Bipartisanship is working
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Since Obama's re-election, we've seen bipartisan action to partially repeal the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, temporarily suspend the debt limit, enact a Violence Against Women Act expansion, approve a judicial nominee widely seen as a Supreme Court … Read more on The Week Magazine
Washington: a tale of two cities
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Once, Barry's biography seemed to parallel the city's, from the champion of civil rights triumphantly elected as mayor in 1978, to the tawdry downward spiral that culminated in his arrest in 1990, in an FBI sting, for taking crack cocaine. Long gone … Read more on Financial Times
The politics of change
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Barack Obama was extraordinarily articulate, offering in his rhetoric, biography, and mixed-race heritage, the politics of change writ large. He proved to be a canny … Many of them witnessed the ravages of crack cocaine on family members. The country … Read more on The Freeport News
