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Inaugural addresses, then and now
We consider ours a singular age of individual psychology and self-awareness. Isn't it strange, then, that our recent presidents have had nothing either modest or insightful to say about themselves in their first inaugural addresses, while our earliest...Tags: Jimmy Carter, Heads of State, Thomas Jefferson, Defense, Armed Forces
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Day trips in Virginia
Chicago Tribune Staff WriterVirginia is loaded with history, and there is no shortage of day trips from Washington. Here are two suggestions: Mt. Vernon George Washington's home is so vast and fascinating that it's worth spending four to six hours here. The first highlight is...Tags: Tour Operations Industry, Thomas Jefferson, Road Transportation, Social Issues, Slavery
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New life for an old gem in Boyle Heights
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterOn Cinco de Mayo in 1945, thousands of people gathered to dedicate the Casa del Mexicano, a community center that served as a sentinel of Mexican culture in Los Angeles. In the 1950s, after the center moved west to Boyle Heights, stars from as far away...Tags: Health Products, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Television, History, Entertainment
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Great expectations -- by Americans and by Obama
Barack Obama has been criticized for being too cool, too aloof, even too serene. But the President Obama who delivered the inaugural address on Tuesday was anything but aloof. He was passionate and pleading, somber and demanding. And he did something...Tags: Thomas Paine, Politics, Abraham Lincoln, National Government, Political Systems
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Colbert tells grads: Please don't change the world
Stephen Colbert, the host of his own Comedy Central show, Emmy winner, faux presidential candidate and best-selling author, added to that esteemed collection an award from Princeton University: "The Great Princeton Class of 2008 Understandable Vanity...Tags: Stephen Colbert, Princeton University, Politics, Entertainment, Comedy Central (tv network)
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All the presidents' dogs
JAKE TAPPER is senior political correspondent for ABC News.AS A BIT OF COLOR in a recent profile, the Boston Globe revealed that in 1983, current GOP presidential aspirant Mitt Romney hoisted a kennel containing the beloved family dog Seamus atop the roof of the family Chevrolet station wagon for a 12-hour summer...Tags: Cat (animal), Harvard Medical School, Dog (animal), Crime, Law and Justice, Bill Frist
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Paul Giamatti is so imperfect for the role
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSHORTLY before he had to transform himself into John Adams, Paul Giamatti was portraying Santa in "Fred Claus." And as TV viewers were getting set to see him in powdered wigs while becoming our second president, he was already on to his latest role, in...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Television, Entertainment, John Adams, Mass Media
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'The Gamble' by Thomas E. Ricks
"In 2005 the United States came close to losing the war in Iraq."
So writes Thomas E. Ricks, the Washington Post's senior military correspondent, in his gripping and brilliantly reported new book, "The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American...Tags: David Petraeus, History, International Military Interventions, Civil Unrest, Defense
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Abolish the vice presidency
Sarah Palin is the product of a design flaw -- the unintended consequence of the founders' decision to create the vice presidency. For two centuries, presidential nominees have used the office to balance the ticket by naming a running mate from a...Tags: Sarah Palin, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Thomas Jefferson, George W. Bush
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George McGovern urges pullout from Iraq this year
President Obama holds my admiration with high hopes for his message of change in Washington. It is puzzling, however, that he has adopted most of the previous administration's formula for dragging out the withdrawal of our troops from the mistaken war...Tags: International Military Interventions, Heads of State, Afghanistan, Defense, Polls
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Presidents Day past
Presidents Day, which honors George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, is a tricky affair. Originally meant to honor Washington around his birthday, it's now a presidential twofer. Since Congress moved the holiday to the third Monday of the month, this...Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Defense, National Security, Politics, Manassas (Manassas, Virginia)
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Game on! Chinese, Americans in 'pingpong diplomacy' rematch
George Braithwaite crouched behind the pingpong table, then uncoiled and smashed the ball at Liang Geliang, who sent back a forehand laced with heavy spin. Game on! Thirty-seven years after the two men participated in a week of table tennis exhibition...Tags: Diplomacy, United Nations, Table Tennis, Sports, Beijing Games
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