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Humor – The principal obstacle to effective school reform is the students, and the most effective means of achieving meaningful education reform would be to remove them from the system altogether, according to a new study from the Center for Educational Studies.
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Voted for on March 26, 2007 02:52am
Politics – Yep, you did it, George-mission impossible accomplished. Unbelievably, four years of a bungled occupation have managed to make Saddam Hussein's tyranny look good in comparison with "liberated Iraq."
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Voted for on March 26, 2007 02:52am
Books – Kanan Makiya's latest creative block seems as imposing as the concrete blast walls that have sprung up across Baghdad in four years of war.
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Voted for on March 26, 2007 02:52am
Politics – University of Florida President Bernie Machen said Friday he was tremendously disappointed with the school's Faculty Senate vote to deny former Gov. Jeb Bush an honorary degree.
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Voted for on March 26, 2007 02:52am
Politics – I used to chalk it up to cowardice, but I'm no longer happy with that answer.
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Voted for on March 26, 2007 02:52am
Politics – VP Dick Cheney on Saturday accused the Democrat-led House of not supporting troops in Iraq and of sending a message to terrorists that America will retreat in the face danger. "They're not supporting the troops. They're undermining them," Cheney told a gathering of the Republican Jewish Coalition at the oceanside Ritz-Carlton hotel in Man
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Voted for on March 26, 2007 02:52am
Politics – Congratulations to everyone who made it through the snow and freezing rain to get to Washington and join together in the tens of thousands and March on the Pentagon marking the beginning of the fifth year of the war against Iraq. The Impeachment message was broadcast loud and clear and reached a national and worldwide audience! The Demonstratio
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Voted for on March 26, 2007 02:52am
News – British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Sunday that the 15 British sailors and Royal Marines captured by Iran were not in Iranian waters and warned Tehran that Britain viewed their fate as a "fundamental" issue.
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Voted for on March 26, 2007 02:52am
Politics – WASHINGTON - Republican support for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales eroded Sunday as three key senators sharply questioned his truthfulness and a Democrat joined the list of lawmakers who want him to resign over the firing of eight federal prosecutors. Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, sa
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Voted for on March 26, 2007 02:52am
Politics – There has been a growing look at the current state of civil liberties in our country. A new report entitled the Erosion of Rights takes a look. "The resulting inequality of opportunity, deteriorating civil liberties, and rising religious and racial discrimination are sad commenÃ;Âtaries," of the administration's pri
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Voted for on March 26, 2007 02:52am
Politics – With nearly 47 million American's left without health insurance, the country's health care system is in a state of crisis according to some. Now a new poll shows that over the years the support for a universal federally funded system has grown year over year.
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Voted for on March 26, 2007 02:52am
Politics – A hilarious video (as usual) from the Colbert Report where he dares the Democrats to impeach Bush. Because if they don't, well then you're just a bunch of girlie girls.
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Voted for on March 26, 2007 02:52am
Politics – At least three major companies want their ads pulled from Ann Coulter's Web site, following customer complaints about the right-wing commentator referring to Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards as a "faggot." Verizon, Sallie Mae and NetBank each said they didn't know their ads were on AnnCoulter.com until they received the comp
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Voted for on March 26, 2007 02:52am
Politics – The US Senate Thursday rejected a plan by the Democratic majority to set a timetable to withdraw US troops from Iraq by late March 2008, but agreed a separate resolution voicing support for the forces. The Senate rejected the measure formulated by the Democratic leadership by 50 votes to 48, in the latest showdown between Congress's Democratic leaders and Republican backers of President George W. Bush.
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Voted for on March 26, 2007 02:51am
Politics – "Look, pal, we've always known-the Framers knew-that liberty is a fragile thing." Just how fragile? Think about all the sophisticated forms of governments and empires whose histories have proven America's to be infantile in comparison. When our liberties are limited to protect liberty itself, and self-destructing paradox begins.
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Voted for on March 26, 2007 02:51am