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Gorbachev: Afghan withdrawal best
The Swampby Mark Silva As President Barack Obama weighs the U.S. military's options in Afghanistan, the White House is getting some unsolicited advice from someone who knows the territory: Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who oversaw the withdrawal of...Tags: Afghanistan, White House, Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama, Berlin (Germany)
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Peace: Pursuit of the persistently elusive
The Swampby Mark Silva On his way to Oslo tonight to collect the Nobel Prize for Peace, President Barack Obama certainly has considered these words as he prepares to deliver his own: "We must ever bear in mind that the great......Tags: Woodrow Wilson, Civil Rights, Albert Schweitzer, Elie Wiesel, Crime, Law and Justice
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Gorbachev, railing against capitalism, sounds a lot like Obama
Less than a week before the U.S. election, former president of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev berated America and all but endorsed the sitting president and fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner at an event I attended in Houston. Speaking last Thursday from a...
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When are goals ever truly realized in international affairs?
William PfaffPARIS -- It is, I suppose, too discouraging to face the fact that in international affairs (and indeed in national affairs; but that is another subject) paradox and contradiction rule the world. Policymakers and politicians consistently get what they don'...Tags: China, Japan, Russia, Nuclear Weapons, Religion and Belief
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Time out -- take five with the Brubeck Jazz Quartet
Paul GreenbergDave Brubeck wasn't just a goodwill ambassador abroad with his music and manner, but at home. No one who ever met him left without a good feeling -- and a good story. Here's one: It was long ago when she was a bright girl from deep in the heart of Texas,...Tags: Music, Jazz (genre), Miles Davis, Entertainment, Ronald Reagan
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Let freedom ring!
Paul GreenbergHow about that? Not just Barack Obama can "reset" American policy toward Russia, or give it more "flexibility," to quote his not-so-confidential promise to that country's newest czar. (Our president didn't realize he was talking into an open mike at the...Tags: Trade Dispute, Russia, Human Rights, Civil Rights, George H.W. Bush
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Dave Brubeck: A jazz icon who reached a massive audience
Dave Brubeck changed the sound of jazz in profound ways, unexpectedly becoming something of a pop star in the process. Starting in the mid-1950s, in fact, he emerged as a symbol of jazz in America, and well beyond, gracing the cover of Time magazine...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Radio, Civil Rights, Disc Jockeys, Religion and Belief
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Founder of Unification Church Rev. Sun Myung Moon dies
The Rev. Sun Myung Moon -- a controversial religious and political figure who founded the Unification Church, a major institution in East Asia and beyond that gained fame decades ago for its mass weddings -- died early Monday in South Korea, the church...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Freedom of the Press, Religion and Belief, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities
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25 years ago: Prank marks end of classes
Custodians at Petoskey High School discovered a makeshift barnyard Tuesday night walking into the main office — four to five bales of hay were broken and scattered all over the inside of the office. Petoskey city police are investigating the...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Judges, Justice System
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Twitter mentality a threat to America
American VoicesIn less than two weeks, Russians go to the polls for a presidential election exercise. The overwhelmingly likely outcome: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will dust off the old stationery from his first two terms as president. In the final run-up, Putin...Tags: Military Equipment, Weaponry, Russia, Missile Systems, Republican Party
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The three big lies of Newton Leroy Gingrich
Bill PressPolitical junkies like me have never seen anything like it: Running 20 points behind, just a week before the South Carolina primary, Newt Gingrich catapulted to the top of the pile and ended up defeating Mitt Romney by 12 points. It's almost enough to...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt, Mitt Romney, Republican Party, Larry Craig
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Veteran warns of Afghan fight
MOSCOW - Dmitri Popov was standing guard over a Soviet Army camp in the cold, rugged mountains of northeast Afghanistan one night when he spotted a boy with a metal rod approaching. Twice before, he says, children had surprised sleeping sentries in...Tags: Veterans Affairs, Wars and Interventions, Landforms, Explosions, Central Intelligence Agency
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