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What Obama Should Have Done – Ezra Klein, Part 2

Written on 17 Oct, 2011 at 21:07

What Obama Should Have Done – Ezra Klein, Part 2

I mean, here we had our "smart" president, and the first thing he does upon taking the reins of a nation in real economic peril, is throw together a spending bill whose numbers were pulled directly from the hindquarters of... (Continue reading)

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A Heavy Summons: The tragic shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords

Written on 10 Jan, 2011 at 0:10

A Heavy Summons: The tragic shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords

Now, we are watching as the media attempts to garner viewership by covering the background of the assassin, and although no one knows the answer to why this happened, hypothesizing as to what could have motivated him to commit the... (Continue reading)