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| Jennifer Rubin: Reconsidering Rand Paul Nov 20th 2012, 14:35 Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) gave this thoughtful interview to Jonathan Karl of ABC News: To say that Rand Paul is a controversial figure is a gross understatement, but critics who confuse the father, Ron, with the son and who write the son off as a fringe figure are missing something. Read full article >>   |  | O'Reilly rips the Washington Post Nov 20th 2012, 14:25 Fox News mega-talent Bill O'Reilly is rip-roaring mad at my colleagues down the hall at The Washington Post editorial board. In an unsigned piece last week that made its way around the Internet, these editorialists blasted O'Reilly for saying on election night that U.S. demographics are "changing" and that we no longer live in a "traditional America anymore." The piece charged ahead this way: "In case anyone might be confused about the meaning of 'traditional,' he elaborated: 'The white establishment is now the minority.' In other words, the problem was too many voters of color." Read full article >>   | | Jennifer Rubin: Morning Bits Nov 20th 2012, 12:45 Unsurprising. "Fifty-seven percent of Americans said Israel's current military campaign in Gaza is justified, while a quarter said it isn't, according to a new CNN/ORC International poll released Monday. Seventy-four percent of Republicans said the action is justified, compared with 59 percent of independents and 41 percent of Democrats." Greater support for Israel among Republicans than Democrats has been going on for some time. Read full article >>   | | Time to end the war on drugs Nov 20th 2012, 12:29 With his final election behind him, and the final attack ads safely off the air, President Obama now returns to his regularly scheduled programming — governing. Yet, the chatter about his second term agenda, from deficit reduction to immigration reform, ignores one critical issue: ending our nation's inhumane, irrational — and ineffective — war on drugs. Read full article >>   | | The sign says WALK Nov 20th 2012, 12:15 Here's the other thing. I won't tell you what the first thing is, because it could be many different things, but here's the other thing. Cities are back. And when I say cities, I don't just mean big cities. I mean middle-sized and little cities, and big towns and small towns and even villages too. The idea of a concentrated, walkable population center is what I mean. And who, twenty years ago, would have guessed. The farther, the sprawlier, the more car-dependent, the better, was how it was. A trend without end, until it ended. I mentioned villages. Even the smallish one I grew up in, whose little downtown had nearly bled to death during recent decades, has made something of a comeback. And why? Because, people, after all of that, decided they LIKE the urban experience, writ large or small. Read full article >>   | |
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