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Capitalism and socialism wed as words of the year

Source: San Luis Obispo Tribune, Dec 5 2012, 8:13am CST

NEW YORK — Thanks to the election, socialism and capitalism are forever wed as Merriam-Webster's most looked-up words of 2012. Traffic for the unlikely pair on the company's website about doubled this year from the year be ...

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12 hours ago

Obama can still move America forward

Source: Chicago Tribune  |   Jun 19 2013, 3:19pm CDT

I often wonder what would a President Mitt Romney do. Remember, he offered his years of business experience in dealing with a country that had a variety of problems unfamiliar to the world of spreadsheets. Health care, d ...

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14 hours ago

Social issues still fire up GOP despite 2012 loss

Source: Deseret News  |   Jun 19 2013, 2:12pm CDT

WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers have a message for those who want the party to soften its emphasis on social conservatism in hopes of reaching a wider national audience: Not so fast. House Republicans flexed their cultural and conservative muscles ...

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28 weeks ago


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Biden continues gun-control fight

Source: The Prospector  |   Jun 19 2013, 2:12pm CDT

WASHINGTON - Vice President Joe Biden addressed the ongoing fight for tighter gun restrictions by the Obama administration in a speech on June 18. The proposed amendments to the gun bill won a majority in the Sena ...

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1 day ago

Gay Marriage: Pros and Cons

Source: All Free Essays   |   Jun 18 2013, 2:28pm CDT

Today is a time when what is right and what is wrong is overshadowed by what seems right and what seems wrong. Controversial issues deepen the difficulty for each one of us as we determine what we believe and why we bel ...

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Biden reporting progress on gun executive actions

Source: KIRO  |   Jun 18 2013, 5:09am CDT

The White House is reporting progress on President Barack Obama's initiatives to reduce gun violence, but says the most important step would be getting a reluctant Congress to pass new firearms laws. Vice President Joe Biden w ...

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2 days ago

Poll: Romney voters go to the dogs

Source: The Politico  |   Jun 17 2013, 1:46pm CDT

Mitt Romney voters are bigger dog lovers and less likely to be cat fans than President Barack Obama’s voters are, a new poll finds. Sixty-one percent of Romney voters prefer dogs to cats compared with 46 percent of Obama voters, according to a Public ...

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3 days ago

More green energy successes than failures for Obama (6/17/13)

Source: Reading Eagle  |   Jun 17 2013, 12:02am CDT

The Issue: We've all heard about the Obama administration's alternative-energy funding failures. Our Opinion: Only a very small percentage of companies receiving such funds have failed; the far-more-numerous successes h ...

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5 days ago

Pipeline protesters return for Biden visit

Source: San Francisco Chronicle  |   Jun 14 2013, 10:32pm CDT

(06-14) 20:57 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Vice President Joe Biden swung by San Francisco on Friday to raise thousands of dollars for the Democratic Party and was greeted by many of the same protesters who gave President Obama ...

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Christie maintains a political balancing act

Source: Sify  |   Jun 14 2013, 5:27pm CDT

"He can't spend 10 minutes just to make an appearance?" asked Ginger Howard, a Christian conservative who hosts an Atlanta radio show. "People who neglect us are sorry." Christie has taken a number of steps in recent we ...

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