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• Soviet commander: U.S. faces similar fate in Afghanistan

  
  Survival News Network — Authority: 143
  A former commander of Soviet forces in Afghanistan has warned history is being repeated in the war-ravaged country as the United States and its allies become increasingly mired in an “unwinnable war.”Gen. Victor Yermakov commanded the Soviet Union’s 40th army in Afghanistan from May 1982 to November 1983, one of ...
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• Soviet commander: U.S. faces similar fate in Afghanistan

  
  The Gates of Hell — Authority: 135
  A former commander of Soviet forces in Afghanistan has warned history is being repeated in the war-ravaged country as the United States and its allies become increasingly mired in an “unwinnable war.” Gen. Victor Yermakov commanded the Soviet Union’s 40th army in Afghanistan from May 1982 to November 1983, one ...
  3 days ago

• California Civic Health Index

  
  The Thicket at State Legislatures — Authority: 462
  by Jan Goehring Californians have cut back on civic engagement in the last year and are suffering a "civic recession" according to the California Civic Health Index 2009 report released by the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC). Nearly three in...
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• Good Times Roll for Black Panthers, 9/11 Terrorists, & ACORN

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 505
  By John W. Lillpop Attorney General Eric Holder is to justice what Nancy Pelosi is to fiscal responsibility: Less is good; none at all is “progressive” paradise! Holder’s latest outrage involves ACORN, the street bullies and tramps that used “Chicago tactics” to elect Barack Obama, including voter ...
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• Learn Civics Online

  
  The Thicket at State Legislatures — Authority: 462
  by Jan Goehring The Internet offers a wealth of sites for learning about civics and government. Through daily quizzes, interactive games and other tools, you can explore all sorts of great information. Here are just a few examples. Do you...
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• Civic Health Index for New Hampshire and Illinois

  
  The Thicket at State Legislatures — Authority: 462
  by Jan Goehring The National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC) just released reports about the civic health of New Hampshire and Illinois. New Hampshire civic health is strong, but Illinois citizens seem to be withdrawing from civic engagement. Findings from the...
  2 weeks ago

• A Complementarity of Powers

  
  The Thicket at State Legislatures — Authority: 462
  by Karl Kurtz At a workshop for Algerian parliamentarians last week, our faculty team was emphasizing the separation of powers in the American system of government. An attorney for the Algerian Council of Nations (Senate) spoke up and said, "In...
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• Is the Obama Doctrine as simple as this?

  
  Independent Indian: Work & Life of Dr Subroto Roy — Authority: 125
  From Facebook: I wonder if the Obama Doctrine for US Foreign Policy is going to be as simple as this: the United States has no permanent intrinsic (ideological) enemies or competitors — not in the Muslim world, not Communist Party China, not Russia, not in Latin America; the United States has no specific ...
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• Window-Peeper As Witness To History: An Interview With James Ellroy

  
  [CinemaRatty] Latest Articles — Authority: 170
  “Scripture-pure veracity and scandal-rag content. That conjunction gives it its sizzle.” That’s how the narrator of James Ellroy’s stunning new novel Blood’s a Rover describes the 600 pages that follow — but that description would apply equally well to any of James Ellroy’s books, which include 13 ...
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• Would you Let the KKK into your Town Hall Meeting?

  
  The Thicket at State Legislatures — Authority: 462
  by Karl Kurtz Lee Hamilton has another excellent Commentary on Congress, "Whatever their Tone, We Need Town Hall Meetings." It begins: Years ago, when I was still in Congress, I pulled up one day to address a public meeting in...
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• Bipartisan Beltway Committee Seeks to “Modernize” U.S. Election System

  
  The Thicket at State Legislatures — Authority: 462
  by Tom Intorcio Voter registration can sometimes be a highly charged and partisan issue, so it is worth noting that advisers from recent Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns have recently aligned themselves to propose a new system. Trevor Potter, former...
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• Union Violates Free Speech, the Right to vote and Smashes Common American Democracy

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 505
  There’s not much that union supporters and I can agree upon. But here is one incident where I can wholeheartedly support the aggrieved members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) who have found themselves victims of their own union. The SEIU wanted to renegotiate a contract with officials of Sonoma ...
  4 weeks ago

• Allahu Akbar, Praise the Lord, Hear O Israel Posted by Ira Sharkansky

  
  The Jerusalem Post BlogCentral — Authority: 140
  Allahu Akbar, Praise the Lord and Hear O Israel can elicit the best of sentiments, but also something else. A YouTube segment from CNN shows radical Muslims, native born Americans, including one who converted from Judaism, praising Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, calling for Osama bin Laden to continue his holy war, ...
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• Civic Education and 21st Century Skills

  
  The Thicket at State Legislatures — Authority: 462
  by Jan Goehring A new report shows that effective civic learning builds 21st century skills that are key to students success in college, career and citizenship. The study, Paths to 21st Century Competencies Through Civic Education Classrooms, was sponsored by...
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• Pentecostals and the Age of the Spirit -- Future of Faith 14

  
  Ponderings on a Faith Journey — Authority: 136
  Transforming Theology Project Harvey Cox, The Future of Faith , Harper One Chapter 14: The Last Vomit of Satan and the Persistent List Makers: Pentecostals and the Age of the Spirit In 1901, in Topeka, Kansas a student at Charles Parham’s holiness Bible institute had an ecstatic experience of the ...
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• Top Ten for Back to School Program

  
  The Thicket at State Legislatures — Authority: 462
  by Jan Goehring Each summer, NCSLs Trust for Representative Democracy collects information about how many legislators participated in the Americas Legislators Back to School Program the previous school year. The program encourages legislators to visit classrooms and bring civics to...
  5 weeks ago

• Town Hall Meetings: Building Trust Online

  
  The Thicket at State Legislatures — Authority: 462
  by Pam Greenberg Participants in a series of online town hall meetings with members of Congress reported significantly improved trust, agreement, and satisfaction with government. These online meetings, according to a new report by the Congressional Management Foundation (CMF) and...
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• Have I rightly discovered a connection between Barack Obama Senior and the Sidney Poitier character in “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?”

  
  Independent Indian: Work & Life of Dr Subroto Roy — Authority: 125
  Yesterday at Facebook, I posted this with the caption: “Guess who came to dinner? A thoughtful portrait of perhaps the most influential graduate student of the late 20th Century….” Then today I made this ...
  6 weeks ago

• "My bills were my babies. I loved them all"

  
  The Thicket at State Legislatures — Authority: 462
  by Karl Kurtz In the middle of a day-long joint hearing by Californias recently appointed Assembly and Senate select committees on improving state government, Bob Naylor, a former Assembly minority (Republican) leader, said, "This is the best prolonged discussion of...
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