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Local authorities are keen to introduce new speed cameras to detect drivers going faster than 20mph in certain areas. Should these drivers be fined?
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007 The much ado about Barack Obama's decision not to wear an American flag lapel pin was, well, symbolic.
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007 So what good can be said of Blackwater, the private security contractor — critics say "rogue mercenary force" — that has been operating in Iraq? You know, the company involved in the Sept. 16 lethal shooting in Baghdad?
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007 The presidential candidates are offering prescriptions for everything from Iraq to health care, but listen closely. Their fixes are situational and incremental. Meanwhile, the underlying structural problems in American politics and government are systemic.
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Sir Menzies Campbell has resigned as Liberal Democrat leader with immediate effect. Was this the right decision?
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Via First Read, the Giuliani campaign has responded to excerpts from Fred Thompson's speech tonight to the Conservative Party of New York: [Giuliani] is the only candidate who does more than just talk about the importance of Republican principles --...
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In advance of Fred Thompson's appearance at the Conservative Party of New York tonight, the campaign released some excerpts of his speech: Some think the way to beat the Democrats in November is to be more like them. I could...
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Big political news from across the pond: the Guardian is reporting that Sir Menzies Campbell, is resigning his post as leader of the Lib Dems. The 66 year-old Campbell has been at the helm of Britain's third largest party since...
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Lincoln Chafee may be out of politics, but he's still making political news. Last month it was reported that Chafee had bolted the Republican party. This weekend on a local talk show in Rhode Island, Chafee ruled out endorsing any...
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Few examples of international trade wars are more evident than the constant battle between Boeing and Airbus, which fight for supremacy at airports around the world. The struggle has see-sawed back and forth in recent decades, as Airbus reigned only...
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Jon takes it much easier on Howie Kurtz than he did on Chris Matthews:...
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A devastating post for the editors of TNR by Scott Johnson....
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India's shameful collaboration with the military junta in Myanmar raises a serious question: Is India betraying its democratic values for the sake of its great-power ambitions?
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The oil contracts between Kurdish regional leaders and foreign companies are a dangerous attempt to establish facts on the ground.
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Never has so much national unity been used to build so little.
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Congress can change the farm bill to meet global rules while serving America's public interests of a secure food supply and rural economic development.
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It is time that the Chinese leadership comes to understand that the Dalai Lama is part of the solution to the issue of Tibet, not the problem.
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A stain on America
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Who's apologizing now? Actually, pretty much everybody.
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The health secretary has said that obesity in the UK is a "potential crisis on the scale of climate change". Can the tide be reversed?
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As an addendum to Tom's post, the Romney campaign put up this video on its YouTube page showing John McCain endorsing Romney for governor in 2002 (and employing some very strong adjectives in the process): I guess this is supposed...
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Mike Allen has the goods on the "unspoken alliance" between John McCain and Rudy Giuliani to try and "torpedo" Mitt Romney's campaign. Romney has been proudly portraying himself to audiences in Iowa and New Hamsphire as being from "the Republican...
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The Clinton camp just sent around a memo highlighting women's support for Hillary, which the campaign will display all week: On Monday, Hillary kicks off the week with an appearance on The View and speaks at the Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy...
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On Thursday, Barack Obama announced that his campaign was moving into a new phase. And, as the first part of that "new phase," he apparently took to heart the advice of much of the press corps and went after Hillary...
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Molly Ball of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Senator Harry Reid's favorable rating in Nevada has "plunged dramatically," according to a new poll. Currently, Reid's favorable rating is at 32%, while his unfavorable rating is at 51%, a net...
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