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Benghazi: Political cartoonists have their say

May 23, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Congress, Humor, International, Republicans, Romney 2 comments

Benghazi isn’t a scandal. It’s what the character named Detective Bobby Simone, of TV’s Law & Order, would have called “a situation.” [Simone once

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So-called scandals are too nuanced to be investigated by Republicans

May 20, 2013 Arthur Lieber Congress, Corporations, Democrats, Economy, Ethics, Financial reform, Government, Obama, Politics, Privacy/surveillance, Religion in Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans, Senate, Taxes, Voting/Elections One comment

How many times have we heard the phrase, “this is too important to be left to politics?” Yes, when we’re discussing foreign policy or

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It’s hard to criticize John McCain, but…

February 27, 2013 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Congress, Foreign Policy, International, Media, Politics, Republicans, Senate, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

The contrast could not have been more apparent. On Monday, February 18, 2013, MSNBC aired a program, Hubris, about how the Bush Administration used

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Benghazi and Newtown

December 14, 2012 Arthur Lieber Foreign Policy, Guns, Uncategorized, Violence Leave a comment

Go figure. Republicans have made a bogus issue out of the September 11, 2012 incident at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.  They sabotaged

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