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Limits To Free Speech

Arnold Hamilton - February 21, 2009 0

BY KAREN WEBB In the last couple of days there have been two examples of people getting jiggy with word definitions for explaining why their...

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Sally Kern’s Twin?

Arnold Hamilton - February 20, 2009 1

BY FRANK P. BELCASTRO "They're probably the greatest threat to America going down I know of." So what's America's greatest threat? The weakest economy in 80...

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BY JOE CONASON With President Obama’s signature affixed to the economic stimulus bill, his landmark victory can be put in proper political context. Regardless of that bill’s manifest imperfections and the messy legislative process, the new administration achieved a difficult objective on the tightest possible schedule. His Republican opponents congratulate themselves for remaining unified in […]

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Latino-American Dream On Hold

Arnold Hamilton - February 19, 2009 0

BY FROMA HARROP Open most any urban newspaper to the foreclosure notices, and you’ll find the list heavy with Hispanic names. Times are tough for Americans of every demographic, but for Latinos they are grimmer still. Is this the end of the Latino-American Dream? The answer, in Spanish, is “no.” President Obama has just unveiled […]

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Obama’s Cave-In

Arnold Hamilton - February 18, 2009 0

BY JIM HIGHTOWER I don’t mind losing when we lose, but I hate losing when we win. One big reason that Barack Obama now occupies the big chair in the Oval Office is that he embraced the public’s rising indignation at the blatant greed of Wall Street bankers, striking the proper populist tone in last […]