got me rethinking this is Commerce Secretary Gary Locke pointing out in Thursday’s Wall Street Journal that the companies are missing the forest for the trees; that …
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Major breweries like Coors, Miller and Budweiser produce mass people-pleasers that fit tastes at most bars and parties. While there is nothing wrong with that, it’s special to find a microbrew that fits your specific taste, like an indie band you discovered first. With the craft beer explosion in the …
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Long before the catastrophic 7.0-magnitide earthquake devastated Haiti last month, amputees living in the Caribbean nation faced a grim and uncertain future with many people looking at them as no more than an economic burden. And now, because of the nature of the injuries sustained by thousands of people in …
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Wherefore art thou, Mr. Shakespeare? A truck driver’s assistant who won $16.9 million in the Florida lottery in 2006 is feared dead after not being seen by friends or relatives since April. Abraham Lee Shakespeare, 43, was reported missing by a police informant in November. “There are a lot of …
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A new CBS poll, which is usually friendly to the president, has Mr. Obama’s job approval rating at just 46 percent; 41 percent of Americans now disapprove. That is the president’s worst showing in this poll. The Rasmussen daily tracking poll also has the president’s approval rating at just 46 …
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So Jesse James, the hulky hubby of Sandra Bullock, got busted cheating on the delightful actress. Here is a picture of Sandra Bullock. Here is a picture of the woman James cheated with, Bombshell Magee. One more time: Sandra Bullock and Bombshell Magee. Who would have thought if Jesse were …
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I’m going to start with a video. This is a teacher in California. Remember as you watch this, this guy is influencing the youth of America. (BEGIN CLIP) This is about global struggle against imperialism and capitalism. But we know that all of that is happening with the context of …
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