E. J. Dionne Jr. – Can the GOP Find Its Center? – washingtonpost.com

I found the following paragraphs most telling. In an article in the latest issue of the conservative Weekly Standard, Yuval Levin, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center,

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A bipartisan Bush? Not so you would notice…

It was pretty obvious even right after the elections that the president wasn’t changing his approach. If anything he seemed to be rubbing the fact that he wasn’t in the

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SENSIBLE PRIORITIES

Jim Hightower is one of the few Texas Progressive Politicians my generation has seen. He has a real talent for cutting through the BS that most politicians sling… Hey, how

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Top-Secret Torture – washingtonpost.com

The election may be over but the battle to protect the American Constitution has just begun. Do not think that if these rulings are allowed to stand that they will only

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Eugene Robinson – The Only Real Option: Leave Iraq Now – washingtonpost.com

Why can’t papa Bush just slap him up side his head? Where will this country be after two more years? Hell, everyone reading these posts know how I feel about

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From Marginal Revolution

 I find myself intrigued… I’d like to try this idea in Elizabeth, New Jersey Tyler Cowen How about cities without any traffic signs or lights?: European traffic planners are dreaming

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Broder: Hoping against hope for happy ending to Bush tenure | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle

This morning’s OP-ED from David Broder makes some interesting points. He has divided the Bush Presidency into four phases. I think he should have added a fifth.  In trying to gauge where

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Katrina’s Purgatory – New York Times

Excuses sound hollow when you’re trapped in a flimsy trailer. For Gulf Coast residents waiting for long-promised government housing assistance, patience has given way to anger, and anguish. What is

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