Presidential Politics: It has been an up and down year for President Obama. Here are a few snapshots–Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was repealed, and major health care reform was created, both of which were pleasing to his liberal base. On the other hand, in his words Democrats received a “shellacking” in the November Elections when […]
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I read an interesting article online from someone who was arguing in favor of the de-emphasizing of Christmas in exchange for more generic holiday themes. The writer argued two things. One, in our increasingly pluralistic culture, it is insensitive to talk about “Merry Christmases” and whatnot. Two, the vocal efforts by a few Christians to
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President Barack Obama reached an agreement with Republicans on the Bush era tax cuts that represents a genuine compromise. Democrats wanted to extend the tax cuts for the middle class, and they wanted to extend unemployment benefits. Republicans supported these two things, but they also wanted the tax cuts to remain in place for wealthier
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A couple of foreign policy issues have made lots of news recently. President Barack Obama really wants the Senate to ratify the new nuclear arms treaty (called “START”) between the USA and Russia. Meanwhile, North Korea shelled South Korean territory, prompting joint military exercises involving South Korea and the US, which makes North Korea mad.
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