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Sarah Palin sat down with Sean Hannity Monday night for a victory lap of sorts, touting her 2008 comments about Russia capitalizing on a weak Barack Obama presidency to amass power. Palin believed she was vindicated, saying Russia exploited “Obama’s weak leadership.” She said, “Anybody who carries the common-sense gene knows that Putin doesn’t change his stripes.” Palin and Hannity agreed that when the U.S. can’t “feed others with our resources,” people grow more reliant on Russia’s resources and it emboldens them, which is why the U.S. should approve the Keystone XL pipeline. Vladimir Putin, Palin said, is viewed as...

Police toss him for taking photos The 16th annual conference of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) of Boston took place with little controversy April 29 at Harvard University, but not for lack of trying by the Newton-based anti-gay activist group Article 8 Alliance. One member of the group, who declined to give his name to Bay Windows, was ejected early in the day by university police. “He was taking photographs when it was explicitly posted, prohibited, so he was asked to go,” said GLSEN Boston Executive Director Sean Haley. Haley said the Article 8 member was also...

Posted on Thu, Dec. 01, 2005 Letters | Gun ownership not at heart of being American Re: the Nov. 29 Inquirer articles "About 500 mourn devoted young father," "Phila. man, 23, found fatally shot in Nicetown," and "Packing heat - and political punch." Guns are making a combat zone of our streets. Shootings wreak havoc from the inner city to the rural communities of Pennsylvania. As a medic with the Marines in Vietnam, I tried to save the victims of guns and other weapons. In "Packing heat - and political punch," I am appalled by Tammy Bruce's comment, "Owning a...

Semi-clever, ultra-wealthy Bush supporters suddenly donating piles of money to the Nader campaign in an obvious attempt to steal votes from John Kerry? Pshaw. Ptouey. Child's play. Tip of the iceberg. A mere distraction. We ain't seen nuthin' yet. This is the time of desperation and anxiety. This is the time of hysterical Orange Alerts and imminent al Quada attacks coming from outta nowhere at any minute and violating our children and kicking our puppies and badly denting our Honda Accords. And yes, this is the time of election-year political tactics coming from the increasingly anxious Right that will make...