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GUEST COLUMN: The VP is just a heartbeat away
Contributing WriterEvery four years there’s a big to-do in the media about whom the Democratic or Republican candidate is going to choose for his running mate. Of course, the incumbent president usually goes with his incumbent vice president. Their choices are of...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Barack Obama, Lyndon B. Johnson, Hillary Clinton, Richard Nixon
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Back to the Future: As Centre gears up for 2012 debate, memories of 2000 prove valuable
dbrock@amnews.com“From historic Danville, Kentucky, good evening and welcome to this year's only vice presidential debate…” That simple introduction from CNN’s Bernard Shaw signaled the beginning of the 2000 vice presidential debate between Dick...Tags: Labor Legislation, Norman Rockwell, Lotteries, John Erwin, Human Interest
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Political rhetoric must be fixed on personal level
Journal columnistSpeaking of the president of the United States, the magazine article called him a “Filthy story-teller, despot liar, thief, braggart, buffoon, usurper, monster, ignoramus, scoundrel, perjurer, robber, swindler, tyrant, field-butcher, (and) land...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Corporate Crime, Gore Vidal, Abraham Lincoln, Washington (U.S. state)
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Curtain rises on new Danville restaurant: Off Broadway Cafe debuts in old Presbyterian Church
dbrock@amnews.comA Danville landmark vacant since last year is now home to a new restaurant being run by one of the city's newest elected officials. Off Broadway Cafe and Catering, which specializes in homestyle cooking, is now open in a downstairs dining room in the...Tags: Restaurants, Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking, Foods and Beverages, Elections
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Presidents Day Quiz: How well do you know the presidents?
The Winchester SunToday is Presidents Day, and being an American history enthusiast, I thought of the following presidential trivia questions. Let’s see how many you can get right. The answers are below. Questions: 1. Which president of the last 20 years is a...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, William Howard Taft, Al Gore, William McKinley, Executive Branch
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Guynup: Congressional Republicans attacking Clean Water Act
Republicans in Congress are aggressively attacking the Clean Water Act — a landmark 1970 law created the year after Ohio’s horrifically polluted Cuyahoga River spontaneously burst into flame. Ironically, these attacks — coupled with...Tags: Lakes and Ponds, Robert L. Gibbs, Barack Obama, Heads of State, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Is the Republican Party progressive?
The Winchester SunIf you listen to talk radio or watch the TV shows of pundits like Glenn Beck and Bill O’ Reilly, you know the most contemptible thing a person can be is not a Satanist or a suicide bomber, but a “progressive.” It is a word that has...Tags: Television Industry, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Celebrities and Health Issues, Tea Party Movement, Nazi Party
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Senate Armed Services panel approves defense bill
The Senate Armed Services Committee passed a $625 billion defense bill Friday that would raise the cost cap on the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford and free up nearly $2 billion to restore cuts from sequestration. Sen. Tim Kaine, a member of the...
Tags: Mark R. Warner, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Senate, Sex Crimes, Naval Weapons Station Yorktown
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Snooping, past and present
For us aging Vietnam War protesters, the secret domestic surveillance revealed by Edward Snowden, a young former CIA contractor, is like a bad flashback. In 1968, Lyndon Johnson demanded that something be done to curb the demonstrations that were...
Tags: The New York Times, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Dick Cheney, The Washington Post, Social Movements
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Don't be afraid of data mining
A free nation comes under a grave risk of attack. The people are sorely afraid. They naturally look to their government to protect them; it is perhaps the central reason government exists. The government takes steps, many of them secret, some of them...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Nuclear Policy, Boston Marathon, Nuclear Weapons
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Rep. John Dingell sets new record for congressional service
WASHINGTON – Rep. John Dingell of Michigan on Friday became the longest-serving member of Congress in history, surpassing the longevity record previously held by the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia. Dingell, a Democrat, has now served in...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Barack Obama, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, U.S. House of Representatives
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It's 110 degrees, but anti-Xi protesters gather in Rancho Mirage
RANCHO MIRAGE – Protesters gathered Friday afternoon near the Sunnylands estate, hours before President Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are expected to arrive for an informal summit. The Falun Gong spiritual movement, which has been banned...
Tags: Vietnam, Barack Obama, Xi Jinping, Plant Closings, Politics
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