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To cover or not to cover truth: The legacy of Geoffrey Dawson

Memo To: Jonathan Klein President, CNN Subject: Coverage of Iran Congratulations on the approach of your fifth anniversary at the helm of CNN/US. What a great moment during which to exercise leadership with one of the world’s most important media platforms. Read More

Huckabee shows Republicans what to do

In an interview with Newsmax.com, President Bill Clinton offered good advice to Republicans. He said they need to shake off the “party of no” image and get positive. Clinton raised the Republican’s 1994 “Contract with America” as an example of the kind of thing that needs to be done. Read More

GOP should have held its fire in Van Jones affair

Boy, did Republicans and conservatives blow it in the Van Jones affair. A brief recap might be in order. Until early September, Jones held the job of special adviser for green jobs, enterprise and innovation in President Barack Obama’s administration. Jones also served on the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Read More

Obama can't avoid hard choices on Afghanistan

The war in Afghanistan may be a situation with no good outcomes. This means Barack Obama faces the kind of decision every president dreads: choosing the lesser evil. Public opinion is mostly divided into two camps -- one that holds that we must do whatever necessary and another that insists that victory as Obama has defined it -- the creation of a stable, Western-style nation -- is impossible. Read More

Mitt Romney's Marathon Run

A bridesmaid in 2008, he's laying the groundwork for a successful bid by raising money for GOP candidates, courting party activists, writing a book and getting plenty of face time on TV   Read More

Prosecutors must not intimidate legislators

In early August, the Justice Department closed its investigation into former Rep. Tom Feeney, R-Fla. This development wasn't just newsworthy because Feeney lost re-election -- partly due to the cloud of investigation. It also came just weeks after a Washington, D.C., appellate court held that Feeney's statements to the House Ethics Committee were protected by the "Speech or Debate" privilege. Read More

Profitability in every industry is not critical to our democracy

Today, as you read this column in your favorite newspaper, I hope that you can appreciate the irony of where I am choosing to voice my opposition to President Obama’s expressed “happiness” to look at proposals to provide federal funding to help “rescue” the struggling print segment of the Fourth Estate. Read More

Second take on parks plan

AP
There’s at least one good thing about our governor being a former film star: He apparently reads his reviews. And the news clippings for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s plan to close 100 state parks as a way of saving California money were decidedly hostile. So guess who’s calling in a rewrite? Read More

Point and counterpoint on the individual health insurance mandate

Irresponsible insured drive up costs Not all uninsured Americans are the same. At one end of the spectrum are those who, despite holding a full-time job, cannot afford coverage to protect their families from illness and bankruptcy. These Americans will benefit from subsidies that will finally make health insurance affordable for all. Read More

Obama administration is leading undemocratic force in Americas

What’s the Obama administration thinking? A close ally of Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez sits barricaded in the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, having been lawfully convicted of attempting a slow-motion coup in the country. Paid bands of his rent-a-thugs are terrorizing and looting the city. And the Obama administration is effectively cheering them on. Read More
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