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Column: Google’s creepy new search probably isn’t anti-competitive
With “Search Plus Your World,” Google finally tips the hand it’s been holding since the summer. Eric Schmidt said it clearly enough: Google+ was never really about social networking; it’s a data-mining project.
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Column: Protect child actors with anti-predator bill
The Hollywood community has always been more well-known for its drug and alcohol abuse, hard-partying celebrities and shady business than for the classic movies that also come out of the town. But one of the main issues within the movie biz today is one that is rarely brought to light: pedophilia.
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Column: Americans need to act on their own to find greatness
The American people as a whole have always been a resilient, audacious people. Americans should remember that. There is no reason to believe that our best days are behind us. If America as one unit wants glory, greatness, power and credit, it can have them.
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Column: Why we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is special to us all, commemorating the life of the prominent civil rights leader. Every third Monday in January, Americans remember Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. But what meaning does this day represent? Let's begin with the historical truth behind it.
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Column: A guy’s beer says a lot about him
You walk into a party late Friday night, and your flaky drunk friend immediately ditches you for some suspect-looking hipsters in the corner. You’re alone, you’re thirsty, and you don’t know anyone. Do you turn around and head home to watch a “Man v.
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Column: Focus on the issues, not party identity
On my 18th birthday, my father took me to the Department of Motor Vehicles to renew my driver’s license.
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Column: Government subsidy programs thwart consumers’ wishes
Well done, fellow taxpayer. I want to commend you for your progressive-minded support of today's environmentally friendly green technology. Thanks to you, the United States is well on its way to a cleaner, brighter future.
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Column: Progressives shouldn’t vote for Ron Paul
Glenn Greenwald wrote a thought-provoking piece in Salon in which he noted that progressives disappointed with Obama’s policies have a viable alternative.
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Column: Occupy movement hits a wall as protest potency continues to run aground
There are two important dates on the political calendar next week. On Monday, we will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and ‘60s. Then, on Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives will convene for the year.