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06.21.2009 9:01 pm

What socialized medicine is — and what it isn’t.

Ronald Reagan spoke out against the evils of socialized medicine as part of an American Medical Association campaign against Medicare in 1961.

Ronald Reagan spoke out against the evils of socialized medicine as part of an American Medical Association campaign against Medicare in 1961.

Does President Barack Obama support “socialized medicine?”
That’s the mantra of some conservative commentators. Rush Limbaugh has mouthed it. So…

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08.12.2008 11:42 am

Russia’s victory in Georgia all but complete

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A Georgian surveys the damage after a Russian airstrikeHowever it may dismay Americans to watch Russian tanks rolling over a tiny, democratic U.S. ally, you have to hand it to Putin — the invasion of Georgia was nothing short of brilliant.

The groundwork for this invasion was meticulously laid…

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07.24.2008 4:32 pm

Early reaction to Obama’s Berlin speech

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Obama berlin speechThe full text of the speech - “A World That Stands As One” - can be found here. Video is here.

Personally, I think Obama has done better, both rhetorically and delivery-wise — this wasn’t his best effort. But it’s very…

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07.23.2008 2:55 pm

Battle of the Berlins

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Barack Obama will be speaking in Berlin, Germany tomorrow, in an outdoor address open to the German public. Obama is extremely popular in Europe — a recent Pew Research poll showed him leading McCain by a whopping 50 percent in countries like France…

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07.03.2008 9:00 pm

More on the Berlin Airlift

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Video via YouTube by C54driver

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video via YouTube by UniversalNewsReels

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video via YouTube by der Amalgam

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Photos courtesy of Truman Presidential Library, Berlin Airlift Historical Society

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