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North Korea Has No Intention of Giving Up Nukes
In the days right after North Korea signed an agreement that would supposedly require its nuclear disarmament, the North Korean leader,...

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A World Without America
Two weeks ago I mentioned that Brit Tim Montgomerie was spearheading an advertising campaign around the theme of "A World Without America"...

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Gardasil Update
Merck puts on the brakes: Bowing to pressure from parents, physicians and consumer advocates, drug manufacturer Merck and Co. said Tuesday...

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Poor Sandy Berger
You have to read all the way to the end of this Washington Post article on the Justice Department's willful neglect in handling the...

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Quote of the Day
"The appropriate debate isn't on whether climate is changing, but rather should be on what we should be doing about it." - Kenneth Cohen,...

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More Gardasil Politics
As a follow up to my lengthy post on Gardasil the other day, this morning USA Today editorializes that it's "premature" for states to...

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Quote(s) of the Day
A special doubleheader edition courtesy of Mary Ann Sieghart in the Times of London. Sieghart looks at the possibility of Hillary Clinton...

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Headline of the Day
From Andrea Peyser's column on astronaut Lisa Nowak in the New York Post: "She's Like Amy Fisher, But Out of This World."...

Don’t Forget
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Quote of the Day
"The two of them are criminals. They should be tried and thrown in prison for the rest of their days" - Hugo Chavez at a news conference...

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The Big Event
Wingbowl 15 is here! Will Bunch is not happy....