Opinion and News Blog » Opinion and News http://www.ajman-kempinski.info Opinion and News Blog Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:49:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Can Common Ground Prevail? (HuffingtonPost.com) http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/can-common-ground-prevail-huffingtonpostcom/ http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/can-common-ground-prevail-huffingtonpostcom/#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:49:18 +0000 admin http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/can-common-ground-prevail-huffingtonpostcom/ HuffingtonPost.com - When it comes to the abortion conflict in the US a fascinating new consensus is emerging: the need for common ground.

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]]> http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/can-common-ground-prevail-huffingtonpostcom/feed/ 0 Eartha Kitt: An Anti-War Patriot (The Nation) http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/eartha-kitt-an-anti-war-patriot-the-nation/ http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/eartha-kitt-an-anti-war-patriot-the-nation/#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:42:57 +0000 admin http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/eartha-kitt-an-anti-war-patriot-the-nation/ The Nation - The Nation -- Forty years ago, America's cultural icons expressed the frustratation of the American people with the failure of then-President Lyndon Johnson to end this country's undeclared war in Vietnam by boldly demanding peace.

Original post by The Nation and software by Elliott Back

]]> http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/eartha-kitt-an-anti-war-patriot-the-nation/feed/ 0 Letters to the Editor (The Christian Science Monitor) http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/letters-to-the-editor-the-christian-science-monitor/ http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/letters-to-the-editor-the-christian-science-monitor/#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/letters-to-the-editor-the-christian-science-monitor/ The Christian Science Monitor - Help the hungry and jobless by donating unwanted fruitIn regard to the Dec. 22 article, "As hunger rises in US, so do creative ways to help": Three times a year, I fill my station wagon with grapefruit from my huge, 50-year old grapefruit tree and take them down to the Sacramento Food Bank to share with others. They're the biggest and most beautiful grapefruits in California!

Original post by The Christian Science Monitor and software by Elliott Back

]]> http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/letters-to-the-editor-the-christian-science-monitor/feed/ 0 Save the economy: bail out our kids (The Christian Science Monitor) http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/save-the-economy-bail-out-our-kids-the-christian-science-monitor/ http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/save-the-economy-bail-out-our-kids-the-christian-science-monitor/#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/save-the-economy-bail-out-our-kids-the-christian-science-monitor/ The Christian Science Monitor - With the global economy in turmoil, there is tremendous uncertainty and urgency as the new administration prepares to settle into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. We know that national priorities are being reshuffled and that it will cost trillions of dollars to address the home-mortgage crisis, proposed bailouts of the banking, insurance, and automobile industries, two foreign wars, and climate change.

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]]> http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/save-the-economy-bail-out-our-kids-the-christian-science-monitor/feed/ 0 Defending Rick Warren (Mona Charen) http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/defending-rick-warren-mona-charen/ http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/defending-rick-warren-mona-charen/#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/defending-rick-warren-mona-charen/ Mona Charen - Barack Obama's decision to have Pastor Rick Warren deliver the invocation at his inauguration next month has provoked anguish among some of his formerly ardent supporters.

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]]> http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/defending-rick-warren-mona-charen/feed/ 0 Taking Care of Family (Linda Chavez) http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/taking-care-of-family-linda-chavez/ http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/taking-care-of-family-linda-chavez/#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/taking-care-of-family-linda-chavez/ Linda Chavez - For the past dozen years, my family has been constantly growing until we now number 15. But this year's addition isn't a new daughter-in-law or grandchild. At 87, my mother has finally come to live with me. It wasn't an easy move for her. And the timing, at the beginning of November, meant integrating her into daily life during the holidays, when most families experience additional stress as well as the joys of the season.

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]]> http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/taking-care-of-family-linda-chavez/feed/ 0 George Bush, Protectionist (Pat Buchanan) http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/george-bush-protectionist-pat-buchanan/ http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/george-bush-protectionist-pat-buchanan/#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/george-bush-protectionist-pat-buchanan/ Pat Buchanan - "I've abandoned free-market principles to save the free-market system," President Bush told CNN, defending his offer of $17 billion in loans to the Big Three "to make sure the economy doesn't collapse."

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]]> http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/george-bush-protectionist-pat-buchanan/feed/ 0 HOLLYWOOD’S BEST AND WORST (Brent Bozell III) http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/hollywoods-best-and-worst-brent-bozell-iii/ http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/hollywoods-best-and-worst-brent-bozell-iii/#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/hollywoods-best-and-worst-brent-bozell-iii/ Brent Bozell III - December can be such a refreshing month for television, especially the warmhearted Christmas specials that make the holiday about giving, not mall-emptying materialism.

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]]> http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/obama-the-weasel-ted-rall/feed/ 0 What Nixon Admitted (and Cheney Won’t) (Joe Conason) http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/what-nixon-admitted-and-cheney-wont-joe-conason/ http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/what-nixon-admitted-and-cheney-wont-joe-conason/#comments Thu, 25 Dec 2008 08:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.ajman-kempinski.info/what-nixon-admitted-and-cheney-wont-joe-conason/ Joe Conason - To understand the philosophy of government that Dick Cheney brought to Washington over the past seven years, it is most instructive to see "Frost/Nixon," with Frank Langella's remarkable reanimation of Tricky Dick for a generation that never knew him.

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