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By Bill Press Something important happened this week: Republican leaders in Congress finally came out for something. Don't knock it. This is progress. We know what they're against:…
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By Salim Lamrani From The Huffington Post The question of the number of "political prisoners" in Cuba is subject to controversy. According to the Cuban government, there are no…
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By Tim Padgett From Time Magazine After it looked a couple of months ago as if a bill lifting the ban on U.S. travel to Cuba had the momentum to pass Congress, it now appears…
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By Bill Press As every sixth-grader knows, pilgrims originally came to these shores in search of religious freedom. Too bad we don't still practice it. Even in colonial days, many…
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By Max J. Castromajcastro@gmail.com Yossarian, the protagonist of Joseph Heller’s classic 1961 novel Catch-22, is a bombardier on a U.S. B-25 Army air force plane during World War II.…
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By Saul Landau That cliché in modern America should get re-worded: “Taxes Equal Death.” In 2010, unique in the world, the U.S. military budget absorbs the lion’s share of the federal…
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By Sean J. Miller From The Hill Opposition to the war in Afghanistan, once a mainstay of liberals, is no longer a partisan campaign issue. A majority of voters want the conflict to end…
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By Wayne S. Smith (This is a letter to the editor that recently appeared in The Washington Post.) In his Aug. 9 op-ed column on his conversation with Cuba's Cardinal Jaime Ortega,…
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By Michael Moore So General Motors is back to making billions in profit. And if the past is any guide, we know what that means: time for some layoffs! Or maybe not. Back in the ‘80s…
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By Max J. Castromajcastro@gmail.com Even before President Barack Obama weighed in on the subject, a plan to build a Muslim cultural/religious center in New York City, two blocks from…
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