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America Hungry For More Pickens Boldness

Marguerite Manteau-Rao | Posted 08.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Al Gore, T. Boone Pickens, Green Psychology, Climate Change, Green, Mccain, Obama, Psychology, Pickens Plan, America, Robert Redford, Green News
Marguerite Manteau-Rao

Could it be that the timid approach to climate change is missing the boat? Leaders are failing to recognize what will most likely move us -- a challenge at the measure of our appetites.

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Vote for Obama Because He's Black

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Equality, John McCain, Youth Vote, America, Independent Voters, Democracy, 2008 Presidential Campaign, African-American History, Barack Obama Race, Race, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama 2008, History, Historic Election, Voters, 2008 Presidential Race, Black, Election 2008, McCain 2008, African Americans, White Voters, Politics News
Michelle Haimoff

Here's the thing - people are going to vote against Obama because he's black. This is the country we live in. And I know, he's only half black, yadda...

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America's Metros -- Winners... and Nonwinners

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 08.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Economy, Green Jobs, Energy Policy, John McCain, Metro Area, Gulf of Mexico, Great Lakes, America, Barack Obama, Green Energy, Mccain Nuclear Power, Business News
John Tepper Marlin

Oil prices tripled since 2003. Sunshine for the economies of metro areas on the Gulf of Mexico, but a cloud over the metros on the Great Lakes.

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Middle East Oil Barons Turn America's Oil Woes Into Clean Technology

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 08.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Fossil Fuels, Middle East, Peak Oil, Environment, Oil, Clean Technology, Treehugger, America, Green News
Karin Kloosterman

One would think that members countries from the OEPC in the Persian Gulf who are sitting on a quarter of the world's oil reserves would like to stall the development of clean technologies and thereby the creation of alternatives to oil, right? Nope.

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Why I Don't Care About Edward's Affair

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Paris Hilton, Jefferson, Sex, George W. Bush, John Edwards, Iraq, Affairs, National Enquirer, John MCain, America, Politics News
Charles Karel Bouley

I know it's un-American, but I don't give one iota (the ninth and smallest letter of the Greek alphabet and thus slang for ONE BIT) whom John Edwards is screwing.

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Obama in Berlin: Finding the Right Tone

Susan Neiman | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Alleged Swooning, Europe, Obama in Germany, Irony, Berlin, Obama in Europe, Obama, Media, Republican Ads, Barack Obama, Obama's Berlin Speech, America, Obama Love, Obama Berlin Speech Great, Obama Berlin Speech, Politics News
Susan Neiman

In Berlin, Obama gave his hearers hope, not hysteria -- the hope for an America that could not only work with European nations, but even be a model for them.

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Dear Abby, America Is Recovering From A Bad Relationship

Shawna Vercher | Posted 07.30.2008 | Home

Read More: George Bush, Dear Abby, Presidental Race 2008, America, Obama Media Coverage, Barack Obama, Home News
Shawna Vercher

How do I show my "friend" that it's not naive to hope? That she doesn't need another man to "take care of her" but one who will embrace who she is and encourage her independence?

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Obama, Patriotism, and Enlightenment

Steve Posner | Posted 07.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nationalism, Islam, Afghanistan, Enlightened, Taliban, Spiritual Path, Christian, Enlightenment, America, Self-Realization, Hindu, Patriotism, Barack Obama, Consciousness, Buddhist, Germany, Values, Jewish, Veda, Religion and Politics, Meditation, Israel, Europe, Muslim, Spirituality, Berlin, Politics News
Steve Posner

Why was Obama waxing patriotic during his foreign trip instead of touting a universal spirituality that removes the need to make cultural and political distinctions?

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My Conversation with Senator Jim Webb

Charlie Rose | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: President, Ronald Reagan, Vietnam, War, Democrat, Jim Webb, Obama, Mccain, 2008 Election, Novelist, America, Charlie Rose, Virgina, Author, Politics News
Charlie Rose

2008-07-22-webbrose.jpgI spoke with Webb about how he sees the challenges facing America and the future of the Democratic party.

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America's Two Faces

Hugh Hamilton | Posted 07.19.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Joker, Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia, Obama, Mccain, Media, Heath Ledger, Batman, Election, America, Entertainment News
Hugh Hamilton

The two images will dominate the American media this weekend are for once not Obama and McCain, but rather the competing movies at the box office, the images of which dare I say it, can be seen to represent the dichotomy of the American landscape.

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The Republicans and Barack Obama Are Going to Give Into the Terrorists

Cenk Uygur | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Rights, Liberties, America, Freedoms, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Dick Cheney, Fisa, Fourth Amendment, Surrender Monkeys, Republicans, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

Somehow Obama thought it was a good idea to go along with these surrender monkeys on the 4th amendment. But aside from the politics, it's a pathetic acquiescence to the wishes of Al Qaeda.

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Gunpowder and Independence: Rethinking the Fourth

Zem Joaquin | Posted 07.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Green, Fireworks Chemicals, Eco, America, Global Warming, July Fourth, Green News
Zem Joaquin

Most of the explosions of color that will light up American skies tonight are fueled by compressed gunpowder. What's more, they leave a trail of barium compounds behind that can poison our patriotic hearts.

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What So Proudly We Hail (video)

Tom Gregory | Posted 07.04.2008 | Media

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Tom Gregory

Times may change but he American Flag remains undaunted, ready to solicit a tear of joy, surge of pride, or a blast of an anthem at her spot-lit presence.

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Why Are Many Americans Looking for Change?

Rick Smolan | Posted 06.24.2008 | Living

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Rick Smolan

Those who fear we are losing our individualism couldn't be more wrong: Americans have never been more free to create and recreate themselves; it's this complexity that determines who we are.

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Barack Obama: "Black" Or "Biracial"?

BlackAndBrownNews | Posted 06.16.2008 | Home

Read More: America, African, Political Language, White, Media Coverage, Obama, Media, Campaign, Race, African American, Culture, Politics, Barack, United States, Black, Biracial, Society, American, News, Home News
BlackAndBrownNews

There is discussion now taking place between mostly white editors and producers in newsrooms on how to identify Senator Barack Obama now that he is the Democratic nominee.

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Review: Sons and Other Flammable Objects

Mike Bonifer | Posted 06.12.2008 | Media

Read More: Review, Iran, Immigration, Bonifer, Sons and Other Flammable Objects, America, Porochista Khakpour, Media News
Mike Bonifer

I dug the book a lot, but after having read it, and not always while I was reading it. The central male characters are so misogynistic they can alienate you completely.

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My Conversation with George Will

Charlie Rose | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Iran, John McCain, George Will, Hillary Clinton, China, America, Barack Obama, Politics News
Charlie Rose

2008-06-04-will.jpg George Will talked about China, Iran, America's resilience, the presidential campaign and how he changed his views about Iraq.

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Does America Have a Prescription Drug Problem?

Doug Bremner | Posted 05.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Drugs, Pharmacology, Medications, Medicine, Vioxx, Fda, America, Living News
Doug Bremner

Half of all Americans take prescription medications. Eighty one percent take some type of pill. 100,000 die every year from a prescription med that they either didn't need or that was not properly prescribed. What is going on here?

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America: #1 in Bibles. #37 in Infant Mortality

Chris Kelly | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bibles in America, Bible, Vatican, Europe, Life Expectancy, Health Care, America, Catholic Biblical Federation, Politics News
Chris Kelly

Yes, when it comes to (self-reported) bible reading, we're #1! We could walk around Europe with our heads held high, if we could afford to go. And weren't afraid that terrorists would kill us.

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I'm Wright and You're Not: Is He One of the Pharisees Who Will Not Abide the Popularity of the Upstart?

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 04.29.2008 | Media

Read More: Support, President, Obama, Congregation, Election, Race, Nomination, America, Barack Obama, Wright, Momentum, Victory, Rev. Wright, Candidate, Pharisees, Bill Clinton, Willie Horton 2008 Election, Jesse Jackson, Obama Jeremiah Wright, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Jeremiah Wright, Sister Souljah, Obama Wright Speech, Jeremiah Wright Barack Obama, Barack Obama Jeremiah Wright, Obama Wright, Sista Souljah, Media News
Blake Fleetwood

Tune in today to the Latest Talking Head. Obama and the media, particularly those who welcome his new low impact politics, could (and should) be appl...

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Common Sense and Obama

Seth Swirsky | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Michelle Obama, America, Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama, Bitter, Obama Bitter, Obama Bitter Comment, Politics News
Seth Swirsky

The Chinese water-torture effect Obama's gaffes are having could persuade the superdelegates to give the nomination to a much safer Hillary Clinton.

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MTV Recreates the Holocaust -- for Teens

Derek Beres | Posted 04.02.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: News Corp, Fox, Video, Holocaust, Media, Youth Culture, Mtv, America, Entertainment News
Derek Beres

Using the Holocaust as the backdrop for what could befall America if we are "not careful," the 30-second spots question the integrity of the network for using an example that remains fresh in the minds of a culture.

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Pentagon Admits Mistake in Arms Shipment

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 03.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Us, America, Taiwan, China, Missile Parts Taiwan, Us Arms Shipment Taiwan, Home News

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military's mistaken delivery to Taiwan of electrical fuses for an intercontinental ballistic missile raised concerns Tuesd...

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It's Not about Bush, It's about America

Barry Yourgrau | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Gotti, The Hague, Soros, Enablers, America, Bush, Hoyer, Politics News
Barry Yourgrau

Of course it's about Bush. But I keep remembering something George Soros said before the last presidential election: that 2000 was about Bush--but 200...

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Bush Warns Middle East: Confront Iran "Before It's Too Late"

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 01.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Iranian Nuclear Program, America, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Bush Mideast Trip, President George Bush, Iran Nukes, Middle East Bush, Politics News

President Bush said Sunday that Iran is threatening the security of the world, and that the United States and Arab allies must join together to confr...

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