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
President Obama salutes fallen at Fort Hood
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What better way to start off Veterans Day than with President Obama's
eloquent speech at yesterday's memorial service for those killed at Fort
Hood last ...
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 ...
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...