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Who Is Susan Rice?

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH I have known Susan Rice for decades. We worked together in the ’80s. I followed her career in the ’90s. She served her country with intelligence and integrity during the Clinton Administration and for the past four years as our country’s representative to the United Nations. So why are Republicans making [very […]

Elder Lobby Should Back Off On Medicare

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BY FROMA HARROP AARP’s shot over the bow on the fiscal cliff talks is most unpleasant. Perhaps you’ve seen the ad on TV. As seniors go about their day, a stern female voice says of Medicare and Social Security, “We earned them.” She goes on, “If Washington tries to cram decisions about the future of […]

In Baseless Persecution Of Rice, Republican Reputations Will Sink

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BY JOE CONASON With the Republican right persisting in baseless persecution of Susan Rice, the U.N. Ambassador who may replace departing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, it has left President Obama little choice but to move ahead with her nomination. If he backs away from Rice, in the face of what he has called false […]

Let’s Accentuate The Positive

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BY VERN TURNER The best-selling author, Steven Johnson, recently wrote a piece that offered an alternative to the “gloom and doom” of current punditry. He...

A Death In The Family – And The Question Is: Whodunit?

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER Born in 1930 in Schiller Park, IL, the deceased was 82 years old at the time of passing, which ironically was the day before Thanksgiving. Having long enjoyed the sweet life, the end was a bit bitter, for the dearly departed’s estate had been mercilessly plundered in recent years by unscrupulous money […]