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  • May 2008

    • Like Lincoln and JFK, Obama Is on a New Channel

      Atlantic Monthly  |  May 17, 08 4:12 PM CDT

      Like Lincoln and JFK, Obama Is on a New Channel

      (Newser) - Lincoln, FDR, JFK... Obama? So runs the line of US leaders who have ruled by harnessing new communication technologies. Obama's mastery of the Web echoes Lincoln's use of newspapers, FDR's use of radio and JFK's use of television. Obama vows to put the Oval Office online if he wins, but Marc Ambinder warns in the Atlantic that he may find the Internet "unruly and fickle." More »

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      Barack Obama  • Internet  • Obama 2008  • democracy  • John F. Kennedy  • presidency  • Abraham Lincoln  • communication  • Franklin D. Roosevelt  • online activism

  • March 2008

    • Ohio's 'Senator No' Metzenbaum Dead at 90

      Cleveland Plain Dealer  |  Mar 13, 08 3:20 AM CDT

      Ohio's 'Senator No' Metzenbaum Dead at 90

      (Newser) - Former Ohio senator Howard Metzenbaum has died at home at the age of 90, reports the Cleveland Plain Dealer . The Democrat, his views shaped by the Great Depression and FDR's policies, fought hard for the rights of workers during a political career that began in 1943. Colleagues nicknamed the self-made millionaire "Senator No" after he used his mastery of Senate rules to block special interest bills and save taxpayers billions. More »

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      Senate  • Democrat  • senator  • pork barrel spending  • filibuster  • Franklin D. Roosevelt

  • December 2007

    • Their Phony Yuks Run Amok

      Newsweek  |  Dec 12, 07 2:50 PM CST

      Their Phony Yuks Run Amok

      (Newser) - The presidential frontrunners have both taken to laughing loudly when facing hostile questions, and Newsweek ’s Jonathan Alter says they’re tittering up the wrong tree. Hillary Clinton laughs uncontrollably when her health care plan is compared to “socialized medicine” and Rudy Giuliani gets giggly when quizzed on his mistress. Of course, neither is really amused; when they’re laughing, it’s “really a glare.” More »

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      Hillary Clinton  • Rudy Giuliani  • Franklin D. Roosevelt  • laughter  • presidential frontrunners

    • 7 Celebs Who Married Cousins

      Mental Floss Magazine  |  Dec 11, 07 5:54 PM CST

      7 Celebs Who Married Cousins

      (Newser) - These seven celebrities looked no further than their own family tree for a bride, Mental Floss reports—they married their cousins: Johann Sebastian Bach: Had 7 of his 20 children with Maria. Edgar Allen Poe: Fell for Virginia when she was 7; they wed when she was 13. Jerry Lee Lewis: Myra was 13 when they married. More »

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      Rudy Giuliani  • marriage  • Charles Darwin  • Albert Einstein  • Franklin D. Roosevelt  • cousins  • Johann Sebastian Bach  • Jerry Lee Lewis

  • August 2007

    • Mortgage Mess Was 100% Avoidable

      American Prospect  |  Aug 29, 07 7:39 PM CDT

      Mortgage Mess Was 100% Avoidable

      (Newser) - Blame for the current economic disaster should be placed squarely on the shoulders of the US government, for deregulation that allowed speculators to cash in, writes the American Prospect’ s Robert Kuttner. Helping boost "ordinary people" into the "propertied class" has fallen out of favor in Washington, with the savings and loan crisis a precursor to the current mess. More »

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      US economy  • subprime mortgages  • Ronald Reagan  • mortgage lender  • US government  • Franklin D. Roosevelt

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