Boy, that was fast!  The transformation of Barack Obama that is.  The candidate of change who claimed he was going to practice a different kind of politics, a more open, transparent kind of politics, is starting to behave a lot like a certain Republican Vice-President whose name we shall not mention.
According to a New York [...]

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What does the United States do in the event Osama bin Laden is captured alive? Barack Obama seemed to have an answer to that question: a Nuremberg style trial similar to what was conducted to bring Nazi war criminals to justice.
Obama, reports Reuters, says the U.S. should bring bin Laden to justice but avoid turning [...]

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This is where all those years of the Bush presidency may pay off big time for the oil industry.
Bush is set to announce Wednesday that Congress needs to pass legislation that would lift the ban on off-shore oil drilling in place since 1981.
Of course, the off-shore drilling debate is less about what Bush wants than [...]

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For much of the primary season, a key question among Democrats–hell, among just about everyone–was which candidate would the ever popular Al Gore throw his support behind?
As it came down to the wire between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, the former vice-president’s voice could have made the difference one way or another.
Among some, the thought [...]

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In recent weeks, we’ve seen U.S. airlines react to rising fuel costs by slapping on more and more fees to the ever increasing price of a ticket.
$25 to check a second bag. $15 to check the first bag. Extra money to get a better seat in coach. Even a proposal by one major airline to [...]

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A little bit of self-promotion can’t hurt. Right?  With that in mind, this:
Howard Rosenberg, who won a Pulitzer for his media criticism while at the Los Angeles Times and who continues to appear in its pages, and I have co-authored a new book “No Time To Think” which will be published this October by Continuum [...]

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