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A sizable minority of Americans is irrationally fearful of the changes Barack Obama represents

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 Ordinarily, Frank Rich’s column in The New York Times is the first thing I read on Sunday mornings.

 Yesterday, however, I was somehow preoccupied and didn’t get around to reading Rich until just now.

 I’m glad I didn’t miss it altogether. It’s a WORTHY PERSPECTIVE on the current wave of nuttiness among Obamaphobes.

GOP tries to reclaim mantle of fiscal conservatism

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Cynthia Tucker BLOWS THE WHISTLE on the Republican Party’s hypocrisy regarding federal budget deficits.

Whither Iran after the big election?

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 The New York Times has a story this morning in which the headline claims that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad “Emerges With a Stronger Hand” in the wake of last week’s election.

 THIS GUY, however, argues that the piece in the Times is mostly nonsense.

 UPDATE: Here’s a report on a pro-reform rally in Iran earlier today:

 UPDATE II: Some American right-wingers seem to have been HOPING for Ahmadinejad to win the election, especially if it would somehow embarrass or frustrate Barack Obama.

The War on Drugs has been a huge debacle

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 America has spent $1 trillion in the War on Drugs, and what do we have to show for it?

 Drugs are now more readily available, at lower prices and higher levels of potency.

 Clearly, the effort has been a COLOSSAL FAILURE.

Who are they listening to?

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