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‘Across the Jordan, things will be different,” Moses warns his listeners. “Up to now, everyone has done as he pleased.” In Canaan, though, things will be properly regulated; sacrifices will be made only in “the place where God will choose to establish His name.” In Deuteronomy 12:9, Moses uses two words to describe that promised…
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Americans Are More Sympathetic To Israel Now Than in July
According to the latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted Aug. 9-13. The poll found that 52% of Americans now say they sympathize with Israel in its dispute with the Palestinians, a significant increase from July (44%). On the question of withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, the…
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Sen. Norm Coleman on Judge’s NSA Wiretap Ruling
After federal Judge Anna Diggs Taylor ruled yesterday that the National Security Administration’s warrantless wireptapping program is unconstitutional and violates a 1978 law that requires warrants for intelligence wiretaps involving people in the U.S., Republican Senator Norm Coleman of Minnesota hotfooted this statement on the ruling over to the Forward: “We know from the plot…
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Are There Any Israeli Leaders Not Being Investigated?
Maybe everyone’s being a bit hard on Israeli military chief of staff Dan Halutz about his alleged mid-war stock dump (the real shanda is how this guy’s portfolio was worth only $25,000). Halutz has got plenty of company in scandalville. For those keeping score: Israel’s justice minister, Haim Ramon, is about to be indicted for…
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Kinky Runs in Texas
Kinky Friedman: humorist, songwriter, gadfly … governor of Texas? At the very least, his campaign is full of colorful quips – “I just want Texas to be number one in something other than executions, toll roads and property taxes,” – and choice souvenirs, like the $29.95 Kinky Friedman talking action figure. So far, incumbent Republican…
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Michael Bloomberg’s War … On Tobacco
The mayor who brought the smoking ban to NYC is taking his fight against deadly tobacco global.
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The Latest Lieberman-Lamont Numbers
The latest Quinnipiac University poll, conducted August 10-14 has Lieberman with 53%, Lamont with 41% and Republican Alan Schlesinger with 4%. A Rasmussen Reports poll conducted after the August 8 Democratic primary has Lieberman with 46%, Lamont with 41% and Schlesinger with 6%.
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Santorum Getting Help from a Green
Democratic challenger Bob Casey now leads Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum 48% to 42% among likely November voters, according to a Quinnipiac Poll released yesterday. This is actually an improvement on the 18-point spread Quinnipiac found in June: Apparently, Santorum has been helped by the entrance of Green party candidate Carl Romanelli, who is currently polling…
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Feingold Boost Seen After Lamont Win
With an eye toward the 2008 presidential primaries, Democratic Party insiders are predicting that Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin could get a major boost from anti-war challenger Ned Lamont’s victory in Connecticut last week over Senator Joseph Lieberman. Feingold is the only likely Democratic presidential candidate to vote against the Senate’s 2002 resolution approving the…
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Is This the Equivalent of Running for Class President on a No-Homework Platform?
Speaking to a group at a cancer center on Monday, Maryland Rep. Ben Cardin – who is locked in a close Democratic primary race for Senate with former NAACP head Kweisi Mfume – reportedly told his audience, “We are going to lick cancer by 2015.”
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Can Lieberman Keep His Supporters?
According to this, one in five of those who voted for Lieberman in the primary do not support him running as an independent…
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