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Sugar Water: Those Shoes Were Made for Throwin’

Robert Cass September 25, 2009 11

Muntadhar al-Zeidi, the Iraqi TV reporter who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad last December, was released from prison on September 15 after serving nine months

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Sugar Water: Off the Record, I’m a Liar

Robert Cass September 16, 2009 10

When things are said off the record in the world of politics, they should stay off the record. Unless I need something to write about, of course. Last week I brought you an exclusive

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Sugar Water: Say It Ain’t So, Joe (Just Say It in Two Words or Less)

Robert Cass September 11, 2009 10

Representative Joe Wilson of South Carolina became a household name on Wednesday when he “heckled” President Obama during the commander-in-chief’s congressional speech on health-care reform. After Obama assured the joint session of Congress that

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Political Culture: Gimme Some Truth

Jon Cummings September 10, 2009 22

The words were spoken in London, casually, almost flippantly, and were directed at an audience that was sure to treat them in the spirit they were intended. It was not until the words traveled

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