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Are All Fallen American Soldiers Heroes?
Chris Hayes said he was sorry for asking the question. But I think the point he was making deserves its day in court.
Reuters
Chris Hayes said he was sorry for asking the question. But I think the point he was making deserves its day in court.
Associated Press
America's greatest songwriter remains inscrutable as he receives the nation's highest civilian honor.
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The revelation helps explain why American counts of civilians killed are so much lower than what's reported by other countries
National Archives
John F. Kennedy: A Thousand Days, an archival documentary from the U.S. Information Agency, covers the president's time in office.
JoeCoors.com
A Colorado congressional hopeful insists he's neither a career politician nor a refreshing alcoholic beverage.
Reuters
Romney's own health-care legislation was nearly identical to Obama's. So why has the president gotten so much more flak?
Reuters
The Republican strikes back against attacks on his private-equity career with an ad spotlighting the failed solar-energy company.
The Obama campaign says John McCain would have repudiated the mogul. But that might be precisely why Romney won't.
Reuters
During an election in which economic issues are paramount, how do an ex-businessman and an incumbent president make their respective cases?
The MSNBC host is getting beat up for remarks he made about the heroism of American soldiers. Really, his critics are the ones who should be apologizing.
Reuters
Some Republicans worry that the party, which goes to the polls Tuesday, could suffer from alienating the state's fastest-growing demographic.
Reuters
The Hill reports that the Obama campaign is struggling to come up with a good campaign theme. How about "The Audacity of Despair"?
Reuters
Readers go one more round on whether, and why, viewers of some media outlets are better informed than others.
Reuters
I found this discussion between two veteran watchers of the Washington foreign policy scene -- Heather Hurlburt and Dan Drezner -- pretty frightening.
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A Chicago citizen gets an unexpected recommendation
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The president may not be able to win reelection if he doesn't lay out a comprehensive plan for the next four years.
How to spin the president's youthful indiscretions as a window into his political philosophy -- including Obamacare's individual mandate.
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Why this Washington superlobbyist represents all that is wrong with politics today
Reuters
He says private drone use is more worrisome. That's because he's never adequately understood the need to restrain the state.
Rep. Trent Franks
Its quirky governance relationship with Congress makes liberal Washington an attractive rhetorical target for pet social conservative causes.
www.fumento.com
Michael Fumento is the latest to renounce the "fear, anger, and hatred" that have become hallmarks of one subset of the right.
Reuters
Clinton-era reforms are widely celebrated, but the recession has raised questions about whether they solved problems or just hid them from view.
Reuters
Did a freshman senator understand a future Chief Justice better than the Justice understand himself?
On Hardball, the former presidential candidate finally meets his match in Chris Matthews' similarly childish enthusiasm for history -- and animals.
YouTube
Jack Kerouac meets Dale Peterson in an epic, bizarre video.
Reuters
After her son Matthew was brutally murdered, Judy Shepard's relentless campaigning on behalf of tolerance led to a major shift in American law.
Good / Column Five
Visualizing where the levels of crooks in government are highest
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If Maryland upholds same-sex marriage, it won't just be the first state to back equality with a majority vote.
Reuters
The last week has proved that attacks on private equity hold risks for Obama. But we still don't know if Romney has an effective response.
Hyde Park Herald
In breathlessly reporting that President Obama once dressed in colonial garb, the site does nothing to advance the public interest or conservative governance.
Your Friday News Dump: The Romneys Are Really Rich
Obama Makes Nice with Poland
A Chart Critics of the 'Lamestream Media' Need to See
David H. Freedman on smartphone apps and the perfected self, Mark Bowden on being in the dumb kids' class, James Parker on Glenn Beck, Isaac Chotiner on P. G. Wodehouse, and more
