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New lawmakers vow to renounce partisanship

Party leaders are likely to find congressional freshmen more independent than usual. On the Republican side, Jason Chaffetz of Utah – one of only four Republicans to defeat a House Democrat in this campaign cycle – wants to...

GOP's fruitless 'blamestorm'

Broun's cheap shot, from which he later kinda sorta backpedaled, symbolizes the brainless attack-dog politics that have left leading Republicans befuddled and pointing fingers at each other as they try to recover from big...

Adrienne Langlois '10: What we can learn from James Bond

He may not order his martinis the way he used to, but 007 still serves up the kind of action that keeps audiences coming back for more. "Quantum of Solace," the twenty-second installment in the film series based on British...

Our author Peter Rost is being pushed as possible candidate for FDA Commissioner?!

Pharma Marketing News is doing a poll of its readers on who should be Obama's FDA Commissioner. Whistleblower (and Soft Skull author) Peter Rost was suggested. And oddly enough, he's leading! (Feel free to vote yourself...)...

Burying The Hatchet

Reflecting upon the words Stanley Kowalski so eloquently proclaimed as he made clear his intentions to Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams Streetcar Named Desire: "Why don't we bury the hatchet and make it a loving cup?" So...

Nigeria: May Dream Never Become Nightmare!

So Obama is US President-Elect. And so, there is much hope he will be so different from outgoing President Bush. But what many people outside America may find hard to comprehend is 'the way America works'.

Last chance for Colombia trade pact

OUR OPINION: Obama, Democrats should support deal with close ally Now that leaders of the European Union have expressed interest in moving ahead with free trade talks with Colombia, lawmakers in Congress should rethink their...

Congress meets for one last fight and to look ahead

A proposed bailout of imperiled American automakers is coming under even more criticism as the departing Congress returns on Monday for a final partisan fight over the issue, while incoming lawmakers assemble for internal power...

Obama vows to exit Iraq and rebuild US 'moral stature'

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES Nov 17 2008 15:10 United States president-elect Barack Obama vowed to pull troops out of Iraq, crush al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and shut down the Guantánamo Bay camp as part of a dramatic foreign policy...

Ruben Navarrette, Jr.: Don't expect quick immigation reform

Originally From New America Media Sunday, November 16, 2008 : SAN DIEGO -- In July, speaking before the National Council of La Raza, Barack Obama promised to make comprehensive immigration reform "a top priority in my first...