A sage for the Occupy Wall Street movement?

November 9, 2011

Could a 94-year-old former French resistance fighter from World War II become the sage of the Occupy Wall Street movement in America? Maybe. Reaching across generations, Stéphane Hessel has written a pamphlet-sized manifesto on rebellion that is inspiring youthful uprisings not only in the United States but across Europe. ?Indignez-vous!?, first published in France a [...]

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DNC Hits Romney on Auto Bailouts Ahead of Michigan Debate

November 9, 2011

Ahead of Wednesday night's Republican presidential debate outside of Detroit, the Democratic National Committee took out a newspaper ad attacking Mitt Romney for arguing in November 2008 that auto manufacturers should not be bailed out. The full-page ad, running in the Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News, recalls Romney's New York Times op-ed piece [...]

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Can Cain Keep Flouting the Cardinal Rules of Politics?

November 9, 2011

Herman Cain, beleaguered by charges of sexual harassment, was all over Washington last week — an odd choice of venue, considering that the Iowa precinct caucuses are now just 58 days away and the New Hampshire primary 65. But as I learned when I sat next to Cain Friday morning during a long-scheduled taping of [...]

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Obama’s Remarks on Employment for Veterans

November 9, 2011

12:04 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, everybody. Please be seated. This week, we commemorate Veterans Day. We honor the service and the sacrifice of all who have worn the uniform of the United States of America with honor and distinction. And above all, we commit ourselves to serving them as well as [...]

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Ships, ahoy

November 9, 2011

Slow Friday around the newsroom at the Fortress of Employment last week, so The Observer decided to take an afternoon stroll down to the Arkansas riverfront and check out the Nina and the Pinta, exact replicas of two of the three ships that brought that Patron Saint of all Men Who Refuse to Stop and [...]

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November 9, 2011

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The Vanishing Little Star of Bethlehem: Christianity Under Attack in the Middle-East

November 9, 2011

Why are the same leaders who so passionately protect Muslim rights in America doing nothing for Christians who are dying in record numbers? Why has the church been virtually silent about the suffering of our brethren?”   News coming out of the Middle-East in the last few months has focused on two principal areas: [...] [...]

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Thailand Flooding: Will Yingluck Survive?

November 9, 2011

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Romney Details Spending Cuts in D.C. Speech

November 9, 2011

Mitt Romney vowed Friday to make the federal government "simpler, smaller and smarter" if he is elected president next year. In a speech to the Americans for Prosperity Foundation at the Washington, D.C., Convention Center, Romney promised to cap spending at 20 percent of GDP. Decrying the deficit increase on President Obama's watch, the former [...]

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White House: China open to discussing currency policy

November 8, 2011

CANNES, France ? Obama administration officials said Thursday that China has been open to discussions of currency policy to aid global growth by rebalancing demands for its exports and creating more domestic demand for imported goods. Many U.S. lawmakers and presidential candidates have expressed concern about what they view as China?s efforts to manipulate the [...]

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