No common groundwork
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A reader makes a second point on the apparent failure of the "common ground"
approach to, ultimately, create any: Despite the president's
Power Returns After Blackout Darkens Half of Brazil
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Bloomberg reports on the outage: "Power was restored in Brazil after an
outage at a dam providing 20 percent of the country’s energy thrust about
half of t...
Infrastructure
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It isn't sexy, repairs and unseen upgrades rarely are, but water systems all
over the country need work. Fed says weak recovery and no jobs soon. I'm
sure ...
Cheers and Jeers: Wednesday
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From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE...
*A Modest Proposal*
Y'know, we gay people can be so annoying. I really wish we would just butt
out of you straight peop...
Abu Dhabi Parking Madness
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I’ve never been to Abu Dhabi, but I know that they’re in the midst of
building out their brand new and successful metro system. But Gregg
Carlstrom points ...
The Morning Plum
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* Obama’s national security team divided over the way forward in Afghanistan
as they prepare to meet today. * GOP Senators gear up to blast Obama if he
app...
Prime Minister Criticized for Sloppy Note
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"It was a simple letter from the most powerful man in Britain. In an age of
big political staffs, computers and spell-check, it was written and signed
in t...
Call Joe Lieberman's Bluff; Have a Real Inquiry
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Following the horrific shootings at the Fort Hood army base in Texas, Connecticut
Senator Lieberman pulled a thread from the right-wing blogosphere and ca...