Posts Tagged ‘Barack Obama’
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C-Span: The New Reality Show
Posted on March 1, 2011
On June 11, 2002, when American Idol premiered on the Fox Network, it introduced the American people to its first taste of crushing reality. Thousands of people auditioned in front...
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Hate the Union; Love the Union Member
Posted on February 22, 2011
Scott Walker, Wisconsin’s new Republican Governor, is but the first of the new crop of GOP governors to aggressively follow in the footsteps of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and...
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Shut Down
Posted on February 16, 2011
During the Eddie Murphy years, Saturday Night Live had an iconic skit that can best be called “Who Shot Buckwheat.” In a spoof of the media culture that glorifies murderers...
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The Decline and Fall of the Nation State
Posted on February 14, 2011
In the 19th century, empires fell and in their place arose nation states. The last of the empires, the Hapsburgs, Ottomans and the Romanovs, were wiped out in the first...
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Foreign Aid On the Chopping Block
Posted on February 8, 2011
According to a Gallup poll released right before the President’s State of the Union Address, a majority of Americans said they favor cutting U.S. foreign aid, but more than 6...
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