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          <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:00:02 EDT</pubDate>
        

        

            
            

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                    <title>Half Measures On Climate Action</title>
                               
                
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                    Kim Carstensen: Nice Words Out Of The G8, But Now Comes The Hard Part
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                    <title>When The Cheers Finish, What Next?</title>
                               
                
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                    Tony Mandarich: Steve McNair Had Trouble Adjusting To The Real World, Post-Retirement. He Is Not The Only One
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                    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:00:02 EDT</pubDate>
                
                
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                    <title>Trusting Wal-Mart to do the Right Thing</title>
                               
                
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                    Retail Realities:  How Data from a Wal-Mart Test May Wind Up Determining How Consumer Information Gets Used
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                    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:00:02 EDT</pubDate>
                
                
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                    <title>The Health Care Follies</title>
                               
                
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                    Jonathan Chait: Is The Health Care Debate Between Spendthrift Democrats And Skinflint Republicans? Hardly.
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                    <title>Attack Of The Son Of Stimulus</title>
                               
                
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                    Francis Cianfrocca: If The First Stimulus Isn&#039;t Helping, Why Believe That  A Second Or Third Stimulus Would Do Any Better?
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                    <title>Rethinking Russia</title>
                               
                
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                    Reuben F. Johnson: Russia&#039;s Leadership Is Living In A Fool&#039;s Paradise And Westerners Have Been The Worst Sort Of Enablers
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                    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:30:08 EDT</pubDate>
                
                
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                    <title>Michael Jackson: Mirror Man</title>
                               
                
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                    Patricia J. Williams:  He Became A More Brilliant, Frightening Version Of The Mad Hatter Than Even Tim Burton Could Conjure
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                    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:00:02 EDT</pubDate>
                
                
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                    <title>In Praise of Cussing</title>
                               
                
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                    Christopher Lochhead: It may be a Practice Associated with Knuckle Draggers. It&#039;s also a Secret Pleasure for the Rest of Us
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                    <title>When It Comes To H20, Who Do You Trust?</title>
                               
                
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                    Time To Chime In: Leave It Up To Uncle Sam Or The Private Sector?
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                    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:30:03 EDT</pubDate>
                
                
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                    <title>Fraud At AIG. Really?</title>
                               
                
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                    Francis Cianfrocca: Conventional Wisdom Notwithstanding, I&#039;m Having A Hard Time Discerning The Case For Fraud
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                    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:30:07 EDT</pubDate>
                
                
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                    <title>Why Judicial `Activism&#039; Explains Little</title>
                               
                
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                    Kermit Roosevelt: The Notion Of Empathy Does A Better  Job  Explaining Differences Between Liberals And Conservative Jurists
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                    <title>Mark Fiore: Tackling Tech Foibles</title>
                               
                
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                    Check out the weird wit and wired wizardry of Mark Fiore&#039;s cool animated cartoons.
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                    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:00:03 EDT</pubDate>
                
                
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                    <title>Dialogue-First Diplomacy Not Working</title>
                               
                
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                    Juan Zarate: Global Crises In Iran And North Korea Expose Weakness Of Obama&#039;s Outreach
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                    <title>Video: Robert McNamara&#039;s Life</title>
                               
                
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                    Robert McNamara, JFK&#039;s former Defense Secretary, passed way this weekend. David Martin reflects on his life.
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                    <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:59:23 EDT</pubDate>
                
                
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                    <title>No &#034;Respect&#034; in Obama&#039;s Gay Rights Record</title>
                               
                
                <link>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/06/opinion/main5137352.shtml</link>
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                    The New Republic: Although the President Granted Some Rights to Same-Sex Partners of Fed Employees, It&#039;s Not Enough
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                    <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:00:03 EDT</pubDate>
                
                
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                    <title>Palin Needs More Knowledge to Win</title>
                               
                
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                    Fred Barnes: She Dashed Her Chances of Winning 2012 Nomination, but Path to Presidency Remains Open for Sarah Palin
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                    <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:30:02 EDT</pubDate>
                
                
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                    <title>Mark Sanford&#039;s Political Obituary</title>
                               
                
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                    The Nation: Governor is the Latest to Join the Graveyard of 2012 GOP Presidential Hopefuls, But Don&#039;t Focus on his Affair
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                    <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:00:08 EDT</pubDate>
                
                
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                    <title>Round Wheel Roll!&#034;</title>
                               
                
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                    Check out the weird wit and wired wizardry of Mark Fiore&#039;s cool animated cartoons.
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                    <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:30:05 EDT</pubDate>
                
                
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                    <title>Video: Ginuwine On Jackson</title>
                               
                
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                    The R&amp;B singer is just one of many in the music industry whose career has been influenced by the &#034;King of Pop.&#034;
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                    <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:21:51 EDT</pubDate>
                
                
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                    <title>Obama Should Support Honduras Coup</title>
                               
                
                <link>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/01/opinion/main5127771.shtml</link>
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                    John R. Thomson: What Happened Was Not A Standard Coup, And Zelaya&#039;s Return To Power Would Only Be A Victory For Chavez
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                    <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:00:10 EDT</pubDate>
                
                
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                    <title>Are Democrats Sacrificing Too Much?</title>
                               
                
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                    Jonathan Cohn: Too Many Concessions May Cost Public Support and Democrats&#039; Chances of Passing Health Care Reform
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                    <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:00:08 EDT</pubDate>
                
                
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                    <title>Obamanomics Renders Economy Inefficient</title>
                               
                
                <link>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/29/opinion/main5122778.shtml</link>
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                    Weekly Standard: The President&#039;s Policies on Energy, Unions, and Health Care Won&#039;t Help an Ailing Economy
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                    <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:00:05 EDT</pubDate>
                
                
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                    <title>Video: Andy Sheds Some Clothes</title>
                               
                
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                    What&#039;s lurking inside Andy Rooney&#039;s closet? Andy tries to shed some old clothes.
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                    <title>Separating Icons From Heroes</title>
                               
                
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                    Schieffer Says An Artist&#039;s Work And His Life Can Be Held Mutually Exclusive
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                    <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:42:30 EDT</pubDate>
                
                
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                    <title>Video: Separating Icons From Heroes</title>
                               
                
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                    In the wake of the tragic passing of Michael Jackson Bob Schieffer honors the gifted, yet troubled musical genius but notes that pop icons are not the same as American heroes.
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