tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/21/2009
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Geoffrey Stone has made a powerful argument that the U.S. should strike a new balance between secrecy and liberty and that the Obama administration should do more than its predecessor has to defend individual freedom, disseminate honest information, and promote open government. Stone's ...
powerlineblog.com - 1/14/2009
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2008 is being recorded by many as the
year when global warming theory died. Michael Asher ,...
for example, writes: 2008 was the year predicted to be the "hottest in a century". Instead it became the coldest of the decade. It was the year the ...
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It's Really, Really Cold Out There!
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Talking Points Memo —
With all the hoopla today, I wanted to make sure everyone saw a series of pieces we're ran today at TPMCafe with a range of thinkers and writers discussing seminal American themes and questions -- under the heading of Obama's America.
So let me give you links to a few of the selections.
On Equality -- Orlando Patterson, Thomas Sugrue, Olati Johnson and Jim Sleeper.
On Liberty, Matt Dallek, Jeffrey Rosen, Jed Purdy, Steve Vladeck, Thomas Sugrue and Geoff Stone.
These posts are ...
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Unemployment Statistics Of The New Deal Era
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/21/2009 —
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The "Era of Maturity?"
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