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By Hobbes | Jan 31, 2008 |
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When Commodore Matthew Perry opened Japan to the west, he took American and British missionaries along. In addition to translating, they also helped with education.
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By Hobbes | Jan 30, 2008 |
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This video just gave us the best news we've heard out of the Middle East in a long, long time -- Iraqis are beginning to laugh at their leaders.
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By Will Offensicht | Jan 29, 2008 |
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If he can't be the president, being one heartbeat away might be nearly as good. How does Obama-Kennedy for President sound?
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By Will Offensicht | Jan 25, 2008 |
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GM found that when you ask for government help, you'd better be careful - you might get what you wish for, and our guys have a track record of losing negotiations.
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By Will Offensicht | Jan 22, 2008 |
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Rich people are voting with their feet: they're grabbing their wallets and running away.
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By Demosthenes | Jan 21, 2008 |
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In many ways, Martin Luther King was a good man - certainly a highly intelligent man. Well read, well spoken, influential well beyond his life. But equal to all the Presidents of the nation?
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By Hobbes | Jan 21, 2008 |
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Who needs a "first black president" who is actually white when you can have a "first black president" who really is black?
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By Will Offensicht | Jan 15, 2008 |
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Bush-bashers hate to admit it, but a smaller percentage of active-duty military personnel died during both Bush administrations than during the Reagan and Carter administrations.
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By Will Offensicht | Jan 11, 2008 |
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Some idealists suggest that election campaigns be paid for by the Treasury -- taxpayers would pay for campaigns intended to elect people we don't like. In fact, we DO have public campaign funding but nobody wants to admit it.
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By Hobbes | Jan 10, 2008 |
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The left-wing blogsphere claim that Hillary's people stole the election from Obama. The evidence, if true, is staggering.