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It has become crystal clear in light of "WeinerGate" that these guys can no longer be trusted to keep their private parts out of the public domain. I feel that it is my civic duty to make this small contribution in order to preserve our American way.
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The Republicans clearly want to have their cake and eat it too -- that is, destroy entitlements and reap the political gains to be had from a failing economy.
We need more stimulus, an outright jobs-creating program, and tax incentives to keep jobs here. As far as I can see, Washington just thinks we will blithely grow our way out of this.
By embedding a "global DNA" early on, even if you decide to take new markets one step at a time, you will find the transition from local to global a much less painful one.
I'll tell you what, Mr. President. It's been over a month since you nailed the bad guy. You start making everything better right now and I'll let the price of gas slide.
While we usually give individuals' own choices the benefit of the doubt, there are exceptions when those choices impose harms on others.
What conclusions are to be drawn about the state of Middle East peacemaking from the extraordinary spectacle of the adversarial encounter between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu?
Whatever may be true in any other arena, in trying to restrain any President on war powers -- always an extremely difficult task -- broad, bipartisan action is essential.
Despite calls to 'get out of Pakistan' and 'leave them to their own devices,' this does matter to global security, and not just because of Pakistan's expanding nuclear capability.
Right now, President Obama is crafting new fuel efficiency standards that could save us thousands of dollars over the life of our cars. He has the opportunity to bring the industry up to 62 miles per gallon by 2025.
For us Israelis who want a democratic homeland for the Jews, we have an important task. We need to nurture the pillars of Israel's civil society; its legal system; its higher education; its professional associations; its culture and its art.
All of the data and evidence available makes it clear: the insurgency's momentum and tempo of operations has not been adversely affected by our surge in Afghanistan.
Despite all of the "government is the enemy" rhetoric of the last thirty years, the fact remains that it is government, and only government, that we turn to when we face an issue of existential importance.
Will the president name the indisputably best leader -- Elizabeth Warren -- to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency that she conceived, championed and constructed? This is not a high bar. In fact, the choice couldn't be easier.
I am appalled, sickened, angry, disgusted and outraged by the shameful neglect of jobless Americans that corrupts this capital and poisons our economy while small minds say we have no options, and cold hearts ignore what is happening.
In this week's National Review, Dr. E. Fuller Torrey, of the Treatment Advocacy Center, argues that to improve care for people with mental illness, Pr...
Anthony Nunn was barely nine years old when the Afghanistan War started. Just like my grandson three years ago, he was still a child for whom his parents and grandparents must have had so many dreams.
The bailout and stimulus money allowed us to limp along for a couple of years. Now we are back to where we started, but worse, since we borrowed trillions to pay for it.
Consider three Americans: a gay businessman who wants to lower taxes; a scientist who teaches evolution but opposes amnesty for the illegal; an agnost...
About Barack Obama
Barack Obama is the President and was a senator from Illinois. Obama was elected on November 4, 2008, defeating John McCain. Born August 4, 1961 in Hawaii to an American mother and Kenya father, Obama graduated from Columbia University and Harvard Law School. He spent eight years in the State Senate before being sworn into the Senate in January 2005.
Obama married wife Michelle Obama in 1992 after meeting at work in 1989. They have two daughters, Sasha and Malia, who have been promised a dog after the election. Obama has written two books, "Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance" (1995) and "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream" (2006).
Obama likes cooking chili, playing basketball and is good poker player. Change.gov now says Thank You. CNN covers Obama regularly.
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