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In Theory: Should secessionists succeed?
More than 750,000 Americans have signed a petition to let their states secede from the U.S.A. since the Nov. 6 election, including people from Alaska, Maryland, Texas, Iowa and Vermont. And many of them, or at least their leaders, are claiming they're...Tags: Gay Rights, Human Interest, Science and Technology, Belief and Faith, Slavery
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In Theory: Religious right, heal thyself
With the dust settling after the Nov. 6 elections, one group is looking like the biggest losers of all — Christian conservatives. Writing for Religious News Service, David Gibson says that “the religious right encountered defeat at almost...Tags: Baptist, Belief and Faith, Anglicanism, Government, Values
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Public access back on the airwaves
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- After a five-year hiatus, public-access television is back on the air in St. Joseph County — and it’s back with a bang. Five years of funding appropriation decisions by the city council and lobbying by advocates to bring back...Tags: Government, Television, Politics, Federal Communications Commission, Entertainment
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Obama administration needs to change the conversation
By WILLIAM P. HOJNACKI I am very disappointed in the way that the Obama administration is dealing with the Republicans in the ongoing discussions concerning the federal budget. The administration has, once again, allowed the Republicans to set the agenda...Tags: Safety of Citizens, Unemployment Benefits, Government, Productivity, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Palestinians in West Bank's Area C suffer in limbo
MALEH, West Bank — In remote Palestinian villages of the northern Jordan Valley, children read by gas lamp, and water must be purchased from miles away, even when electricity lines and water pipes to Israeli settlements run directly past their...
Tags: Israel, Government, European Union, Politics, Palestinian National Authority
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Syria's Assad dubious of U.S.-Russia peace initiative
BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad has expressed skepticism that a planned U.S.-Russian peace conference could help stop the bloodshed in his country, according to an interview published Saturday in an Argentine newspaper. The Syrian leader...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Government, John Kerry, Politics, Taliban
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Art Callaham: Calculated complexity
Lots of folks love to quote the Constitution. The Constitution is the supreme law of the land. The document outlines the structure of our central government and frames the principle of federalism. Federalism is simply a political system that binds a...Tags: Freedom of the Press, Justice and Rights, U.S. Congress, Government, Politics
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Letter: Federal government responsible for debt
In the United States of America, where does money come from? Who creates it and how do they do it? In 1913 the U.S. Congress created the Federal Reserve Banking System. The only connections between the federal government and the banking system is the...Tags: U.S. Congress, Government, Politics, Federal Reserve, Financial Markets
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Casino bill would give city unparalleled control
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pushing lawmakers to pass a gambling bill that would allow the city to weigh its choice of a casino operator in secret and forbid state regulators from taking away its license. The legislation also would grant the mayor authority...
Tags: Government, Values, Mark Clayton, Organized Crime, Ethics
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5 questions … for Tracy Balazs, president and CEO of Federal Staffing Resources LLC
Tracy Balazs, the president and CEO of an Annapolis-based staffing firm, was named Entrepreneurial Success of the Year last month by the Baltimore district office of the U.S. Small Business Administration. She founded the company, Federal Staffing...
Tags: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Small Businesses, Health and Medical Professionals, U.S. Department of Defense, Government
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Law in Jim Thorpe dispute aims to prevent Native American plunder
It was a sweat lodge ceremony in Texas where Jim Thorpe reached out to his grandson through a medicine man. The shaman told John Thorpe his grandfather's spirit was content in the Pennsylvania town where his body has lain for six decades. "Grandpa...
Tags: Human Interest, Government, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials
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Anti-Taliban Afghan police chief gunned down in motorcycle attack
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.KABUL, Afghanistan -- A police chief who had stood up repeatedly to the Taliban was shot and killed in a drive-by attack by four insurgents on motorcycles, officials said Saturday. The police chief, Abdul Ghani, was leaving his driveway in his car...Tags: Government, Transportation Accidents, Armed Conflicts, Politics, Taliban
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