Obama SOTU Speech LIVE: Updates On the 2013 State Of the Union
Lydia Austin in Politics 3 months ago
Today is the day when Americans gorge themselves on paczki and watch their leader tell them how great their country is. Sardonic live-blogging with occaisonally insightful policy thoughts.
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Sam Brownback Wants to Eliminate the Kansas Income Tax: Is This Idea Too Radical?
Lydia Austin in Business 4 months ago
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback is intent on implementing conservative policies at the expense of many citizens across the state.
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Who Won the Debate: Romney Falters, Obama Takes Advantage
Lydia Austin in Politics 7 months ago
It's the second meeting of these two presidential candidates -- who are both tacking toward the center to pick up independent votes.
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Presidential Debate 2012: In Obama vs Romney Debate, Romney Wins
Lydia Austin in Politics 8 months ago
An opinionated progressive's take on what the candidates are saying (and what they're not).
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Obama vs Romney: A Millennial Take on the Romney 47 Percent Gaffe
Lydia Austin in Politics 8 months ago
Romney's comments are a BFD ... and expose his true feelings about America
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Greek Election Results Will Impact the U.S. Presidential Election
Lydia Austin in World 11 months ago
Greece's upcoming parliamentary elections reflect a more turbulent economic situation — and will impact U.S. elections in November.
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Greek Election Results Show No Easy Answer For Euro Zone Crisis
Lydia Austin in World 1 year ago
The future of Greece’s involvement in the euro zone remains uncertain. Anyway you shake it, it's going to be bad.
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French Election 2012 Results: Marine Le Pen Shocks With 20% of the Vote
Lydia Austin in World 1 year ago
Exit Polls: Socialist frontrunner François Hollande wins 28.4% of votes, center-right incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy wins 25.5%, and right-wing candidate Marine Le Pen wins 20%.
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Why the French Presidential Elections Are Irrelevant
Lydia Austin in World 1 year ago
Parlez-vous français? Nevermind, “austerity” sounds better in German, anyways.
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George Zimmerman Trial Does Not End the Trayvon Martin Case
Lydia Austin in Politics 1 year ago
What if this death had gone unnoticed by the rest of the country, like so many others? If Martin’s death were not so straightforward (and so easy to cast blame), would we still care?
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