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Op-Ed Columnist - Dangers of the Penn
nytimes.com - 1/5/2009
Op-Ed Columnist - Dangers of the Penn
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I thought I’d begin 2009 with a movie, so on its first freezing afternoon I went to see Gus Van Sant’s “Milk,” starring Sean Penn in a breathtaking performance as a smart, wry gay-rights politician whose whimsical effectiveness arouses murderous ire. Playing Harvey Milk, slain in 1978 after ...
Op-Ed Columnist: The Obama Gap
nytimes.com - 1/9/2009
Op-Ed Columnist: The Obama Gap
— nytimes.com — President-elect Barack Obama explained why the nation needs aggressive action to deal with the economic crisis, and... he’s right. But his economic plan falls well short of what’s needed. > (more) Op-Ed Columnist: The Obama Gap

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spectator.org - 12/31/2008
Cuba's Hidden Heroes
— spectator.org — "If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never... did and it never will." -- Frederick Douglass December marks the 60 th anniversary of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human ... (more) Cuba's Hidden Heroes

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wizbangblog.com - 1/4/2009
"Everyone has nothing, and the people are afraid"
— wizbangblog.com — So says Nilda Garcia, a Cuban refugee now living in south Florida. This week, Cuba celebrated 50... years of Communist Revolution -- 50 years of poverty, squalor, sickness, paranoia, abuse,... (more) "Everyone has nothing, and the people are afraid"

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Daily Kos:  Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up

Dr. Sanity:  HOW HARRY REID SAVED THE WAR IN IRAQ

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Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
Daily Kos — Monday morning quarterbacking from the pundits. William Kristol: No one could have predicted that I'd say the Gaza incursion is part of the war on terror, and any retreat means the terrorists win. Roger Cohen: Sean Penn is as bad a writer as he is a good actor. See Milk. But don't bother with Penn's pen. James Surowiecki: On Wall Street, fraudulent schemes tend to thrive during economic booms, and to blow up when times turn tough. While bank robbers are getting busier, the Bernard Madoffs are ...

HOW HARRY REID SAVED THE WAR IN IRAQ
Dr. Sanity — ... Aren't you excited? I predict that Oliver Stone or Michael Moore will direct a 'historical' movie about what pivotal and courageous roles Harry, Nancy and Barack had in the U.S. victory with Sean Penn, ...

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powerlineblog.com 12/28/2008 — Raul Castro talks economic sense : Cuban President Raul Castro called on Saturday for austerity measures including fewer subsidies for workers and stricter management to pull the country out of an economic morass aggravated this year by three ...
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thewashingtonnote.com 3/3/2009 — Something big is up in Havana . So big that some are saying that Fidel Castro has finally moved on to the next world -- though I don't believe this to be the case. Others are saying that they saw Fidel out in public today on an odd shuffling, ...
Op-Ed Columnist - White Like Me
nytimes.com 1/18/2009 — I cannot testify to what black Americans feel as our nation celebrates the inauguration of our first African-American president. But I can speak for myself, as a white American who grew up in the segregated nation’s capital of the 1960s. Barack ...