Peter Vernezze
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Another Supreme Court Coup?A idebate has broken out about whether the Supreme Court would be doing anything unprecedented in throwing out the President's health care law. Since the Court not long ago invalidated one election, there is nothing unprecedented in invalidating a second.
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Democrats and Republicans Finally Agree on One Thing: Gingrich Must GoIn these partisan times, Democrats and Republicans finally seem united on one thing: a fear of a Newt Gingrich presidency.
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Full Disclosure of Romney's Faith and Finances Is a MustThere has been an increasing outcry for Mitt Romney to provide full disclosure of his finances and release his tax returns. He will soon have to do the same with his religion.
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Real Winner of BCS -- President ObamaThree of the potential Republican candidates for the presidencey got the date of the BCS championship wrong in Saturday night's debate. Does it matter? You bet.
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Obama and Payroll Tax Cut -- Compromise or Capitulation?In his position on the payroll tax cut, the President seems once again to have essentially given the Republicans all they have asked for. Is this what compromise is supposed to look like?Also published on:
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Extended Primary Good for GOP? Don’t Bet on ItThere are a lot of Republicans who think that a drawn-out primary will benefit their party in this election cycle the way a similar process aided Democrats in 2008. Don’t bet ten thousand dollars on it.
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Logic Missing from Plan B DebateArguments were flying fast and furious in the wake of HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’s decision on Plan B. Unfortunately, they were all bad arguments.
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Democrats Have Nothing to Fear from Gingrich CandidacyNewt Gingrich's recent surge in the polls has some Democrats concerned at the possilbe strength of the former Speaker's candidcay. These Democrates can relax. There is nothing to worry about in a Newt candicacy.
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Super Committee Set to Repeat History, AgainDemocrats are engaged in yet another budget negotiation with Republicans, Does anyone not know how this is going to end? (hint: badly for the Democrats).
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The Surreal Candidacy of Herman CainThe recent accusations of sexual harassment against Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain have evoked a variety of response both from his defenders and from the candidate themselves. They can all be summed up in one word: surreal
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Tea Party R.I.P.The rise of Mitt Romney as the ineivitable Republican presidential nominee and the prominence of Occupy Wall Street signal the demise of the Tea Party.
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Balanced Budget Amendment: Stupid is as Stupid DoesIn light of the recently concluded agreement over raising the debt ceiling, the drumbeat for a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution has grown louder than ever before, This is a bad idea based on a bad line of reasoning.
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The Real Tragedy of Anthony WeinerMany are calling on disgraced representative Anthony Weiner to resign because he has lied to his spouse, deceived the media or sent suggestive pictures to others. These are precisely the wrong reasons to give for Anthony Weiner to do the right thing.
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A Former Peace Corps Volunteer Reacts to the Recent ScandalBoth a recent episode of ABC's 20/20 and a Congressional hearing highlighted numerous instances of the Peace Corps mishandling sexual assaults of its volunteers. In this essay, a former volunteer reacts to the scandal.
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For National Poetry Month: Chinese Poet Li BaiIn honor of National Poetry Month, an introduction to the Chinese poet Li Bai's (701-762) classic "Sitting Alone on Jingting Mountain." -
Visiting Paris for the First TimeA personal narrative of the author's first visit to the City of Lights along with some suggestions on how to spend your time if it is your initial journey there.