6 days ago by Ian Crouch

Sorry, "sexting," the New Oxford American Dictionary names "unfriend" its word of the year. Tackling writer's block in style. Children's book illustrations by Andy Warhol go on sale next month. Captain Chesley Sullenberger quibbles with the arguments made in William Langewiesche's new book "Fly by W ...

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13 days ago by Jose L Briones

1. Jamás camines mientras realices la entrevista a la presidenta del congreso estadounidense o si lo haces al menos mira por donde caminas y si no puedes evitarlo al menos hazlo cuando ya hayas sido padre....

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14 days ago by VCN

Hours after President Obama exhorted Democratic lawmakers to "answer the call of history," the House hit an unprecedented milestone on the path to health-care reform, approving a trillion-dollar package late Saturday that seeks to overhaul private insurance practices and guarantee comprehensive and ...

Vision Christian Newswire - visionchristiannewswire.com · Rank: 71,689 · 3 references

14 days ago by Jayde Wyatt

Given all that is taking place in America, including yesterday’s approval vote of the Affordable Health Care for America Act H.R. 3962 (words that smear lipstick on a pig!) in the House of Representatives, it’s good to step back and reflect on the BIG picture. With that in mind, I want to share an i ...

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18 days ago by Madison J. Gray

Filed under: Opinion, Politics, Race and Civil Rights Wait a minute now. Unless I'm reading it wrong, it looks like racial profiling has jumped from the 'hood to Capitol Hill. According to a Politico article, the House Ethics Committee is actively investigating seven African American lawmakers under ...

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28 days ago by Abena Agyeman-Fisher

Filed under: News, Politics Just announced by Majority Leader Harry Reid, a government-run health insurance option will be presented as part of the healthcare legislation that is going to the Senate floor tomorrow. While some are still highly skeptical as to how far the public option will really go, ...

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48 days ago by redstatebluestate

There are a lot of different kinds of weird. There's the weird of realizing what had to happen between your parents to make you. There's the weird of managing to be all tied up after 162 games. But then there's the weird that, as my old Sunday school teacher would say, transcends all understanding. ...

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74 days ago by Gavin Morgan

This week I received an insightful and timely op-ed piece from an avid Loose Gravel reader in Allen, Texas: Nobody Wins a Blood Feud by Kril Cunningham You know what the problem with blood feuds is? People die, and nobody wins. Welcome to the world of U.S. politics in the oughts . Republicans vs. De ...

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89 days ago by VCN

Sen. Edward Kennedy, who began his public life as the prodigal son of a political dynasty and ended as its respected patriarch, died late Tuesday at his home in Hyannis Port, Mass. He was 77 and had been battling brain cancer. Kennedy's family announced the senator's death early this morning in a st ...

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96 days ago by a.r.e.

Summer Politics: Cut and Dried On the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, people reminisced about large public gatherings in open spaces. Central Park historian Sarah Cedar Miller once told a reporter: "Parks are a gathering ground and where democracy happens. Literally, the grassroots happen on the gras ...

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