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The Moderate Voice: Tax agency scandal thrusts Tea Party back into spotlight
Tax agency scandal thrusts Tea Party back into spotlight (via AFP)
Left adrift in the wake of President Barack Obama’s November election victory, the anti-tax Tea Party is predicting renewed popularity and relevance — thanks to the scandal ...
Dateline: 2013-05-19 5:30pm -07:00T (59 words)
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The Moderate Voice: Those Online Dictionaries
Since English is an acquired language for me, I am a very frequent user of English dictionaries — and foreign language dictionaries, too, but more on that later. Thus it is no surprise that an article, “The Role of a Dictionary,†by David Skinn...
Dateline: 2013-05-19 11:15am -07:00T (917 words)
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The Moderate Voice: Researchers make embryonic stem cells from skin
Researchers make embryonic stem cells from skin (via AFP)
US researchers have reported a breakthrough in stem cell research, describing how they have turned human skin cells into embryonic stem cells for the first time. The method described Wednesday b...
Dateline: 2013-05-19 9:00am -07:00T (56 words)
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The Moderate Voice: GOP overplays its hand
GOP overplays its hand
by Dana Milbank
Washington Post Writer’s Group
WASHINGTON — At the end of a truly dismal week in his presidency, President Obama remains lucky in one crucial category: his opposition.
It has been only a matter of days...
Dateline: 2013-05-19 9:00am -07:00T (839 words)
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The Moderate Voice: Quotes of the Day: Scandals and Wrong Reporting Not Impacting Obama Poll
Our political Quote of the Day comes from Booman, of the must-read blog Booman Tribune, who notes that despite all of the controversy last week President Barack Obama hasn’t seen a drop in a big drop in his polling numbers — and in fact in on...
Dateline: 2013-05-19 9:00am -07:00T (1153 words)
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The Moderate Voice: Second-Term Brood (Cartoon)
Nate Beeler, The Columbus Dispatch
See great cartoons by all the top political cartoonists at http://cagle.com. To license this cartoon for your own site, visit http://politicalcartoons.com...
Dateline: 2013-05-19 7:45am -07:00T (26 words)
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The Moderate Voice: Standing Tall for Landowner Rights
by Walter Brasch
Julia Trigg Crawford of Direct, Texas, is the manager of a 650-acre farm that her grandfather first bought in 1948. The farm produces mostly corn, wheat, and soy. On its north border is the Red River; to the west is the Bois d’Arc Creek...
Dateline: 2013-05-19 5:30am -07:00T (1889 words)
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The Moderate Voice: Shields and Brooks on Government Scandals, Remembering Watergate
Shields and Brooks on Government Scandals, Remembering Watergate (via PBS News Hour)
JUDY WOODRUFF: And to the analysis of Shields and Brooks. That is syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks. So, gentlemen, it’...
Dateline: 2013-05-18 4:15pm -07:00T (64 words)
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The Moderate Voice: Gov. Christie defends his role in publicly funded TV ads
Gov. Christie defends his role in publicly funded TV ads (via NJ.com)
BURLINGTON — Gov. Chris Christie today defended his starring role in publicly funded tourism ads that Democrats say gives him an unfair advantage in the race for governor. “I’m...
Dateline: 2013-05-18 4:15pm -07:00T (69 words)
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The Moderate Voice: Ed Muskie:The Best Man Who Never Became Vice-President
The 1968 ticket-Humphrey and Muskie (photo by the L.A. Times)
Historic Tidbit: Shortly before ending his 1972 Presidential bid, Ed Muskie told a story of “this fellow who got his car stuck in the mud. When asked by a farmer if he was really stuck, ...
Dateline: 2013-05-18 3:00pm -07:00T (1390 words)
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The Moderate Voice: Why DOMA Must Go
I have to ask those who oppose things like marriage equality why they think these two loving people should be kept apart ?...
Dateline: 2013-05-18 3:00pm -07:00T (23 words)
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The Moderate Voice: Muskie:The Best Man Who Never Became VP
Historic Tidbit: Shortly before ending his 1972 Presidential bid, Ed Muskie told a story of “this fellow who got his car stuck in the mud. When asked by a farmer if he was really stuck, the man replied, “you could say I was stuck if I was goin...
Dateline: 2013-05-18 2:00pm -07:00T (1354 words)
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The Moderate Voice: Progressive Portugal
Portugal has had a long and complicated political history. In the last century, it was ruled by a brutal right-wing dictatorship from 1926 to 1974. The non-violent Carnation Revolution (or “25 April”) of 1974 put an end to that tyranny, and th...
Dateline: 2013-05-18 10:15am -07:00T (324 words)
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The Moderate Voice: Shrinking glaciers behind a third of sea-level rise: study
Shrinking glaciers behind a third of sea-level rise: study (via AFP)
Water from the world’s shrinking glaciers was responsible for almost a third of the rise in sea levels between 2003 and 2009, new research showed Thursday. A study published in ...
Dateline: 2013-05-18 10:15am -07:00T (59 words)
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The Moderate Voice: Getting it Wrong (Guest Voice)
Getting it Wrong
by Peter Funt
Scott Pelley of CBS News raised eyebrows and passions among journalists at a Quinnipiac University luncheon the other day when he said, “Our house is on fire.” He was talking about challenges to the news busines...
Dateline: 2013-05-18 10:15am -07:00T (648 words)
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