Face to Face with JFK at His Peak
Fifty years ago this week, John F. Kennedy gave the “best speech of his life,” which led to a nuclear test ban treaty. The next...
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The Public is Smarter Than Its Politicians
In the velocity of 24/7 news, the Eric Snowden story has been aborted in the media’s womb, a viable fetus of scandal for only days....
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Security vs. Privacy: The Real Debate Begins
After all that indignation over “government spying,” there are signs that a true public airing of the tradeoffs is coming. For a...
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Hit-and-Run Whistle Blower is No Hero
When no one trusts anyone, paranoia sells and produces “heroes” like 29-year-old Edward Snowden, who is being hailed by the...
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Swallowing McCain and Graham for Breakfast
Most Americans go to church or pancake houses or sleep in, but a few million political junkies gobble Sunday morning talk shows, a...
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Jon Stewart Goes to Summer Camp
Memories are stirred up by Jon Stewart’s summer departure from the Daily Show to, of all places, the Middle East to direct a...
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Liberty or Death or Something in Between
When it comes to privacy vs. security, are the only choices Glenn Greenwald and Lindsey Graham, two egomaniacal lawyers with no sense...
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Oops! Gallup Tells How They Blew Obama Win
Seven months after Election Day, the Gallup folks have figured out how they missed Obama’s big win—-sort of. They have charts to...
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Issa’s Shady Past Deserves More Than a Tweet
If he persists in channeling Joe McCarthy, Darrell Issa deserves a new Edward R. Murrow to bring him down. When 60 Minutes gets tired...
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A Celebrity Priest Who Fought for Victims
Andrew M. Greeley has died at the age of 85, described by the New York Times as “Priest, Author, Scholar, Scold,” writer of 120...
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