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M.J. Rosenberg: No Chance of Peace with Netanyahu, Time for Obama to Push Back

by M.J. Rosenberg | Apr 11, 2013 | Foreign Policy, Politics

In 1990, Secretary of State James Baker had basically had it up to here with the Israeli government. The (George H.W.) Bush administration had been trying to entice Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir into negotiations with the Palestinians but he kept adding new conditions to get the U.S. off his back. To be acceptable to Shamir, […]

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Lou Dubose: Why Some Conservatives Actually Support President Obama’s Budget

by Lou Dubose | Apr 10, 2013 | Economy, Politics

The annual Conservative Political Action Conference, held in mid-March, is four days of shrill, angry, conservative rants. Christopher Preble was this year’s exception. As senior defense analyst at the libertarian Cato Institute, Preble is a persistent critic of defense spending that consistently amounts to almost 5 percent of GDP. On the day the president releases […]

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CT governor bucks trend, calls out NRA’s ties to gun makers

by WS Editors | Apr 8, 2013 | Legal Affairs, Politics

Connecticut enacted a round of gun-control laws last week that are being called the strictest in the country. The legislation, signed by Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy, bans more than 100 kinds of firearm, including the semi-automatic “military-style” rifle used to slaughter 20 innocent schoolchildren in Newtown last year, as well as magazine cartridges holding more […]

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Poll: For the first time, most Americans think pot should be legal

by WS Editors | Apr 8, 2013 | Legal Affairs

For the first time in more than 40 years, a majority of Americans believes marijuana should be legal. In 1969, pollsters found that only 12 percent were in favor of the idea and 82 percent opposed it. Now 52 percent think the so-called gateway drug should be legal and 45 percent say it should not […]

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Despite pipeline leak in Arkansas, most Americans back Keystone

by WS Editors | Apr 5, 2013 | Environment, Politics

After hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil leaked from an aging pipeline last Friday, spewing thick black crude onto the green lawns and clean driveways of a housing development in suburban Arkansas, many wondered if the spill’s impact on public opinion might affect the Obama administration’s forthcoming decision on whether to greenlight the proposed […]

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Bad Faith Documentary

Bad Faith

“A great and powerful and timely film” – Ken Burns

Critics are raving about BAD FAITH, the sensational expose of Christian Nationalism from directors Stephen Ujlaki and Chris Jones

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“One of the Ten Best Films of 2024”Variety

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