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Reality TV No Child’s Play

Columnists Arnold Hamilton - August 25, 2009 0

BY FROMA HARROP In the beginning, Jon & Kate Plus 8 had a sweet charm. The little ones would scamper and shout toddler things, as their harried parents tried to keep order. This was Americana for the 21st Century. Fertility treatments let Jon and Kate Gosselin have a set of twins, then sextuplets. And reality […]

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Uncle Al

Columnists Arnold Hamilton - August 21, 2009 0

BY SUSAN ESTRICH He might have won the Nobel Prize before I was born. Back in 1940, when he was a researcher at the Beth Israel Hospital in Boston [as in, “call Uncle Al at the BI”], he was studying the effects of infection on the heart and circulatory system. One of the effects seemed […]

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Obama’s Enforcer: Not Really Tough Enough

Columnists Arnold Hamilton - August 20, 2009 0

BY JOE CONASON If the Democrats fail to pass real changes in the health care system this year – rather than a sham that mimics and mocks reform – they will have nobody to blame but themselves. Or at least nobody to blame but other Democrats, notably those in the White House who have never […]

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Democrats Must Fix Health Care Alone

Columnists Arnold Hamilton - August 20, 2009 0

BY FROMA HARROP Early on as New York mayor, Ed Koch went to battle against entrenched interests that were bankrupting the city. The yelling and screaming was such that reporters asked him whether he was interested in having a second term. Koch responded that he didn’t care about a second term, which was why he […]

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The Right-Wing Express: Loop-The-Loop

Columnists Arnold Hamilton - August 19, 2009 0

BY JIM HIGHTOWER If you get a thrill from taking a white-knuckle ride on a loop-the-loop, you don’t have to wait for the state fair – just hop onto the right-wing express, which is plunging into ludicrous levels of loopiness in an effort to kill Barack Obama’s health care reform plan. You’ll shriek with astonishment […]

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To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

The 21st Century So Far: A Flop

My New Year’s Resolutions For Some Powerful People

Reality TV No Child’s Play

Uncle Al

Obama’s Enforcer: Not Really Tough Enough

Democrats Must Fix Health Care Alone

The Right-Wing Express: Loop-The-Loop

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