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Richard Reeves - LOS ANGELES -- It was the worst of years. It was the best of years. For Americans, both beaten down and hopeful at the same time, this should be, has to be, a time for renewal. New problems, new challenges, a new president, a new generation.
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Georgie Anne Geyer - WASHINGTON -- Since the Blagojevich scandal in Illinois has taken rather too much time and space during these last weeks of 2008, and since even loyal homegrown Chicagoans such as I have found time to have some fun over our good state's bad political reputation, perhaps it is appropriate before the [...]

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The Christian Science Monitor - The last time the federal government tried to play a large role in stimulating the development of renewable-energy projects, it failed miserably.
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The Christian Science Monitor - President Bush spoke last week at the Army War College about the reshaping of our national security strategy to prevent new attacks and keep our country safe. Indeed, the threats we face today are different from the conventional enemies of the cold-war era. Many of them are not neatly confined [...]

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The Christian Science Monitor - More than 2,000 years old, the Christmas story still rings with relevance. The world is clearly in need of peace and goodwill. And in a year in which the mighty have fallen – from the mighty US housing market to those who stoked it to excess – the humble circumstances [...]

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The Nation - The Nation -- Inside the mind of America's Pastor:
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