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Op-Ed, explained
TO SOME READERS, the Op-Ed page is a bit mysterious. I'll be at a cocktail party, or in the bleachers at a Little League game, and the guy next to me will begin asking questions about just what it is we're trying to do, and how we get it done. Who are...Tags: Patt Morrison, Meghan Daum, Nicholas Goldberg, Periodicals, Authors
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Friday's TV Highlights: 'Great Performances' on PBS
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of April 28 - May 4, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies   -------------------- SERIES Fashion Star In this new episode...
Tags: Chris O'Dowd, Stephanie March, John Varvatos, Chris Evans, Lance Bass
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State Department's Passport Day is canceled
This post has been updated.Anticipated federal budget cuts expected to kick in Friday have forced the cancellation of the U.S. State Department's Passport Day on March 9. "Due to the anticipated sequestration, the Department of State must cancel 'Passport Day in the USA,' which...Tags: Politics, Personal Data Collection, Interior Policy, U.S. Department of State, Media Industry
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McManus: Romney's arithmetic problem
Here's an issue that hasn't been debated much in the presidential campaign but ought to be: How much should we spend on defense? President Obama has proposed keeping the Pentagon budget essentially flat for the next 10 years. Mitt Romney, by contrast,...
Tags: Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, Budgets and Budgeting, Medicare, Economic Indicator
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McManus: The nuclear countdown in Iran
Not long ago, an astute reader noted that it has been nearly two years since I wrote in a column that "most experts now estimate that Iran needs about 18 months to complete a nuclear device and a missile to carry it." His point — that those...
Tags: Tehran (Iran), Nuclear Policy, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Explosions, Iran's Nuclear Program
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McManus: Bin Laden and ballots
We're far enough away from it now that we can probably all agree: It was a mistake for George W. Bushto land on that aircraft carrier in a flight suit to proclaim "Mission Accomplished." And not just because the war in Iraq was far from over at that...
Tags: Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Satellite and Cable Service, Afghanistan, Joe Biden
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McManus: A campaign bombshell
The Supreme Court is about to toss a judicial bomb into the middle of the presidential campaign, and nobody knows what impact it will have. The bomb, of course, is the court's ruling on President Obama's healthcare law, which is expected next month....
Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), Republican Party, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements, Crime, Law and Justice
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McManus: Lies, damned lies and political advertising
The television commercial is designed to spark outrage. "Billions of taxpayer dollars spent on green energy went to jobs in foreign countries," it intones. "The Obama administration admitted the truth — that $2.3 billion of tax credits went...
Tags: Credit and Debt, Parties and Movements, David Koch, SunPower Corp., Tax Credits
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McManus: Fuming about gas
When the price of gasoline rises, the supply of hot air expands. Just look at the recent GOP attacks blaming President Obama for prices that exceed $4 a gallon in some parts of the country. Not only is Obama responsible, according to some Republicans,...
Tags: Fox News Channel (tv network), Petroleum Industry, Credit and Debt, Parties and Movements, Environmental Issues
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McManus: Don't close the GOP show
We in the mainstream media harbor a dirty little secret: Most of us are rooting for Rick Santorum. It's nothing personal, although Santorum is a reasonably appealing guy. And it's not ideological; most of us aren't yearning for Bible-based social...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Republican Party, Ayn Rand, Satellite Technology, Sarah Palin
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McManus: Romney, the worst candidate?
In the spring of 1980, the race for the Republican presidential nomination got nasty. The front-runner, Ronald Reagan, said his main challenger,George H.W. Bush, wasn't a real conservative. Bush went on the attack, accusing Reagan of peddling "voodoo...
Tags: Republican Party, Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, Parties and Movements, U.S. Presidential Election (2008)
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Doyle McManus: Second-term scandal plague catches up to Obama
What is it about presidents' second terms that makes them seem so scandal-ridden? Simple: The iron law of longevity. All governments make mistakes, and all governments try to hide those mistakes. But the longer an administration is in office, the more...Tags: Parties and Movements, Steve King, Crime, Law and Justice, White House, Iran
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