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Obama's Election May Put an End to Sept. 11-related Animosity and Bring Healing

Ray Hanania | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hope, Animosity, Backlash, Terrorism, 9/11, Healing, Middle Easterners, Barack Obama, Election Reaction, Muslims, Arabs, Hate Mongering, 2001, Bias, Bigotry, Obama Middle East, President Obama, Obama International Reaction, Sept. 11, 2008 Presidential Election, Obama Presidency, Obama Middle East Policy, Obama International Experience, Obama Reaction Abroad, President Elect Obama, Politics News
Ray Hanania

Obama's election as president has changed America and can also make it a far better nation, one that truly embraces the ideals that motivated our founding fathers.

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Obama Takes the Reins

Lynne Glasner | Posted 11.05.2008 | Home

Read More: Obama Victory, 911, 9/11, Bush Era, Obama Election, Obama Wins Election, 2008 Presidential Election, U.S. Election, Bush Administration, Election Reaction, Barack Obama, Historic Election, Gerald Ford, Election 2008, President-Elect Obama, Campaign 2008, Home News
Lynne Glasner

Obama's victory ends the nightmare of the last eight years of the Bush Era, during which time the rule of law has taken a back seat to self-interest and aggrandizement of power.

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Why We All Ought To Read The Book President-Elect Obama Has Been Reading

David Quigg | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Barack Obama Presidential Transition, Iraq War, Politics News, Steve Coll, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Books, 9/11, Obama Administration, Ghost Wars, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Foreign Policy, Politics News
David Quigg

The second-best news I heard during these last few historic days didn't make tears stream like the moment Obama soared above 270, didn't cause me to g...

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Defying Gravity

Jon Klane | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: 9/11, Election Reaction, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Grant Park, John McCain, President Obama, Obama Wins, Obama Election Day, HuffPost Election Analysis, Election Day 2008, Election Day, Joe Biden, Election Results, Sarah Palin, Election, Presidential Results, HuffPost Election Reaction, Obama Presidency, Obama President, Election Analysis, Presidential Election, Politics News
Jon Klane

I'm experiencing something unbelievable, transformational, surreal. It occurs to me that the last time I had this feeling was on the morning of 9/11. Only this time, the towers are going back up.

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What Hangs in the Balance

Chez Pazienza | Posted 11.03.2008 | Media

Read More: Barack Obama, John McCain, Media Bias, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Journalism 9/11, Media Coverage of 9/11, 9/11, Journalistic Objectivity, 2008 Presidential Election, Media News
Chez Pazienza

Many in the media just can't force some misguided brand of phony objectivity this time around -- not with so much at stake.

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Expanding War, Contracting Meaning: The Next President and the Global War on Terror

Andrew Bacevich | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al-Qaeda, John McCain, Cia, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Pakistan, George W. Bush, 9/11, Barack Obama, Iraq War, Politics, Politics News, Bush Administration, Military, Middle East, Condoleezza Rice, 2008 Presidential Race, War Wire, Politics News
Andrew Bacevich

A week ago, I asked a four-star U.S. military officer: What exactly is the strategy that guides the Bush administration's conduct of this war? His dismaying, if not exactly surprising, answer: there is none.

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Sympathy for "W", Not For Voters

Mike Papantonio | Posted 10.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, W, Oliver Stone, War, 9/11, Donald Rumsfeld, Iraq, Terrorist, Terrorism, Movie, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Mike Papantonio

Stone's movie is kind to "W" in that it makes a case that George spent most of his life swimming in water too deep for his swimming skills. The tragedy is that voters never recognized that.

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If National Security Matters, Don't Vote GOP

Donna and Ed Bassett | Posted 10.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Aviation, John McCain 2008, Bush Administration, Edward Markey, National Security, Homeland Security, Election 2008, Aviation Security, Security, Joseph Crowley, Voting, National Security Barack Obama, September 11, 9/11, Hollywood, McCain Palin, Bush Administration National Security, National Security GOP, Obama Biden 08, National Security John Mccain, Home News
Donna and Ed Bassett

We haven't been hit domestically again by terrorists because of the work of dedicated men and women, domestic and foreign, who have kept us safe -- in spite of the Bush Administration, not because of it.

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The Ugly America

Mike Farrell | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Ugly American, John McCain, Terrorism, Sarah Palin, 9/11, Country First, Election 2008, Power, American Idol, Politics News
Mike Farrell

John McCain, who claims to put "Country First," should re-read The Ugly American. Sarah Palin can watch the movie.

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Senate Democrats Subpoena Mukasey Over Detainees

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Senate, Attorney General, 9/11, Michael Mukasey, Democrats, Subpoena, Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Terrorist Attacks, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats on Tuesday subpoenaed Attorney General Michael Mukasey for testimony and documents about the Justice Department's ...

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Don't They Get Tired of Being Wrong?

Diane Drake | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Left, Wmd, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Economy, Halliburton, 9/11, Right, Liberal, Iraq, Conservative, Un, Global Warming, Politics News
Diane Drake

Our "leaders" shamelessly wrap themselves in the flag and pick the nation's collective pockets clean.

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It's The Bad News Bores: Celebratory Nature of News

Richard Laermer | Posted 10.20.2008 | Media

Read More: First-Movers, News Junkies, Bad News, Laermer.com, Trendspotting, 9/11, Laermer, Media News
Richard Laermer

Welcome to news observation as a sport. It's based on how often and how fast we can celebrate (typically bad) news with each other, and we all want to win as often as possible.

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Homeland Insecurity: How Washington Politicians Have Made America Less Safe

Terry Turchie and Kathleen Puckett | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Politics, Cia, National Security, Richard Nixon, John Edwards, 9/11, Fbi, Beltway, Politics News
Terry Turchie and Kathleen Puckett

The FBI -- which protects civil rights at the same time it ensures national security -- is being systematically taken apart by politicians whose power and position are threatened by FBI investigations.

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Portkeys to 9/11

Robert D. Stolorow | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: 9/11, John McCain, Harry Potter, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Portkeys, Sarah Palin, George W. Bush, Politics News
Robert D. Stolorow

Bush, McCain, and Palin have used portkeys to the collective trauma of 9/11 in an attempt to keep us terrified and under the spell of their resurrective ideologies.

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Why Health Care Never Wins Elections

Peter A. Ubel | Posted 10.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Health Insurance, Barack Obama, Health, Obama Health Care Policy, School Shooting, Health Care Policy, Campaign Issues, Election Day, 2008 Presidential Race, 9/11, Gun Control, Health Care Proposal, Politics News
Peter A. Ubel

Despite this country's dire situation, health care doesn't win elections, because health care problems never feel as immediate as other threats.

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At The End Of A Terrifying Week, John McCain Steps Back From The Abyss

Tony Sachs | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: 9/11, John McCain, Stock Market Crash, Iceland, 2008 Election, Stock Market, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Terrorist Attacks, Politics News
Tony Sachs

The past week has been like the scariest elements of 1929 crossed with the scariest elements of 1968. And it made me wonder if Sarah Palin wasn't just whistling Dixie about "the end of days."

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Trauma and Change in America

Robert D. Stolorow | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Howard Gluss, John McCain, Portkeys, George W. Bush, Sarah Palin, 9/11, Republican Convention, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News
Robert D. Stolorow

In this radio interview I discuss my ideas about emotional trauma (RD Stolorow, Trauma and Human Existence, Routledge, 2007) and extend them to the collective trauma of 9/11.

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When Lipstick Is Neither Red Nor Blue, But American

DivineCaroline.com | The White House Project | Posted 10.10.2008 | Living

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The year 2008 will go down in the history books as a rollercoaster of an election season, one that has highlighted at times both the strong spirit of ...

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America's Shadow Government: Part Two

John W. Whitehead | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Suspension of the Constitution, Ronald Reagan, National Security Presidential DIrective 51, Mount Weather, George W. Bush, 9/11, Donald Rumsfeld, Shadow Government, Cog, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Security Presidential Directive 20, The Cold War, Dick Cheney, Wwii, Authoritarian Government, Peter DeFazio, Martial Law, Constitution, President Bush, September 11th, Office of the Presidency at Mount Weather, Continuity of Government Plan, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

This database reportedly contains the names of Americans who, "often for the slightest and most trivial reason, are considered unfriendly, and who, in a time of panic, might be incarcerated."

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Resurrective Ideology In An Age Of Trauma

Robert D. Stolorow | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mourning, 9/11, Post-Traumatic Stress, George W. Bush, Politics News
Robert D. Stolorow

In the wake of 9/11, Americans became much more susceptible to resurrective ideologies that promised to restore the grandiose illusions that have been lost.

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America's Shadow Government: Part One

John W. Whitehead | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: 9/11, Shadow Government, Martial Law, Constitution, President Bush, Suspension of the Constitution, Ronald Reagan, National Security Presidential DIrective 51, Mount Weather, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Dwight D. Eisenhower, COG, Security Presidential Directive 20, The Cold War, Dick Cheney, Wwii, Authoritarian Government, Peter DeFazio, September 11th, Office of the Presidency at Mount Weather, Continuity of Government Plan, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

We are, for all intents and purposes, one terrorist attack away from having a full-fledged authoritarian state emerge from the shadows.

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Jed Lewison

McCain Falsely Linked Iraq To 9/11 Before Dick Cheney

HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 10.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Muhammad Atta, Video, John McCain, Prague, 9/11, Dick Cheney, Politics News

Of the many false arguments deployed by the Bush Administration to justify war with Iraq, perhaps the most blatant was the completely untrue idea that...

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Banana Peels

Jan Herman | Posted 10.01.2008 | Media

Read More: Photography, 9/11, Newspapers, Banana Republic, Headlines, Las Vegas, Terrorism, Media News
Jan Herman

The excuse for running the photo was an FAA warning that the city's building boom could complicate Southern Nevada flight traffic 10 years from now. Uh-huh...

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Jed Lewison

Unearthed Video: McCain Pushed Bush Iraq War Agenda Two Months After 9/11

HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 09.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: 9/11, George Bush, Iraq War, John McCain, Video, Politics News

Recently unearthed video shows that just two months after 9/11, John McCain was not only fully aware of the Bush Administration's Iraq War Agenda, but...

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