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Published on Sunday, 17 March 2024 13:43
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden, who secured the required delegates this week to earn the Democratic party's nomination for president, has continued with the business of bridging the deep political, social, and economic divisions United States and throughout the world.
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Published on Sunday, 10 March 2024 12:17
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Written by Janet Walker
President Biden, after a commanding vote of confidence during Super Tuesday primaries, delivered the annual State of the Union and presented his plan to help all Americans and finish the job entrusted to him four years ago.
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Published on Monday, 04 March 2024 10:33
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Written by Olivier Longhi
As the 2024 presidential election looms, two contenders are emerging to occupy the White House. But are they the best representatives of their parties and do either have all the abilities to sit in the Oval Office?
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Published on Monday, 26 February 2024 09:21
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Written by Olivier Longhi
As the European elections loom, which are expected to be perilous for the presidential majority, Emmanuel Macron, President of the Republic, and Jordan Bardella, President of the Nationalist Party, have competed in demagoguery and populism.
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Published on Tuesday, 20 February 2024 11:14
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Written by Olivier Longhi
While the death of Alexei Navalny has galvanized the West, it is not enough to motivate determined opposition to Vladimir Putin. Taking advantage of Western cynicism, Russia no longer hides that it has become a contemporary dictatorship.
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Published on Monday, 12 February 2024 14:07
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Written by Olivier Longhi
By announcing that he is reforming the law of the soil in Mayotte by constitutional means, the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, is playing on the founding text of the Republic for political rather than legal purposes.
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Published on Tuesday, 06 February 2024 09:57
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The absence of a credible discourse within the French left partly explains the disaffection of a political movement confined to the rank of parliamentary auxiliary and locked into a systematic sterile opposition to the President of the Republic.
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Published on Monday, 29 January 2024 11:00
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Written by Olivier Longhi
French President Emmanuel Macron's new Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, confronts the current agricultural power struggle, which puts the tenant of Matignon in the spotlight, and the necessary response represents the first key test for the new PM.
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Published on Wednesday, 24 January 2024 17:56
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Written by Asia Contributing Editor
The Board of Trustees of Asia Society announced the appointment of Dr. Kyung-wha Kang, an accomplished diplomat and former UN leader, as the organization's 9th President and Chief Executive Officer. Her appointment is effective in April.
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Published on Sunday, 21 January 2024 12:59
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Written by Olivier Longhi
While the fighting in the Gaza Strip is still raging, some are wondering how long the conflict will last. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, aware of his strengths and support, also knows a long confrontation remains to his advantage.
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Published on Tuesday, 16 January 2024 11:03
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The election of the President of the United States next November will be the epicenter of future international relations in the context of the conflicts in Ukraine and against Hamas and U.S. allies will need contingency plans.
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Published on Tuesday, 09 January 2024 13:41
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Written by Olivier Longhi
French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed Gabriel Attal, 34, as the nation's newest Prime Minster, replacing Elizabeth Borne, who resigned after 20 months. Attal, the first openly gay prime minster is also the youngest ever to hold the position.
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Published on Saturday, 16 December 2023 15:43
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Written by Olivier Longhi
President Joe Biden delivered strong words to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with his warning of the risk of losing international support in his fight against Hamas, which essentially provided an opening for an honorable exit for Israel.
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Published on Wednesday, 29 November 2023 14:26
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Written by Olivier Longhi
Torn by social tensions of various origins, France is going through a deep crisis of confidence in its founding model at the risk of seeing the social contract that underlies the notion of living together broken.
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Published on Monday, 20 November 2023 17:55
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Written by Olivier Longhi
Javier Milei's election as Argentine president confirms the rise of populism as a political alternative. In a downgraded country, the Argentines have chosen the populist experiment, while many attempts in America and Europe have ended in bitter failures.
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Published on Sunday, 12 November 2023 15:16
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Written by Olivier Longhi
Present at the demonstration against anti-Semitism, the National Rally continues its quest for legitimacy in a political landscape that has been totally turned upside down and disoriented. At the risk of seeing the far-right party impose itself even more.
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Published on Tuesday, 31 October 2023 16:00
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Written by Olivier Longhi
By seeking to annihilate Hamas in the name of security, Israel is also nurturing the hatred and resentment of future generations of Palestinians through its massive military action, which could swell the ranks of future anti-Israeli armed groups.
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Published on Tuesday, 24 October 2023 11:55
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Written by Olivier Longhi
As the Israeli-Palestinian conflict drags on in a never-ending confrontation, the question arises of the legitimacy of two peoples with similar rights, that of living in peace in their own independent states free from threats of violence.
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Published on Tuesday, 17 October 2023 11:18
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Written by Dr. Jane M. Orient, M.D.,
Do you stand with Israel, or Ukraine, or both? Or for peace? The most powerful nation in the history of the world. Can we take care of both and still maintain our overall international defense?
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Published on Sunday, 08 October 2023 11:31
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Written by Olivier Longhi
Hamas' offensive against Israel is a continuation of previous aggression on the southern Lebanon border and confirms the permanent state of war in the Jewish state since 1948 and augurs a twenty-first century as tense as the last.
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Published on Monday, 25 September 2023 16:49
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The difficulties encountered by schools in managing disruptive students refer to the notion of compulsory schooling, which is obviously misunderstood by some and potentially has become a burden for many middle and high schools.
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Published on Monday, 11 September 2023 12:38
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The announced rapprochement between North Korea and Russia tends to present itself as the creation of an Asian bloc capable of competing with the Western sphere. But the excessively divergent interests of the two countries demonstrate limits.
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Published on Tuesday, 04 July 2023 09:31
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The murder of Nahel M. combined with the urban riots plunged France into a crisis of regime and, unprecedentedly, into a crisis of legitimacy where the Republic is shaken in its foundations, its symbols, and its institutions.
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Published on Tuesday, 20 June 2023 14:22
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The announcement that the European Union will host the training of Ukrainian soldiers on its soil, the 27-block coalition is taking a further step in its assistance to Kiev, and with that strategy risks repeating history.
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Published on Tuesday, 13 June 2023 07:03
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Written by Anastasia Pirri
Abortion wasn't always a religious issue as White evangelicals initially had a range of positions on abortion until right-wing evangelical leaders dominated the political scene in the 1970's. The leaders sought to steer evangelicals toward supporting the pro-life movement.
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Published on Sunday, 14 May 2023 13:58
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Written by Janet Walker
The break announced by Marine Le Pen with the GUD, in addition to highlighting an attempt to revive the National Rally’s credibility, confirms the transformation undertaken by the far-right party in the perspective of 2027 presidential election.
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Published on Monday, 08 May 2023 13:54
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Written by Olivier Longhi
French President Macron stumbled through the Pension Reform crisis and has yet to regain his footing as he walks through the minefield of French Party politics leaving him only one option: placate the populous to reform society.
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Published on Tuesday, 25 April 2023 06:55
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Written by Olivier Longhi
French President Emmanuel Macron, one year into his five-year second term, has marched through his social agenda effectively, and now is trying to appease a fractured country while trying to revive a struggling presidency.
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Published on Monday, 10 April 2023 14:48
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Written by Olivier Longhi
Chinese President Xi-Jinping has positioned himself as the middle man every foreign leader will meet with to stop Russian President Vladimir Putin’s maniacal march to decimate Ukraine and calm the tyrannical winds of war from spreading. Explanations.
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Published on Monday, 03 April 2023 08:43
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Written by Olivier Longhi
France's Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmanin, has accused the political party The New Ecological and Social People's Union, (Le Nupes) of wanting to instigate a political and societal revolution comparable to that of the 1970s.
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Published on Sunday, 19 March 2023 13:07
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Written by Olivier Longhi
French President Emmanuel Macron's use of Article 49.3 to adopt the pension reform highlights the constitutional limits of a Republic that is now ill-adapted to citizens' expectations. From a political crisis, France has moved to a regime crisis.
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Published on Monday, 06 March 2023 07:56
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Written by Olivier Longhi
French President Emmanuel Macron is facing another pushback to his social reform as workers throughout the Republic are mobilizing against his proposed pension reforms as the reforms could, ultimately, redefine the relationship with the value of work.
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Published on Monday, 27 February 2023 08:07
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Written by Olivier Longhi
As the Russian-Ukrainian conflict drags on, China always anxious to anticipate its future,
poses as a mediator to seduce Westerners vital to its economy but also to prepare a post-war geopolitical redistribution in which its economy benefits. Explanations.
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Published on Tuesday, 14 February 2023 11:51
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The Russian-Ukrainian conflict, which is constantly being questioned over its outcome, is gradually settling into the global geopolitical landscape to the point of presenting all aspects of a conflict of global scope but with a strictly regional dimension.
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Published on Tuesday, 07 February 2023 18:00
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Written by Janet Walker
The death toll in Turkey's devastating earthquake continues to rise and is expected to reach upwards of 10,000 in the aftermath of a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake that was followed by several significant aftershocks and felt across the region.
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Published on Sunday, 29 January 2023 07:50
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Written by Olivier Longhi
French citizens take to the street as a new day of demonstrations against the Government's pension reform project looms, an analysis of social and economic realities is needed in a logic of long-term anticipation. Explanations.
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Published on Monday, 23 January 2023 16:20
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The social tensions linked to the pension reform and the risks of paralysis of the country are once again raising the idea that the possibility of a solution may be found through negotiation rather than demonstration.
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Published on Tuesday, 17 January 2023 09:58
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Written by Olivier Longhi
French President Emmanuel Macron, empowered during his second term is moving forward with his social agenda and confronting another divisive issue, the concept of pension reform, which will surely cause Parisians to flood the streets in protest.
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Published on Monday, 09 January 2023 08:32
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The procrastination, wrangling and deal making, that presided over the election of the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the United States highlights the growing influence of radical movements in established but ultimately fragile democracies.
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Published on Monday, 02 January 2023 07:54
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Written by Olivier Longhi
While the war in Ukraine will still condition the content of international relations in 2023, the upheavals it is causing could still generate and revive Sino-American and European relations. At the expense of an increasingly lonely Russia.
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Published on Monday, 03 October 2022 07:54
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Written by Olivier Longhi
French President Emmanuel Macron is once again pushing his controversial pension reform agenda. By threatening dissolution, Emmanuel Macron understands that after the indignation of parliamentarians, a realism, tinted of cynicism, will impose itself further hurting the institutions.
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Published on Thursday, 08 September 2022 11:57
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Written by Janet Walker
Queen Elizabeth II, who served as England's longest reigning monarch, has died. She was surrounded by her family, who were summoned this morning to Balmoral estate after her doctors announced they were concerned for her health.
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Published on Monday, 14 February 2022 14:10
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Written by Michael Letts
In early February, the Seattle Police Department responded to a massive firefight in one of the city's most liberal neighborhoods and not accustomed to such violence. Multiple shooters fired over 40 shots within the span of a few minutes.
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Published on Wednesday, 08 December 2021 20:22
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Written by Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD,
Covid, Covid, Covid, Covid. Variant, variant, variant, variant. Trust me, I'm the government's highest paid employee, and "I represent science." Show your papers, wear a mask, take a shot, or lose your job. It's the law.
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Published on Friday, 15 October 2021 18:03
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Written by Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD,
"They" say there is no such thing as coincidence. They must have known about Covid-19, the political viral disease. Is it a coincidence that the year of the Covid is also the year that scientific integrity died?
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Published on Monday, 13 September 2021 13:43
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The attacks of September 11 marked the collective memory to the point of upsetting the apprehension of the world as it then presented itself. Twenty years later, one thing is clear: Don't these upheavals pave the way for a new era?
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Published on Friday, 10 September 2021 09:42
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Written by Janet Walker
As the 9/11 terror attacks are at the twenty-year anniversary, this generation's "date that will live in infamy," does. It remains seared in the minds of those who lived and worked in the locations where the planes shattered the peaceful calm.
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Published on Thursday, 17 June 2021 13:34
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Written by Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD,
These days more and more apparently intelligent people seem to upspeak. That's the irritating "Valley Girl" inflection where every sentence sounds like a question. Don't these people trust their own thoughts and words?
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Published on Friday, 19 February 2016 16:15
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Written by Palmer Gibbs
The recent death of Justice Antonin Scalia, a historically conservative firebrand on the Supreme Court, sent shockwaves through the political world. In the middle of a hectic and noisy presidential primary, the Republican candidates shared a moment of silence during their ninth debate — and then dove into a conversation about whether President Barack Obama should nominate a successor.
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Published on Tuesday, 10 October 2017 20:02
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Written by Janet Walker
The Entertainment Industry is facing its second major sexual assault scandal, in as many years, with the shocking revelations that everyone seemed to have known, or heard about, and seemed to be generally accepted as commonplace.
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Published on Monday, 10 May 2021 07:56
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Written by Gerald McGlothlin
David Rubin, native New Yorker and former mayor of Shiloh, Israel, and author of a new book, "Confronting Radicals: What America Can Learn from Israel" recently spoke on the divisiveness in Israeli politics and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's future.
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Published on Tuesday, 06 October 2020 11:31
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Written by Janet Walker
An anti-terror ground intelligence gathering microchip program created under former President George W. Bush and developed as a secondary weapons inspection device to supersede the "Olympic Games" project has surfaced outside of the Department of Defense.
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Published on Friday, 11 September 2015 09:03
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Written by Janet Walker
Today marks the 14th Anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The reading of the names of the lives lost in the attacks happened this morning at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum.
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Published on Sunday, 29 March 2020 14:35
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Written by Janet Walker
Images from Wuhan, China, have been pumped into global media as a sign of hope that "this too shall pass" when in fact life back to normal includes the very practices which introduced this disease, and in reality the last corona virus, SARS, into the global spotlight.
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Published on Sunday, 04 September 2016 10:20
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Written by Jackson Katz
Gender norms influence not just what we think, but how. Consider the presence of sports metaphors in American politics. Metaphors are not merely figures of speech. According to the cognitive scientists and philosophers George Lakoff and Mark Johnson (1980), human thought processes are largely metaphorical.
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Published on Monday, 17 February 2020 09:27
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Written by Janet Walker
Bad actors, a term that is evolving into mainstream vernacular, the bad actor, those who wear the "good mask" while performing illegal, undermining and shady deals that act to undermine their industry or more widespread the system, itself.
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Published on Monday, 03 February 2020 20:44
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Written by Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD,
In the spirit of fake news, Black History Month provides a forum for news pundits to lament that the Founding Fathers thought the relative worth of black persons was three fifths of a person.
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Published on Friday, 27 December 2019 08:56
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Written by Gerald McGlothlin
Once again, Hamas and Islamic Jihad initiated rocket launches against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, forcing him off the podium, and into a bomb shelter to ride out the attack, during a campaign speech in Ashkelon, Israel.
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Published on Tuesday, 31 December 2019 12:03
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Written by Janet Walker
As we look ahead, many will remember the last ten years in prominent stories that secured the headlines as the past decade saw its share of wars, political firestorms, corruption, mass shootings, murders and tragedies. Few will remember the journalists.
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Published on Wednesday, 09 October 2019 15:26
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Written by Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD,
As we march into the 2020 Election season, the high cost of medical care is on the lips of every politician and draining the pocketbooks of most Americans, and this hot button topic will see microscopic examination.
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Published on Monday, 04 February 2019 07:29
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Written by Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD,
New York's Catholic Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo had the World Trade Center in lights to celebrate its recently enacted abortion-on-demand-until-the-day-of-birth law. This law was framed, and sold to legislators, as empowering women through guaranteeing "Reproductive Health."
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Published on Monday, 10 December 2018 07:06
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Written by Olivier Longhi
The Yellow Vests crisis reveals the existence of a two France nation that many oppose: Principles, history, beliefs, ambition. Neither will yield. And the outcome of the crisis may be in the disappearance of one of the two.
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Published on Sunday, 06 July 2014 17:06
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Written by Janet Walker
Morgan Geyser, 12, known as one half of the Slenderman Killers, who stabbed a twelve year old friend 19 times, has been found incompetent to stand trial for her participation in the crimes that shocked this tiny Wisconsin city.
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Published on Friday, 06 April 2018 15:30
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Written by Tim Ortman
Today, the term 'Fake News' is firmly entrenched in our lexicon. It seems everyone from Trumpite retirees, to neo-political millennials, freely toss around the phrase. The term was even recognized as, "The Word of the Year" by UK-based Collins Dictionary.
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Published on Monday, 19 February 2018 06:06
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Written by Jill Fox
And there it is. The look. The look I knew I would see. And I will get it again and again, and again, from this moment forward. I just didn't expect it to happen so quickly.
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Published on Thursday, 15 February 2018 08:13
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Written by Janet Walker
The horrors of the senseless massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, have now become an indelible mark on the lives of this community and the world, as stories of survival, heroism and heartbreak are shared.
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Published on Sunday, 29 October 2017 07:35
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Written by Marianne Clyde
President Donald Trump recently declared, like his Republican predecessor, a crisis of drug use and addiction that has been decades in the making. Marianne Clyde, a noted mental health expert asks "Is it really our job to save the addict?"
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Published on Tuesday, 03 October 2017 20:21
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Written by Janet Walker
The lack of revelry, hushed tones, a quiet reverence in sin city, where usually at 2:00am neon signs advertise with bright allure, ladies can be heard negotiating, and gamblers call it a day or begin anew, it is Las Vegas or was.
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Published on Tuesday, 29 August 2017 07:34
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Written by Janet Walker
Denmark's most sensational murder trial has yet to begin and the world media is ramping up its coverage on Peter Madsen, the Danish inventor who is currently held in the horrific dismemberment and murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall.
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Published on Sunday, 10 May 2015 19:20
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Written by Janet Walker
The Etan Patz murder trial recently ended after 18 days of deliberation in a stunning mistrial that seemed an impossibility as the defendant confessed and provided sick, demented, details of the child's last moments of life.
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Published on Saturday, 29 August 2015 11:07
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Written by Janet Walker
Ten years ago, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast states obliterating the landscape leaving in its wake unimaginable destruction and ruin, and then barreled across the mid-west and up the eastern seaboard, leaving a trail of death, damage and devastation.
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Published on Wednesday, 22 July 2015 12:49
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Written by Brian McCracken
"Merica." No, that's not a misspelling. In recent years, we've all heard someone say the name of our nation in this ironic manner. I'd be lying if I told you I've never uttered it myself jokingly.
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Published on Tuesday, 24 February 2015 09:36
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Written by Janet Walker
The murder trial of Aaron Hernandez, former tight end for the Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots, is entering Day 13 as the defense continues its attempts to discredit the prosecution’s case witness by witness.
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Published on Tuesday, 02 December 2014 12:27
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Written by Janet Walker
The murder of Scott McMillan, the three year old savagely beaten and systematically tortured over a three day period by his mother and boyfriend, has drawn attention from media, legal scholars and commentators.
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Published on Sunday, 29 January 2012 20:49
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Written by Janet Walker
The National Spy Museum hosted a panel of espionage experts including Director of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, former Counterterrorism Expert, Melissa Mahle, Kirk Whitworth, Director of Communications and Analysis and former KGB General and operative Oleg Kalugin.
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Published on Sunday, 08 January 2012 12:15
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Written by Janet Walker
With the Iowa Caucuses over and all focus on New Hampshire, the first primary of this pivotal Presidential race, the party’s two front runners, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, moved their machines into full gear and into the Granite State.
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Published on Sunday, 15 January 2012 12:11
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Written by Janet Walker
The Granite State proved to be rock solid for GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney as he handily defeated all comers in last week’s New Hampshire primary.
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Published on Sunday, 22 January 2012 12:22
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Written by Janet Walker
Newt Gingrich, the former Speaker of the House, brought down the gavel on naysayers with his remarkable come from behind victory in Saturday’s South Carolina Presidential primary.
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Published on Sunday, 29 January 2012 12:47
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Written by Janet Walker
With Florida’s GOP primary days away, the two Republican challengers, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are fighting for Florida’s fifty delegate prize.
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Published on Sunday, 05 February 2012 12:59
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Written by Janet Walker
Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, roared back from his bitter South Carolina defeat, winning both Florida’s Primary and the Nevada Caucus proving he’s the GOP front man to beat.
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Published on Sunday, 12 February 2012 01:07
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Written by Janet Walker
Whitney Houston, the multi-Grammy Award winning superstar, has been found dead in her room at the exclusive Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel, in Beverly Hills, California.
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Published on Sunday, 12 February 2012 11:25
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Written by Janet Walker
Rick Santorum, the former junior senator from Pennsylvania, emerged from underdog status this week with a stunning sweep and resounding victory in Tuesday’s all important three state GOP Presidential Nomination battle.
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Published on Sunday, 19 February 2012 09:23
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Written by Janet Walker
Whitney Elizabeth Houston, mother, daughter, friend, pop superstar, was remembered yesterday by those who knew her best during her 'Home Going' tribute at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, NJ.
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Published on Sunday, 19 February 2012 13:16
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Written by Janet Walker
Rick Santorum, the former junior senator from Pennsylvania, has surged over the past week leading the once GOP front runner, former Massachusetts Governor, Mitt Romney by a little over 6.5%.
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Published on Sunday, 26 February 2012 11:44
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Written by Janet Walker
GOP Primary voters take to the polls this week in two pivotal primaries, after seventeen days of campaigning across Michigan and Arizona, the Republican Presidential Candidate front runners, Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney, are virtually, in a dead heat.
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Published on Sunday, 04 March 2012 10:25
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Written by Janet Walker
Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has once again regained the front runner position, over challenger Rick Santorum, with a week of win’s leading into Super Tuesday’s ten state contest.
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Published on Sunday, 11 March 2012 08:07
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Written by Janet Walker
Mitt Romney’s six state Super Tuesday win has resurrected his wavering campaign and propelled the GOP Presidential hopeful once again to the Republican Party’s front runner status.
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Published on Sunday, 18 March 2012 08:47
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Written by Janet Walker
GOP Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum, coming off a surprising Super Tuesday showing, stunned the Republican stalwart with twin victories in Tuesday’s Deep South primaries.
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Published on Sunday, 25 March 2012 09:05
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Written by Janet Walker
Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney maintained his front-runner status scoring solid wins over chief challenger Rick Santorum in the quest to secure the GOP nomination.
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Published on Sunday, 01 April 2012 10:23
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Written by Janet Walker
The Road to the White House is a costly one and as the process approaches mid-primary season, funding for the GOP Presidential primary campaigns are suffering from a shortfall of the single most important element needed: Money.
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Published on Sunday, 08 April 2012 09:56
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Written by Janet Walker
Mitt Romney, the Republican Presidential Nominee hopeful, widened his lead over chief challenger Rick Santorum and virtually secured the GOP nomination with his recent three state sweep.
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Published on Sunday, 15 April 2012 00:07
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Written by Janet Walker
Former GOP hopeful, Rick Santorum suspended his presidential bid earlier this week, after his daughter, Isabella, who is suffering from the rare genetic disorder Trisomy 18, was hospitalized for pneumonia.
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Published on Saturday, 21 April 2012 22:25
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Written by Janet Walker
Mitt Romney, heir apparent for the GOP Presidential nod, has officially assumed the reigns of a divided Republican party, assuring all he’s the man to dethrone Obama and replace the current ailing administration.
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Published on Saturday, 28 April 2012 22:08
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Written by Janet Walker
Mitt Romney, heir apparent to the Republican Presidential nod, sailed to easy victories in the latest round of primaries as he snuffed out his two remaining challengers in the final leg of his Presidential nomination quest.
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Published on Saturday, 05 May 2012 22:16
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Written by Janet Walker
Newt Gingrich, former GOP Presidential hopeful and Speaker of the House, made it official this week with the announcement he has suspended his bid for the Republican Presidential Nomination.
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Published on Saturday, 12 May 2012 21:58
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Written by Janet Walker
Mitt Romney, the presumed Republican Presidential nominee, scored big this week with the endorsement by his chief rival and once GOP Presidential hopeful, Rick Santorum.
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Published on Saturday, 19 May 2012 22:19
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Written by Janet Walker
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, the presumed Republican Presidential nominee, continued rolling through the last of the GOP primaries now that his chief challenger, Rick Santorum, has suspended his campaign.
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Published on Saturday, 26 May 2012 22:20
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Written by Janet Walker
Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican Presidential Candidate, traded political jabs with President Obama this week over economic leadership, debt and deficit, issues certain to be central in the upcoming Presidential election.
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Published on Saturday, 02 June 2012 22:10
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Written by Janet Walker
Willard Mitt Romney, former Governor of Massachusetts, had clinched the Republican nomination earning the right to represent the GOP in the November general election for President of the United States.
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Published on Saturday, 09 June 2012 22:47
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Written by Janet Walker
Mitt Romney, presumptive Republican Presidential nominee, swept the final multi state contests winning comprehensive victories, in all five as the 2012 GOP primary season winds down to one.
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Published on Saturday, 16 June 2012 23:00
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Written by Janet Walker
Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican Presidential Nominee, and President Obama took to the road this week setting the campaign trail tone as each delivered retaliatory economic speeches to the voters of Ohio.
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Published on Saturday, 23 June 2012 23:11
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Written by Janet Walker
Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican Presidential candidate spent the week holding trial runs with four possible VP candidates as each joined him on his six state “Every Town Counts” bus tour.
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Published on Sunday, 01 July 2012 00:20
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Written by Janet Walker
Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican Presidential candidate, has vowed swift action, if elected in November, to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act known as Obamacare.
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Published on Sunday, 08 July 2012 00:04
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Written by Janet Walker
President Obama’s momentum from the recent Supreme Court decision upholding, in its entirety, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act took a hard hit as the June Job numbers were released.
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Published on Sunday, 15 July 2012 00:00
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Written by Janet Walker
The Race gauntlet was officially thrown down as the NAACP, the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, set the tone as they booed Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential candidate, during his recent speech in Houston.
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Published on Saturday, 21 July 2012 22:53
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Written by Janet Walker
Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican Presidential candidate, is facing heat from his political opposition over his former financial affiliations and refusal to releases additional federal tax returns.
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Published on Saturday, 28 July 2012 22:58
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Written by Janet Walker
Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican Presidential candidate, took a beating this week in the media over repeated missteps during the first leg of his European Foreign Policy trip.
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Published on Saturday, 04 August 2012 22:37
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Written by Janet Walker
Presumptive Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney returned from Europe triumphant securing the endorsement of former Polish President and Nobel Prize winner Lech Walsea.
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Published on Saturday, 11 August 2012 22:38
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Written by Janet Walker
Presumptive Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, in his bid for President of the United States, has chosen Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan, Chairman of the House Budget Committee, as his Vice-Presidential running mate.
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Published on Saturday, 18 August 2012 23:39
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Written by Janet Walker
Presumptive Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his VP choice, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, hit the campaign trail separately this week hammering away at the Obama agenda.
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Published on Saturday, 25 August 2012 22:57
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Written by Janet Walker
Mitt Romney, the presumptive presidential candidate, spent the week readying the voters of America for his primetime acceptance speech as he stumped across the Midwest.
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Published on Tuesday, 28 August 2012 10:27
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Written by Janet Walker
The Republican National Convention officially began its full program today after Tropical Storm Isaac passed due west sparing Tampa Bay a full force hit.
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Published on Saturday, 01 September 2012 22:41
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Written by Janet Walker
Mitt Romney, the GOP Presidential candidate, took center stage at the Republican National Convention delivering his acceptance speech by presenting the man behind the message.
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Published on Sunday, 09 September 2012 00:22
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Written by Janet Walker
President Barack Obama addressing the American public during the Democratic National Convention accepted, to deafening applause, his second nomination for President of the United States.
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Published on Saturday, 15 September 2012 23:26
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Written by Janet Walker
President Obama and Republican Presidential Nominee Mitt Romney reacted strongly to the Libyan riots that left four Americans murdered, embassies across the Middle East burned and American Flags destroyed.
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Published on Saturday, 22 September 2012 23:09
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Written by Janet Walker
President Obama and Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney each faced a media showdown this week over hot button issues surrounding the upcoming November election.
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Published on Sunday, 30 September 2012 00:01
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Written by Janet Walker
President Barack Obama and Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney sparred heavily this week stumping in hard hit Ohio as the campaigns heated up in the pivotal swing state.
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Published on Saturday, 06 October 2012 23:28
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Written by Janet Walker
President Barack Obama and Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney sparred heavily during the first of three Presidential debates as each candidate presented his economic recovery plan and countered the oppositions misleading claims.
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