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Democracy in Ukraine: 20 Years Later

Just over a year ago, in December 2010, riot police in Kyiv brought to an end a series of street protests by entrepreneurs against a new tax code. The arrests could well have... Read more

Human Rights Chief Recommends Syria International Criminal Court

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UN Human Rights Chief Recommends Syria to the International Criminal Court

Reports that deaths in Syria have reached 5,000 have caused the UN Human Rights chief to recommend the country to the International Criminal Court. Read more

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Thomas Nast Cartoons -- Some Appetizers

Thomas Nast in the early 1870s, about the time of his Tweed cartoons. You can't tell the story of New York's Boss Tweed, who ruled the City with greed and... Read more

The 05 December 2011 by Kena
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Draw Corruption, Democracy, and Gender

When we launched our first editorial cartoon contest earlier this year, we didn’t know what to expect. When the first submissions began to come in – we were... Read more

The 08 December 2011 by Center For International Private Enterprise
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Boss Tweed: A Few More Cartoons, from People Besides Thomas Nast

Thomas Nast of Harper's Weekly was not the only cartoonist to aim his pencil at William M. Tweed, Boss of Tammany Hall. When the scandal broke in 1871 after... Read more

The 11 December 2011 by Kena
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Herman Cain Rises in Crowded GOP Field

Businessman and former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain sure is confident these days when it comes to winning the Republican nomination for President and then... Read more

The 09 December 2011 by Dan90017
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Here She Goes Again… Bachmann Vs. OWS

Michele Bachmann has once again stuck her big nose into a situation where she really needs to keep her opinion to herself. Earlier this month, during CNN’s Stat... Read more

The 12 December 2011 by Bestfunnyblog
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Hillary Clinton Calls for Peace in North Korea as Kim Jong-un Expected to Take...

North Korean dynasty: Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il. Photo credit: skinnylawyer, http://flic.kr/p/9bXxsb As North Korea’s deceased leader Kim Jong-il lies in stat... Read more

The 20 December 2011 by Periscope
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Own Clyde Tolson's Actual Apartment ! Yes, This is FOR REAL !!

The Marlyn building, 3901 Cathedral Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. -- just a short walk from J. Edgar Hoover's own home on 30th Place, NW.Yes it's true. The actua... Read more

The 15 December 2011 by Kena
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Oh No He Didn’t! Little Boy Defends His Lesbian Mother Against Michelle Bachmann

An 8-year-old South Carolinian boy tells Michelle Bachmann, “My Mommy doesn’t need fixing!” at a book signing she had recently promoting her new book titled,... Read more

The 07 December 2011 by Bestfunnyblog
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Rick Perry’s New Ad: Is He Getting Desperate?

The GOP hopeful makes Obama out to be like the Grinch Read more

The 08 December 2011 by Periscope
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A Rare Tweed Photo -- at His Clubhouse in Greenwich, Connecticut

Yes, that's Boss Tweed. He's the one with the beard, sitting up front in the middle, a white hat in his lap, surrounded by his friends. Tweed had so, so very... Read more

The 07 December 2011 by Kena
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