Donna Brazile
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The tale of one cityJan 02, 2014 4:00 am - “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” So goes the first sentence in “A Tale of Two Cities.” It applies to us now. Except, 2013 was the tale of two old d...
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Losing today for the unknownDec 25, 2013 4:00 am - I find comfort and inspiration in music — all kinds of music. So when I see how obsessed the media have become with the 2016 U.S. presidential election — barely a year a...
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We’ll be better off with ACA than without itNov 19, 2013 4:00 am - I can hear in my mind’s ear Barbra Streisand’s beautifully haunting song “The Way We Were.” It was a nostalgic, wistful song in a movie of the same name. But sometimes, ...
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Amid chaos, listen to the songs of hopeNov 07, 2013 4:00 am - The leaves are turning yellow and orange and red, and others have already fallen. You can smell the seasons in the air. Thanksgiving’s on my mind and a winter of more di...
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Ever so small signs this insanity won’t happen againOct 20, 2013 5:00 am - In the last hours of the government shutdown, the bizarre got even more bizarre. Progressive clergy and low-wage workers affected by the shutdown visited more than a doz...
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A ‘people’s contest’ for fair opportunityAug 09, 2013 5:00 am - With the Civil War raging, Abraham Lincoln addressed the U.S. Congress on July 4, 1861, and talked about the stakes involved: “This is essentially a people’s contest. O...
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So much about our rights can change in just a weekJul 07, 2013 5:00 am - Every once in a while, the United States Supreme Court decides a landmark case that changes the course of American history. For the nine justices, “every once in a while...
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The poisoning of patriotismJun 16, 2013 7:50 am - A number of libertarians and conservative populists have found data collection by the National Security Agency to be the final confirmation of their worst fears about Ba...
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Snowden: all-seeing, or myopic?Jun 16, 2013 7:44 am - Edward Snowden, the youthful information technician who leaked our nation's top-secret cyber-spy program, has made his mark on history. I suspect his “moment of fame” wi...
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People who help make America strongMay 14, 2013 2:00 am - We could use some good news, and Cleveland gave it to us. I’m referring, of course, to the dramatic escape and rescue of three young women in Cleveland who were kidnappe...