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Huff TV: WATCH: Arianna, Lawrence O'Donnell Blast GOP Over Contraception Debate

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Arianna appeared on MSNBC's "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell" on Thursday to discuss the GOP's sudden fixation on contraception over the past few weeks,...

Shawn Lawrence Otto: They're Coming for Your Kids

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Recently leaked budget documents from the Heartland Institute, the leading voice of climate change denialism, lay out plans to spend dollarsignr100K on a phony K-12 science curriculum based on propaganda.

Eric X. Li: Globalization 2.0: Democracy's Coming Demise

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The West's competition of ideas with China isn't between democracy and authoritarianism, but two different outlooks on political systems. The West sees democracy as an end in itself

Elena Haliczer: HuffPost Launches Social Reading App for Facebook Timeline

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At the Huffington Post, we're all about starting conversations. That's why we're introducing the HuffPost Social Reading app to share the stories you read on your Facebook timeline.

Katrina Lantos Swett: Can Enlightenment Come to Russia?

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There is renewed hope that Mikhail Khodorkovsky may one day breathe the air of freedom. And yet, the bizarre posthumous trial of Sergei Magnitsky, is a chilling reminder that the Russian winter is by no means over.

L. Randall Wray: Let's Make a Deal: The Bail-Out of Wall Street in Unusual and Exigent Circumstances

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There is little doubt that the global financial crisis posed "unusual and exigent" circumstances that had to be met with a huge response by the Fed (and Treasury). It is not clear, however, that the response actually mounted was legal. It was certainly not transparent.

Katie Halper: Ten Deep Thoughts on the All-Male Panel on My Vagina

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I'm really glad women aren't allowed to testify at this hearing, which is about their bodies. It's a dangerously slippery slope and I think we all know what comes next: box turtles are allowed to testify.

Josh Silver: How Corporate Lobbyists Stole the Conservative Brand

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Real conservative Americans should be seriously irked after the Heartland document leak. Think tanks like Heartland falsely brand themselves as conservative while blindly espousing a free market free-for-all that history proves as untenable.

Annie Fabricant: What Would Hamlet, the Queen of Pop, Die Antwoord and Machiavelli Do Together?

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As a theater maker, how do you generate toe-curling drama, excitement and intrigue for an audience whose hitherto experience of Hamlet is loaded with memories, associations and scrutiny?

Rev. Al Sharpton: Don't Discount the Underdog

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Every day we walk past or ignore another Jeremy Lin -- people who may not look like what society deems a 'winner.' But given the right circumstances, these folks would shine; there's a Lin in every school, church, job. You may be ignored, but never lose sight of your own strengths and abilities.

William Bradley: Drifting to War with Iran: Beware the Hysteria

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With the Republican presidential race in disarray and something of a lull in the post-"inevitable Romney" phase, there is one ongoing constant: All the conceivable nominees is pushing for war with Iran and none have anything like a plan as to how an Iran war would, you know, work.

Nita Chaudhary: This Is a Joke, Right?

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It's 2012 and the biggest controversy in Washington, D.C., is over unemployment, the foreclosure crisis, the war in Afghanistan, birth control.

Quora: How Did Craigslist Gain Its Initial Traction?

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According to Craig Newmark, "The thing got traction during its first few years, when it was just my hobby, got substantial traction, as I measure it, in its first few years."

Danny Woodburn: We're Coming for You, Rosie: Chelsea and Rosie's Tiny Thoughts

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No Rosie, don't discuss this with other Little People (we're scary) or even a therapist, you've got Chelsea ("Did-you-do-one -- NO!") Handler in the house. Chelsea is at the forefront of small thinking. Well, we are a very funny group of people.

John Ziegler: Why Has Sarah Palin Not Been Suspended by Fox News?

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Either Palin repudiates any notion that she may still be a candidate in any form or she gets suspended at least until after there is a nominee. Otherwise, Fox News will effectively become something even worse than what the left already thinks it is.