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This Week in World War I October 24-31, 1914
German & Ottoman Troops in Jerusalem 1916 The Ottoman Empire in World War I At the start of the twentieth century, the Ottoman Empire, often referred to as the "sick man of Europe", was in a state...
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Early Voting Entering Final Stretch
The last week of early voting -- and the last week before the election -- is upon us. As of Sunday, Oct. 26 over 7.6 million people have voted. If past patterns hold true, the number of voters will...
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Bobby Shriver - Chamber Made
Because Richard Nixon earned the reputation as "Tricky Dick" and was later associated with the Watergate scandal, many Americans mistakenly believe that Republicans have a monopoly on dirty tricks....
View ArticleNonpartisan Candidate Guide Mike Enzi vs. Charlie Hardy for Wyoming Senate
Are you looking for a nonpartisan voter guide to the Mike Enzi vs. Charlie Hardy Wyoming Senate race? One that will give you an unbiased, no-spin comparison of candidate positions on key issues? That's...
View ArticleWould Warren Really Run?
What is Elizabeth Warren up to? Elizabeth Warren's offhand remark in an interview with People magazine strongly suggested that the Massachusetts senator has revised her previous firm declarations of...
View ArticleElection Season: Time for GOP Halloween Masquerade Ball
It's lucky for the Republicans that most general elections fall so close to Halloween. That gives them an excuse for their great bi-annual GOP Halloween Masquerade Ball. This year the Republicans are...
View ArticleShe Doesn't Belong to You
I was pulling reliefs in those early days, assigned to East San Diego. The call came out as a "415 Family." Like most cops I wasn't overly fond of family beefs but I was a rookie, happy for anything...
View ArticleOctober Is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
This year, nearly 300,000 women will hear one of the most frightening things a doctor can say: "You have breast cancer." Among women, breast cancer remains the most common cancer and the second most...
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18 Senate, Governor Races Latinos Could Influence in 2014
by Matt A. Barreto The 2014 election is now a week away and almost all the attention on the Latino vote is in Colorado's Senate race. While other states with large Latino populations may not have...
View ArticleGOP Betrays Social Security-Cutting Dems: Who Could've Seen It Coming?
Who could've seen it coming? Progressives could be forgiven for developing something of a Cassandra complex when it comes to the Democratic Party's economic stances. Here's the latest case in point:...
View ArticleIs Barack Obama the Worst President in American History?
After my recent appearance on the Fox News Channel's morning show, Fox and Friends, Donald Trump, appearing after me on the same show, asserted that my ranking of Barack Obama 34th out of 41 presidents...
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Spilled Milk: I'm Married, I'm Married Not
Most people -- unless their last name is Clinton -- don't think about marriage politically. Most people experience marriage as a daily series of mundane assurances: there will probably be no sex...
View ArticleWhy Aren't We Giving More to Charities Fighting Ebola?
I was wondering yesterday why I haven't made a donation to fighting Ebola. It seems I am not the only one. Americans tend to give generously when disaster strikes, but we've been slow to donate to...
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Blue Markets Face Bigger Housing Challenges Than Red Markets
The housing crisis hurt Democratic- and Republican-leaning markets similarly, but today blue markets have lower affordability, lower homeownership, and greater income inequality. As Election Day 2014...
View ArticleThe Pause That Refreshes: With the World on the Brink of Chaos, Obama Counts...
If history ever remembers Barack Obama for anything more than being the first man of color to become U.S. President, it may be for the simple fact that, unlike many of the presidents before him, he...
View ArticleCan Gun Control Reduce Suicides?
Whenever a particularly horrendous shooting occurs, like the one at Marysville High School in Washington last Friday, we redouble our efforts to find a way to deal with the carnage caused by guns. We...
View ArticleWhy Citizens United Kept Me From Contributing to Candidates in Campaign 2014
Post by Wolf PAC. Although I've contributed hundreds of dollars at a pop to political candidates in the past, I'm not directly contributing any money to congressional candidates this year. The reason:...
View ArticleList of the World's Richest Countries and America's Special Role in It
The world's richest countries are the ones where the median wealth per person is the highest. This system ranks nations truly according to the most-representative person in each given nation -- the...
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Bullets Leave Holes
In 1998, the organization I founded, Stop Handgun Violence, hung a 252' X 20' billboard over the Mass Turnpike in Boston with the phrase "Bullets Leave Holes" on it. It included a picture of four...
View ArticleNational School Choice Week Is Right-Wing Propaganda
Here we go again. As happened last year, in the past two days I received emails from Andrew Campanella, president of National School Choice Week. This organization has incredible reach by virtue of its...
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