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When Al-Jazeera bought Current TV for $500 million in January 2013, former Vice President Al Gore, who co-founded Current, praised the deal. Both Al-Jazeera, a network owned by Qatar's oil-rich royal family, and his far-left Current TV, Gore said, were founded "to give voice to those who are not typically heard; to speak truth to power; to provide independent and diverse points of view; and to tell the stories that no one else is telling."
August 30, 2014
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By Debra Saunders
National columnist
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Other Views
As I ran to the lobby to make a phone call during the awards dinner at the National Association of Black Journalists annual convention in Boston last week, one of our student members followed me down the escalator for some advice.
August 30, 2014
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By Roland Martin
Author
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There's a painful lesson to be learned for liberals, especially liberal Jews, from the hopefully concluded war in Gaza.
August 29, 2014
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By Susan Estrich
Political commentator
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This Labor Day, you can mull some good news about American jobs for a change.
August 27, 2014
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By JIM HIGHTOWER
Political columnist
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told the Asian Chamber of Commerce last week: "The Asian population is so productive. I don't think you're smarter than anybody else, but you've convinced a lot of us you are." In remarks videotaped by the GOP group America Rising, Reid also joked that he has trouble keeping his "Wongs straight." Then followed this apology: "My comments were in extremely poor taste, and I apologize. Sometimes I say the wrong thing."
August 26, 2014
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By Debra Saunders
National columnist
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WORRYING does not take away tomorrow's TROUBLES, it takes away today's PEACE.
August 23, 2014
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By Jules Marie Barham
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The Los Angeles Ethics Commission voted unanimously last week to ask the City Council to consider "financial incentives, such as a lottery system," to draw voters to the polls.
August 22, 2014
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By Debra Saunders
National columnist
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Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson is neither Mark Fuhrman nor Barney Fife. Based on what has been presented so far in the media, not even an O.J. Simpson juror would find Wilson guilty of murder.
August 21, 2014
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By LARRY ELDER
Author
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The short answer is: everything.
August 20, 2014
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Wal-Mart loves keeping track of data. For instance, the retail giant's researchers know that before and after major storms, customers buy strawberry Pop-Tarts at a rate that's seven times faster than normal.
August 18, 2014
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Last week, we were told there were 40,000 Yazidis on Sinjar Mountain facing starvation if they remained there, and slaughter by ISIS if they came down.
August 18, 2014
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Surely you thought that partisan posturing by far-right Congress critters couldn't get any nuttier. But here comes the GOP's claim that all the talk about impeaching President Barack Obama is being led by…Barack Obama!
August 18, 2014
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"You can make money without doing evil" is No. 6 on the list of 10 things Google (the corporation) knows to be true. The Google list leaves out a few caveats. Like: You can make more money flouting antitrust laws. You can pay your brainiacs less if they believe you will retaliate if they try to go to work for someone else.
August 14, 2014
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By Debra Saunders
National columnist
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When the news rippled out on Monday that Robin Williams had committed suicide, even I thought - for a moment - "but he had everything." As if suicide is a "choice."
August 14, 2014
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By Susan Estrich
Political commentator
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Most Americans have received an authentic-looking email from a scammer, purportedly from a bank, requesting an update to the account information for official-sounding reasons.
August 13, 2014
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By KATY GRIMES
Political analyst
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