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Yet another busted Dem governor, and the tit-for-tat game

Puerto Rico, New Jersey, and those busted governors: My latest article is up at the Star Ledger NJ Voices

Pass the Cranberry Sauce: Political Smearing Season Has Begun

There’s not much to give thanks for this week in the presidential race after both the Democratic and Republican contests began mud-slinging, observes PJM
’s political Monday Morning Quarterback William Bradley, who also discusses why both Democrats and Republicans are calling CNN the Clinton News Network.

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Ask Dr. Helen: Home For The Holidays From Hell

Not everyone looks forward to sitting around the Thanksgiving table with their extended family, notes PJM advice columnist Dr. Helen Smith - particularly those whose politics differ from members of the clan. She offers a food-fight prevention survival guide.

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War on Terror Conversations: Fred Thompson [VIDEO]

In the first Pajamas Media War on Terror Conversation, Presidential candidate Fred Thompson discusses the current situations in Iran, Iraq and Pakistan. The senator/actor also explains why he thinks the recent Hollywood anti-war films are box office failures. Joining Thompson are PJM CEO Roger L. Simon and Bob Owens of Confederate Yankee.

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Corn & Miniter: The Huckabee Surge

This week David Corn and Eli Lake -sitting in for Richard Miniter- chat about the latest Iowa poll results: Mike Huckabee unexpectedly a close second on the GOP side, and a virtual three-way tie among Dems. Also, the ‘Bill factor’ for Hillary, Ron Paul’s strange friends, and much more.

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The New Nomads: Families In Search of Special Education

How did a guy with self-described “lefty, progressive, dirty hippie” politics end up in one of the most conservative communities in the U.S.? Robert Rummel-Hudson made the move for the reason he does everything - for his daughter Schuyler. Like many other families seeking suitable education for their special needs children, they “live like gypsies,

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Taken For a Ride On the London Underground

How would you like to be confronted with sculptures of disembodied panda
’s heads and pink-haired poets as you go about your daily commute? Emily Henderson wants the British transportation authorities to stop imposing their (bad) taste in art on her, and put the money to better use - like improving service or lowering the (high) price of her ticket.

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VIDEO - Havel: Czechs Will Stand Up to Russia and Iran

In this exclusive interview from Prague with PJM
’s Richard Miniter, former Czech Republic president Václav Havel takes on U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and even the mullahs of Iran.

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'Dirty Girl' and the Pornization of Dutch Society

PJM Groningen: It takes a lot to provoke moral outrage in extremely liberal Dutch society, writes Michael Van Der Gali
ën, but two rappers have managed it by producing an unabashedly pornographic music video that is running on mainstream television music channels. (Caution, links are not work-friendly or appropriate for children)

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The Problem of Musa Qala: Afghanistan's Terror University Town

PJM Kabul: British forces are trying to figure out how to clear the Taliban out of Musa Qala in southern Afghanistan, looking to replicate the success of US commanders in Iraq
’s western province to split Sunni tribal leaders from al-Qaeda. Nasim Ferkat examines whether their approach will work, or whether they are walking too softly and not carryin

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