Opinion - Cynthia Tucker
JIMMY CARTER'S ENERGY IDEAS DESERVE A SECOND CHANCE
1 hour, 33 minutes agoEven in his home state of Georgia, former President Jimmy Carter does not receive universal acclaim. He is regarded by many as a weak-kneed appeaser or a naive do-gooder with a puritanical bent.
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JACKSON'S BLUNDER SHINES LIGHT ON IMPORTANT OBAMA POSITION Mon Jul 14, 1:12 PM ET
Thank you, Jesse Jackson!
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THE DUTY OF PATRIOTS IS TO CRITICIZE WHAT THEY SEE AS WRONG Mon Jul 7, 6:21 PM ET
"What we mean (by patriotism) is a sense of national responsibility ... a patriotism which is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime." -- Adlai Stevenson, 1952
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JAIL TIME GIVES PETTY OFFENDERS A RECORD THEY CAN'T ESCAPE Mon Jun 30, 5:32 PM ET
In several speeches, Barack Obama has used an easy, if imprecise, formulation to express his despair over the high incarceration rate of young black men. "I don't want to wake up four years from now and discover that we still have more young black men in prison than in college," he said at a rally last year, repeating, more or less, a line used frequently by critics of the criminal justice system.
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CONTRACTS FOR BIG OIL IN IRAQ CONFIRM EARLIER SUSPICIONS Sat Jun 21, 8:01 PM ET
Didn't you just know this was coming?
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