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• The politics of people
Two young Iranian parents smiled at me, showing mock desperation as their little boy and girl eagerly dragged them into a shop famous for its pistachio ice cream sandwiches. Around the corner, filling the side of a 15-story building, a government ...
• Alaska trooper says politics slowed drug arrest
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A drug investigator says authorities delayed the arrest of a woman tied to Gov. Sarah Palin's family until after the November election, in which Palin was the Republican vice presidential candidate, a newspaper reported. Sherry ...
• Blago's race card lands softly in Senate fight
Racial politics on center stage Still, the drama has forced racial politics, once again, to center stage. And how it ultimately plays out could affect hopes for the "post-racial" society supposedly heralded by Barack Obama's election. The symbolism is ...
• Colorado's new senator relatively unknown
They approach politics in a very similar manner," Chandler said. "They both feel that for the past few years things have been done a certain way, but in order to solve the problems facing the country right now, we can't solve these problems doing ...
• Kennedy missteps might not trip her up
Today's public opinion of Kennedy "strikes me as monumentally irrelevant," said Gerald Benjamin, professor of politics at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Benjamin said that until a few weeks ago, Kennedy was the little girl filmed ...