Archive for the ‘General’ Category
Saturday, July 19th, 2008
HOUSTON — President Bush agreed to “a general time horizon” for withdrawing American troops in Iraq, the White House announced Friday, in a concession that reflected both progress in stabilizing Iraq and the depth of political opposition to an open-ended military presence in Iraq and at home.
Mr. Bush, who has ...
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
When America’s schoolchildren return to class in the fall, they will learn a painful lesson in economics: Higher food and fuel prices are forcing up the price of school breakfasts and lunches across the country, by as much as 50 percent in some districts.
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
This week, Save the Children UK released a disturbing report entitled, "No One To Turn To." The investigation -- its results alleging child abuse in the form of sexual molestation, among other violations -- was conducted by researchers who met with 250 children between the ages ...
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Saturday, May 10th, 2008
Win or lose in November, this Associated Press piece raises some interesting questions about the meaning of the Obama phenomenon:
The entire nation and countless foreigners are absorbing a moment that had seemed decades away, if possible at all. Smart strategists and rank-and-file voters ponder how Obama rose so far so ...
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
As you probably know, a recommendation in contemporary socialization calls for an absence of political and religious chatter, as it is usually leads to severe disagreements. While there are issues that can be independently placed within either political or religious categories, some issues – like evolution and abortion – are ...
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
The political spectrum has truly transformed. At the end of 2006, Grandma Pelosi and company took the Congress “back� and the media hoopla that followed bordered on insanity. As events preceding this “monumental� (and by “monumental� I mean an entirely typical and commonplace shift in party control that the Democrats ...
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