Month: December 2012
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A Bishop, a Rabbi and an Imam Appear on “Morning Joe,” Advocating Peace
Yesterday Bishop Beckwith and his interfaith colleagues, Rabbi Matthew Gewirtz and Imam Deen Shareef, were guests on "Morning Joe."
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Time’s “Person of the Year” Essay Provides Insights on Obama’s Victory
It’s no surprise, of course, that Barack Obama was named Time‘s Person of the Year. In presidential election years, the winner of the election has been named POY in 12 out of 22 times, including 9 of the last 13 and 4 of the last 4. (That’s original research; I counted them up myself. You’re […]
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Newtown and Chengping: Stark Contrast in the Gun Control Debate
Six school attacks in China left fewer dead than in Newtown. The weapons in the Chinese incidents: knife, knife, meat cleaver, knife, axe, box cutter.
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Lesson from the Mislabeled “Fiscal Cliff”: Please Spare Us Any Future Countdowns
"The laws will change on that day, it’s true, but the impact will be spread out over many, many months."
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Fiscal Cliff Notes: It’s Hard to See Any Winning Scenario for the GOP
To go along with the tax increase, the President actually is proposing a spending increase in the short run.