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By Cormac McCarthy
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By Stanley Kutler — For selfish, political reasons, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has inserted himself into the American presidential election. American Jews won’t fall for it.
Posted on Sep 18, 2012
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 AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais
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By Stanley Kutler — We fashionably compress our commemorations of 9/11 events into a neat triangle to include the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. But in accepting this, we terribly distort our history.
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 AP / Charles Dharapak
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By Stanley Kutler — Obvious, off-the-wall politicians like Michele Bachmann were at one time deservedly dismissed as fringe candidates. But ironically, the liberal media has propelled such politicians from well-deserved mediocrity to suddenly being “serious” candidates.
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 White House / Pete Souza
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By Stanley Kutler — When Barack Obama began his quest for the presidency more than three years ago, admirers and many opponents alike conceded he was smart, tough and articulate. Well, we are left with one out of three.
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 AP / Andy Manis
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By Stanley Kutler — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, less than two weeks into his term, pushed through $117 million in tax breaks for business allies of the GOP. There is your crisis.
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 Flickr / Fibonacci Blue (CC-BY)
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By Stanley Kutler — While our media wizards report a groundswell of anger against the president, tea party candidates and financiers appear to be as bothered by the policies of Franklin Roosevelt as those of Barack Obama.
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 Flickr / Giorgio Montersino (CC-BY-SA)
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By Stanley Kutler — Once he tasted the realities of political life, Thomas Jefferson had harsh words for the free press. What would he have made of the irresponsible, shoddy, pernicious zeal that passes for news today?
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 AP / U.S. Air Force
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By Stanley Kutler — Today, it is common wisdom that President Truman had only two simple, stark choices: to use the bomb or invade and suffer a “million” casualties. There was, however, an alternative.
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 AP / Susan Walsh
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By Stanley Kutler — Although we did not discover much about Elena Kagan, confirmation hearings should remind us of what has been remarkable in our constitutional and judicial history.
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 White House / Pete Souza
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By Stanley Kutler — Imagine Eliot Spitzer without the baggage. Throw in an impeccable résumé and a knack for busting Wall Street and you’ve got the man Obama should nominate to the Supreme Court.
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 White House / Lawrence Jackson
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By Stanley Kutler — Divided government need not mean gridlock. Eisenhower, Nixon and Reagan made it work. Obama can, too.
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 White House / Pete Souza
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By Stanley Kutler — We have a “regulation czar,” but no new regulations. It seems we can expect little from those with a track record of enabling bad policies.
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 White House / Pete Souza
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By Stanley Kutler — The opposition’s decision to stall and oppose President Barack Obama’s judicial nominations smacks of hypocrisy, and further draws into question the majority’s ability to govern.
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 AP / J. Scott Applewhite
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By Stanley Kutler — It is somewhat late in the day to lament the politicization of the judiciary, a condition that has always existed, but extravagant campaign contributions have now perilously altered the landscape.
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