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• Obama on Civil Rights Act: Good but not good enough

  Top of the Ticket  |  July 2, 2009

  From Los Angeles Times

• It's time for Americans to get reconnected

  From MyDesert.com -  |  June 27, 2009

• Palau president is calm as storm brews on island

  By John M. Glionna  |  June 15, 2009

  From Los Angeles Times

 

• Palau agrees to take some Guantanamo detainees

  By Julian E. Barnes  |  June 10, 2009

  From Los Angeles Times

  U.S. officials have persuaded the tiny Pacific island nation of Palau to accept some of the Chinese Muslims held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba... more

• Jack Henning dies at 93; California labor leader

  June 5, 2009

  From Los Angeles Times

  Jack Henning, a pioneering leader of California's labor movement who served under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, has died... more

• GOP resurrects a nuclear reactant

  By DAN NEIL  |  May 26, 2009

  From Los Angeles Times

  Last week the Republican National Committee released a Web-only spot opposing the closing of the Guantanamo detention center that sampled... more

• From TARP to Obama to Command-and-Control

  From The Corner  |  May 15, 2009

  Speaking near Albuquerque, New Mexico, at a town-hall meeting on Thursday, Pres. Obama said the federal debt load is unsustainable and warned... more

• Figuring out the flu

  By Arthur Allen  |  May 11, 2009

  From Los Angeles Times

  On July 6, 1968, the National Communicable Disease Center in Atlanta announced that it "did not expect any widespread outbreaks of influenza... more

• MVP LeBron lights up Cleveland fans, then Hawks

  From CBSSports.com  |  May 6, 2009

  Newly crowned MVP LeBron James doesn't disappoint. After eight days off, James scores 34 points as the Cavs beat the Hawks 99-72. LBJ and... more

• Conservationists pursue wider pastures

  By Richard Simon  |  April 27, 2009

  From Los Angeles Times

  Conservationists who for years have struggled to win federal funding for new or expanded parks suddenly are seeing green, even in these lean... more

• The Unrepentant Bushies

  From The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan  |  April 9, 2009

  Another point is worth making about Karl Rove and Michael Gerson and Pete Wehner, all active members of an administration that added more... more

• Obama: "Don't Think We're Not Keeping Score, Brother...

  From TPMCafe  |  April 2, 2009

  Karl Rove says that is what the President told Rep. Peter De Fazio after the Oregon Democrat voted against the stimulus package. Heavens to... more

• Portraits of US Presidents' mistresses

  From Boing Boing  |  March 18, 2009

  Annie Kevans has painted a lovely series of oil portraits of the girlfriends of U.S. Presidents. Shown above: Kay Summersby (Dwight D Eisenhower... more

• Historian Dallek To BHO: Don't Be Another LBJ

  From TPMCafe  |  March 13, 2009

  Robert Dallek, the great LBJ and JFK biographer,issues a friendly warning to the current President: remember LBJ. Johnson had absolutely no... more

• Michele Bachmann Still Crazy

  From Daily Kos  |  March 6, 2009

  Who knew that anyone could out-crazy Michele Bachmann ... except maybe Michelle Bachman. Via Think Progress: BACHMANN: If you want to look... more

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