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O'Connor questions court's decision to take Bush v. Gore
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor hasn't given much thought to which was the most important case she helped decide during her 25 years on the bench. But she has no doubt which was the most controversial. It was Bush v. Gore, which...
Tags: Elections, George W. Bush, Lobbying, Politics, U.S. Supreme Court
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Presidential alumni an elite (and small) club
At the dedication Thursday of the George W. Bush Presidential Center, President Barack Obama appeared with all four living ex-presidents — George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter. That raised a question: What is the record...Tags: Millard Fillmore, Ulysses S. Grant, Barack Obama, Government, Lyndon B. Johnson
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Bush library should be nonpartisan
— In 2007, I had the privilege of becoming the first director of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum. My job was to move Nixon's presidential materials from the Washington, D.C., area, where they had been kept as federal property...
Tags: Government, Lyndon B. Johnson, Iraq, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Richard Nixon
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Back Story: Presidents say the darnedest things
Paul Dickson, a Garrett Park resident, loves the origins of words and is a compiler of word books and dictionaries. So imagine my delight and pleasure when my friend, Mary Garson, who is also fascinated with etymology, gave me a copy of Dickson's...
Tags: Elections, U.S. Senate, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln
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Our Laguna: Rohrabacher makes the rounds
"Getting to Know You" has been U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher's theme song since new areas were added last year to the 48th District that he represents. Last weekend, he lunched with the Laguna Beach Rotary Club on Friday at Aliso Creek Inn and brunched...Tags: Elections, Barack Obama, U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Illegal Immigrants, John Campbell
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Thoughts from Dr. Joe: The decay of freedom
During my recent trip to Prague, I reunited with Jeff Weller, a former student. Jeff was in my class 35 years ago. He’s an expatriate who owns a hotel near the Legion Bridge. His sons, Emil and Damek, study political philosophy at Charles...Tags: Education, Religion and Belief, Minority Groups, Human Rights, Students
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Thirty years later, nation remains at educational risk
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. students are falling behind their international rivals. Young people aren't adept at new technology. America's economy will suffer if schools don't step up their game. "A Nation at Risk," the report issued 30 years ago by...
Tags: Xavier University of Louisiana, Barack Obama, Michelle Rhee, Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities
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The ex-presidents club
As former President George W. Bush, joined by President Obama and three living former presidents, dedicates his library this week in Dallas, it's important to remember that presidential libraries are relatively new. In 1941, while he was still in office,...Tags: Jimmy Carter, Tuberculosis, Barack Obama, Government, Malaria
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What 'the Iron Lady' forged
In 1975, when asked to explain why Margaret Thatcher was poised to take over the Tory Party, the irascible British satirist Malcolm Muggeridge replied that it was all due to television -- and the fact that the telegenic Thatcher had a "certain imbecile...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Elections, Gerald Ford, Sociology, Richard Nixon
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With new presidential library, George W. Bush back in public eye
WASHINGTON — President Obama, the four living ex-presidents and thousands of others head to Dallas on Thursday for the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum. The challenge facing library officials will be to keep the...
Tags: Barack Obama, Lyndon B. Johnson, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Television Industry, Southern Methodist University
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Obama's mission impossible
Earlier this month, President Obama visited San Francisco and was joined by Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi for a fundraising event. In the course of the evening, Obama told the donors that he expected that after the 2014 election, Pelosi...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Elections, Barack Obama, Higgs Boson Search, Mitt Romney
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'Hell's Kitchen' recap: No, raw pork is not on the menu
Do you like this "To Be Continued" stuff on "Hell's Kitchen"? Episodes kick off with a bang -- and an elimination -- under this new formatting kick, and it seems to work, bracketing each episode with drama. But what do you think? Do you like waiting a...Tags: Mike Tyson, Gordon Ramsay
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