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A Look Back at Hillary's Year in Pantsuits

Clinton's every word, inflection and facial expression will be dissected. The world will also be looking at what she's wearing. Specifically, what color pantsuit will the New York senator pull out of her closet for this crucial speech?

Please, Please Let It Be Biden

I want to go back to this Joe Biden sound bite 'cause I think this is interesting.

Democrats Look to Lobbyist to Finance Convention

Mr. Farber's vast contact list could prove crucial in raising the millions of dollars needed by the Denver host committee to showcase Senator Barack Obama and the Democratic Party in August in Denver. But Mr.

Energy Guzzled by Al Gore's Home in Past Year Could Power 232 U.S. Homes for a Month

In the year since Al Gore took steps to make his home more energy-efficient, the former Vice President's home energy use surged more than 10%, according to the Tennessee Center for Policy Research.

Why are Believers and Atheists Still Bickering? Let's Declare a Truce in the Culture War.

What we have, then, in this great culture war between the believers and the secularists are two different kinds of faith. The believers in a Supreme Being have their faith (a belief in a Supreme Being) and the secularists have theirs (a belief that science has the answers).

Moamer Kadhafi "Africa and the Arab World are Ready to Back and Finance Barack Obama"

"Africa and the Arab world are ready to back and finance Barack Obama as long as he helps the oppressed populations", said the Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, calling however on the US democratic presidential candidate to not always defend Israel at all costs,

American Aid Is Seized in Zimbabwe

"This government will stop at nothing, even starving the most defenseless people in the country — young children — to realize their political ambitions," said the ambassador, James D. McGee, in an interview.

Senate Votes To Privatize Its Failing Restaurants

Year after year, decade upon decade, the U.S. Senate's network of restaurants has lost staggering amounts of money -- more than $18 million since 1993, according to one report, and an estimated $2 million this year alone, according to another.

NBC Nightly News Spikes News About Fewest Troop Deaths of War

NBC anchor Brian Williams on Monday led with worries that "because it's been underfunded for decades, mass transit may not be ready for all the Americans leaving their cars behind," and ran his short update, on the Medal of Honor going to Army Private First Class Ross McGinni …

Dems' Recession Obsession a Mistaken Impression

The country isn't in a recession as it is commonly, if somewhat arguably, defined: two consecutive quarters in which the economy has stropped growing. In the first quarter of 2008, the economy did grow, but only just; it inched upward by an anemic .9 percent.

The End of the Fake Consensus on Global Warming

But Lawrence Solomon has done just that in a short book with a long subtitle: The Deniers: The world-renowned scientists who stood up against global warming hysteria, political persecution, and fraud (and those who are too fearful to do so).

Czech President Ready to Debate Gore on Climate Change

Czech President Vaclav Klaus said Tuesday he is ready to debate Al Gore about global warming, as he presented the English version of his latest book that argues environmentalism poses a threat to basic human freedoms.

Michigan House Democrats Obstruction on Partial Birth Abortion Ban Threatens to Shut Down Chamber!

Right to Life, for their part, looks to be finished playing games. Lansing insider publication MIRS is reporting that they've begun seriously considering shutting down the House of Representatives. It would work like this...

Iraq War Vets Run for Congress in Greater Numbers

Twice as many veterans of the Iraq war are running for Congress than in 2006, and this year Republican candidates outnumber Democrats.

Iran 'paid Iraq insurgents to kill UK soldiers'

The allegations are contained in a confidential "field report" written by a British officer who served in Basra during one of the most dangerous periods of the conflict.

It's Not a Campaign, It's a Mission

Mr. Paul was supposed to be a memory by now. But in the Oregon primary last week, he won 15 percent of the vote, and the campaign appears to be growing into something beyond a conventional protest campaign.

Go Green by Eating Squirrels, and Flush Granny Down the Drain

Here we go again. Some of the more radical environmentalists are suggesting a new movement aimed at cleaning up the Earth.

Is MSNBC a Political Liability to NBC?

Monday's letter from the White House aide Ed Gillespie to the NBC News president Steve Capus was a high-profile complaint about NBC News and MSNBC — ­ but it was far from the first.

Report Finds Economy Not in a Recession

The U.S. economy is weak but does not appear to be in a recession, according to a key forecasting gauge that rose for the second straight month in April, the Conference Board reported on Monday.

Old-Growth Forests Can Actually Contribute to Global Warming

Over its lifetime, a tree shifts from being a vacuum cleaner for atmospheric carbon to an emitter. A tree absorbs roughly 1,500 pounds of CO2 in its first 55 years. After that, its growth slows, and it takes in less carbon.

32,000 Deniers, The Number of Scientists Outraged by the Kyoto Protocol's Corruption of Science

Question: How many scientists does it take to establish that a consensus does not exist on global warming? The quest to establish that the science is not settled on climate change began before most people had even heard of global warming.

Iraqi Forces Detain Mare Than 1,000 Al Qaeda In Mosul/Northern Iraq Battle

Iraqi forces have detained more than 1,000 suspects in an offensive aimed at crushing al Qaeda in northern Iraq, the military commander of the operation said on Saturday.

Obama Flier "I Won't Be Fulfilling God's Will Unless I Go Out and Do the Lord's Work."

Obama's Kentucky flier shows Obama at the pulpit with a giant cross in the background. Its text reads "Faith. Hope. Change."

You Won't Fool the Children of the rEVOLution, Why Ron Paul Rises and Chuck Hagel Faded

It is impossible to imagine his new book, The Revolution: A Manifesto, selling in droves, or even being published at all, if Paul had not run his quixotic presidential race. We have proof.

Botswana and Zimbabwe: A Tale of Two Countries

"We used to look at Botswana as our poor cousin, but now we do all of our shopping there," said David Coltart, an opposition member of the Zimbabwean parliament, when I met him a few months ago. The Coltarts are doing relatively well.

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