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We've made progress, only to see it undone
What we have here is a failure to communicate. Or at least, that's Rick Ross' story and he's sticking to it. The Miami rapper has ignited a prairie fire of controversy with a song called "U.O.E.N.O.," its title a phonetic spelling of an ebonic...
Tags: Television Industry, Ecstacy (drug), Entertainment, Radio Industry, Satellite and Cable Service
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Republicans rediscover tolerance
WASHINGTON -- As lawmakers put the finishing touches on an immigration deal, veteran Rep. Don Young decided this would be a good time to come out with an immigration plan of his own. His involves calling Latino immigrants "wetbacks." For Young, now in...
Tags: Social Issues, Steve King, Reince Priebus, John Boehner, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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How low can FAU go? A satirical look ahead
The stomp on Jesus controversy. The Owlcatraz stadium/GEO Group sponsorship controversy. The Sandy Hook massacre-doubting-professor controversy. Think things can't get any worse at Florida Atlantic University? Here's how: An exclusive sneak peek at...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Delray Beach, Teaching and Learning, Ann Coulter, Florida Atlantic University
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Lugar still speaking his own mind
Politicians on the Far Right, seeking to turn the Republican Party into an uncompromising, unquestioning cause in their own image, sought to silence Dick Lugar's voice of moderation, promising that Indiana still would send a Republican to the Senate....
Tags: Entertainment, Christine O'Donnell, Radio, U.S. Congress, Tony Bennett
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GOP's civil war stumbles on
After Mitt Romney's 2012 election shellacking, a predictable blame-storm erupted between Republican pragmatists who want to win elections and the conservative zealots who love to argue. The big divide is most evident in such events as the Tea Party...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Reince Priebus, Christine O'Donnell, Marco Rubio, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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Can the GOP escape its bubble?
Here we go again. Whenever I try to offer a little helpful advice to Republican leaders, I hear from cranky conservatives who blow me off, saying they're "not about to take advice from a liberal like you" — or words to that effect. To which I am...
Tags: Social Issues, Local Government, Mitt Romney, Minority Groups, Jimmy Carter
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New Year's resolutions I'd like to hear
Arianna HuffingtonHappy New Year! May your 2013 be filled with love, laughter, passion and 365 full nights of sleep. Through the years, I've discovered something about New Year's resolutions: While it's not so easy to keep them, it's very easy to make them for other...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Mitt Romney, Interior Policy, John Boehner, Matthew Fox
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Here's my predictions for Tuesday's election. Now share yours
The obvious drawback to offering predictions about Tuesday's election is that you might be wrong about key races and thus dent whatever reputation you have for political insight. "I don't know" is always a correct answer. "We'll see. Time will tell. It...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Mitt Romney, Robert Dold, Claire McCaskill
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Todd Akin's mind stuck in pre-enlightened era
Leonard Pitts"Ladylike?" It is a telling choice of word. Hearing it used unironically, as would-be Missouri senator Todd Akin did last week, one almost feels as if Amelia Earhart never flew a plane and Sally Ride never rode a space shuttle. As if Madame C.J. Walker...Tags: Pat Benatar, Claire McCaskill, Allen West, Arlen Specter, Barack Obama
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Big bird, BS and birth control
WASHINGTON -- We shouldn't be talking about this silliness -- Big Bird, "bull -- er," or a girl's "first time." We should be talking about The Issues, we keep telling ourselves. But in the waning days of the presidential campaign, these are the issues --...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Mitt Romney, Christianity, Religion and Belief, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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McManus: A Rove 'money bomb'?
Here's a short list of Democrats who secretly hope Mitt Romney gets his presidential campaign turned around fast and gives President Obama a run for his money: Heidi Heitkamp, the Democratic Senate candidate in North Dakota; Jon Tester, the Democratic...
Tags: Shelley Berkley, Jon Tester, Television Industry, Mitt Romney, Rick Berg
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Dems' focus on abortion borrows a page from GOP playbook: It's the social issues, stupid!
Answers to frequently asked questions coming this week from opponents of abortion rights. Q: Really? Abortion? Now? The U.S. economy is in the doldrums and the upcoming presidential election is about how to get it roaring again. But Democrats are...
Tags: Social Issues, U.S. Senate, Mitt Romney, Abortion, Minority Groups
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