(Source: New York Daily News) The federal minimum wage could be the central issue of the 2014 midterms. There are obviously other issues in play: gun control, immigration, and revelations of domestic spying by the National Security Agency, just to name three. But jobs and the economy still rank high in opinion polls across party […]

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(Ted Cruz | Source: Jeff Malet, maletphoto.com) Citizenship has become the hot topic in Washington this summer, with the firefight over immigration reform and with the news that 1,800 Americans have renounced their U.S. citizenship rather than reveal their secret Swiss or Cayman Island banks accounts and with the story that Senator Ted Cruz isn’t […]

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(Source: Pete Souza) In his news conference last week President Obama mocked the Republican Party’s obsession with repealing the healthcare reform law, describing the quixotic goal as their “Holy Grail.” House Republicans have voted 40 times to repeal Obamacare, and some insurgent GOP Senators like Ted Cruz of Texas and Mike Lee of Utah are […]

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(Lauren Green and Reza Aslan | Source: Fox News) By now everyone has heard about what happened when Reza Aslan, author of Zealot, was interviewed by Fox News’ Lauren Green. Aslan’s book is an account of the historic Jesus and had been doing brisk business so Aslan’s was on a media tour. It so happens […]

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(John Kerry | Source: AFP) Initially it appeared that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s peace initiative was harmless. Although few Israelis, Palestinians or Americans expected it to accomplish anything, it was hard to make the case that it would do any damage. No more. And not just because the Israeli government keeps announcing the […]

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