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FACT CHECK: Stumbles in latest presidential debate
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the rough-and-tumble of a town hall-style presidential debate, the facts took something of a beating Tuesday night. Mitt Romney wrongly claimed that it took 14 days for President Barack Obama to brand the assault on the U.S....
Tags: Gasoline Industry, Economy, Business and Finance, Credit and Debt, U.S. Elections, Barack Obama
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Mugging our descendants
WASHINGTON - The election eve mood is tinged with sadness stemming from well-founded fear that America's new government is subverting America's old character. Barack Obama's agenda is a menu of temptations intended to change the nation's social norms by...
Tags: Paul Ryan, Back Pain, Barack Obama, Interior Policy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Election Last Chance To Stem Entitlements
The Hartford CourantThe election eve mood is tinged with sadness stemming from well-founded fear that America's new government is subverting America's old character. Barack Obama's agenda is a menu of temptations intended to change the nation's social norms by making...Tags: Paul Ryan, Barack Obama, Interior Policy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Republican Party
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Human Nature Seeds Government Dysfunction
The Hartford CourantElections supposedly prevent convulsions, serving as safety valves that vent social pressures and enable course corrections. November's election will either be a prelude to a convulsion or the beginning of a turn away from one. America's public-policy...Tags: Elections, National Government, Politics, Convulsions, Government
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London goes for the gold in luring more business
— As long as I was going to be here for a few days, I thought I would call ahead to see if I could visit Gregory Case, president and chief executive officer of Aon PLC, the insurance giant born and based in Chicago until Case moved its global...Tags: Business, Economy, Business and Finance, Credit and Debt, Chicago Transit Authority, G20
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Seeds of our dysfunction
Elections supposedly prevent convulsions, serving as safety valves that vent social pressures and enable course corrections. November’s election will either be a prelude to a convulsion or the beginning of a turn away from one. America’s...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, National Government, Government, Medicaid, Retirement
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Unmasking the most influential billionaire in U.S. politics
Who's the most influential billionaire business figure in national politics? If you answered one of the Koch brothers (Charles or David) or George Soros, you're wearing your partisan blinders. The former are known for their devotion to conservative...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Medicaid, George Soros, Republican Party, Health Insurance
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Robert B. Reich: Romney's biggest problem is his own party
American VoicesThere are two major theories about why Mitt Romney is dropping in the polls. One is that Romney is a lousy candidate, unable to connect with people or make his case. The other is that Americans are finally beginning to see how radical the GOP has become...Tags: Parties and Movements, U.S. Senate, Ann Romney, Republican Party, Religion and Belief
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Romney's biggest problem is his own party
There are two major theories about why Mitt Romney is dropping in the polls. One is that Romney is a lousy candidate, unable to connect with people or make his case. The other is that Americans are finally beginning to see how radical the GOPhas become...
Tags: Parties and Movements, U.S. Senate, Ann Romney, Republican Party, Elizabeth Warren
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Decades of federal dollars helped fuel fracking gas boom
PITTSBURGH (AP) — It sounds like a free-market success story: a natural gas boom created by drilling company innovation, delivering a vast new source of cheap energy without the government subsidies that solar and wind power demand. "The free...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, The Pennsylvania State University, Wind Power, Barack Obama, Companies and Corporations
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Free speech isn't the problem
"No one murdered because of this image." That was a recent headline from The Onion, the often hilarious parody newspaper. The image in question is really not appropriate to describe with any specificity in a family newspaper. It's quite simply...Tags: Entertainment, Onions, Islam, Newspaper and Magazine, Belief and Faith
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Reel Critics: '2016' forgot to include real debate
Conservative author Dinesh D'Souza is the darling of right wing think tanks. He worked at the Hoover Institution, the Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute. His books and essays feature arguments tailor made for Bill O'Reilly and Fox...
Tags: Rush Limbaugh, Jeremy Irons, Movies, Entertainment, The Words (movie)
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Sep 21, 2012
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Sep 13, 2012
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