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Friday Talking Points -- Chasing The Scooby Van
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Strange but true, the "Scooby van" is now part of our political lexicon. Hillary Clinton herself is
apparently to blame for this one, as this was the playful name she came up with for the van she used
to get from New York to Iowa this week. The media, as...
Free Authoritative Journalism Must Be Upheld In Iraq
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Many journalists lost their lives as they pursued their noble profession that often placed them in
harm's way every time their reporting caused some discomfort for a political or militant group.
What Andalusia Can Teach Us Today About Muslims and Non-Muslims Living Together
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Andalusia at its height shows us clearly that associating a group like ISIS with Islam and calling its
leader a "caliph" is a travesty. And there is no lesson greater for everyone than to recall that there
was a time, however brief, when people of different cultures and faiths lived together, worked
together and prospered together.
Conservative Solutions for Colleges Actually Call for More Government

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His plan for forcing colleges to publicize more information and regulate the cost of college fits well
with Obama's plans for greater scrutiny of universities. I wonder if Hanson and his conservative
friends know that.
Thank God for Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
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In a nation where millions of working families still can't earn enough to pay rent, pay the bills, and
put food on the table at the same time -- and where in fiscal year 2013 there were 4.9 million
households with no income but SNAP, including 1.3 million households with children -- relying on
the charity of PB and J Day is not a substitute for justice.
Sanjay Gupta Highlights National Consensus on Medical Marijuana With Weed 3 This Sunday
Clearly we are reaching national consensus on medical marijuana. This Sunday, you will see officials
from the highest levels of government, like Senators Corey Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Rand
Paul to President Barack Obama all confirm their support for medical marijuana.
The Follies of Fast Track
Many of our manufacturers are already facing unfair trade practices that are costing jobs. And so far
there http://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/ is nothing in the fast-track bill or TPP to give them any
hope that the scenario would change.
ERA? Not Merely Symbolic
As of 2012, over seventy percent of women are employed outside the home. These women are
supporting themselves and their families, and importantly for us all, keeping the American dream
alive for our nation.
Seizing the Moment to Reform a Criminal Justice System that Hurts Families and Communities

3. My husband was taken out of the courtroom that day and sent to a diagnostic facility, where we
would be unable to have any contact with him for the first six weeks of his incarceration. Not
knowing anything about prisons besides what I'd seen on television, I imagined the worst. I lay in
bed terrified at night, kept awake with worry, wondering if I would get a call telling me he'd been
hurt or possibly worse.
It's Official: Employee Wellness Is a "Scam"
No Affordable Care Act (ACA) provision enjoys more bipartisan support than the provision
encouraging employers to pay or fine employees based on their health and health behaviors, a
practice known as "workplace wellness."
Mother Fighting for Custody, Son Taken by Police After Classroom Comments About Marijuana's
Benefits
This story may seem ridiculous to some. The reality is this happens all the time in our country and it
is a lesser-known atrocity of the drug war. Due to mandatory reporting requirements, the staff at the
school may have been under a duty to involve Child Protective Services if Banda's son admitted
marijuana was in his home.
How Law Enforcement Should Treat Victims of Sexual Assault
I am not writing to critique law enforcement. I am writing to explain how it is to tell anyone the story
of your rape, assault, or abuse. This is how hard it is to describe what happened, because your brain
has barely let the facts into your head.
Will House Democrats #StandWithJan to Back the Iran Talks?
House Democrats will play a key role in whether the Obama administration can get a deal with Iran.
Congress Must Hear the Cries of Hunger From Abroad
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We can definitely increase the resources for food aid programs, which are about less than one tenth
of 1 percent of the federal budget. They can certainly be increased from this relatively tiny level of
spending. Food is peace. Congress must remember this as it crafts the new budget in the coming
months.
Elizabeth Warren's Comprehensive Wall Street Reform Agenda
Warren's series of proposed reforms would be a major and much search engine needed boost to an
economy still held down by the Wall Street abuses that brought on the collapse of the massive
housing bubble, the 2008 financial collapse, and the hardest hitting economic slowdown since the
Great Depression.
The Big Idea of the GOP Field for 2016

4. What is their Big Idea so far, the one that unifies them and that they ask the American people to
rally behind, as a reason to vote for one of them to be our next president?
Are Ted Cruz's Student Loan Views Pro-borrower?
Though not out-rightly against aiding student borrowers, his political priorities clearly lay
elsewhere--with shrinking big government, strengthening states' rights, and expanding the private
sector.
Ask an Atheist
Here are a few questions that religious believers often ask me and my responses to those questions.
The End of History: Why America No Longer Needs to Back Saudi Arabia to the Exclusion of All
Others
A fractured Middle East requires multilateral engagement, not blind loyalty based on circumstances
that no longer exist.
Would Clinton-Warren Be A Winning Ticket?
With the Democratic primary unlikely to be competitive, attention will soon turn to Hillary Clinton's
choice of a running mate.