Today in history and notable birthdays
This item lists a series of historical notes for August 2 2012 including the first U S census in 1790 and Harding death in 1923. It notes birthdays of James Baldwin Peter OToole Wes Craven Louise Parker Kevin Smith and Sam Worthington. It adds a fact about Coolidge sworn in by his father and a Baldwin quote and lunar phase.
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United States
Warren Harding
San Francisco
Calvin Coolidge
Albert Einstein
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U.S
Iraq
Kuwait
James Baldwin
Peter
O'Toole
Wes Craven
Louise Parker
Kevin Smith
Sam Worthington
Coolidge
Vermont
Romney’s Poland Israel trip frames his free market gospel
Kathleen Parker contrasts Romney's Poland and Israel speeches with Obama's health regulations. She notes Romney praised Poland’s shift to entrepreneurship and subsidiarity and cites Lech Walesa’s endorsement. The piece argues Romney links economic freedom with religious liberty and attacks expansive government.
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Washington
Barack Obama
Mitt Romney
Poland
Israel
Romney
Europe
U.S
Obama
Solidarity
America
Lech Walesa
NRA used to support gun control and the Obama stance
The White House said President Obama will not seek new gun control laws after the Aurora theater massacre. The piece traces gun regulation from early America, noting founder limits, frontier towns, 1930s laws, NRA shifts, civil rights era backlash, and political stances of Clinton Romney Obama. Adam Winkler is cited as UCLA law professor and author.
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White House
Barack Obama
Aurora
Obama
National Rifle Association
America
United States
Congress
Wild West
Main Street
Deadwood
S.D
Tombstone
Ariz
Dodge City
Kan
Frontier
Dodge
al Capone
Bonnie and Clyde
Karl Frederick
NRA
Black Panther Party
California
Martin Luther King Jr
Robert Kennedy
D.C
Chicago
House of Representatives
Bill Clinton
Massachusetts
Mitt Romney
Clinton
Adam Winkler
UCLA
Women urge female moderator for presidential debates in 2012
Three Montclair teens Emma Axelrod Elena Tsemberis and Sammi Siegel delivered a petition with over 120000 signatures to the Commission on Presidential Debates urging a woman moderator. They were turned away amid concerns about security and refused delivery of their boxes.
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Montclair
N.J
Washington, D.C
Emma Axelrod
Elena Tsemberis
Sammi Siegel
Commission
Emma
NPR
Audie Cornish
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Commission On Presidential Debates
NBC
United States
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Kathleen Parker
John Paul II
Galilee
Oswald von Nell-Breuning
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Washpost
Leonard Pitts
Connie Schultz
Marilyn Jacoby Boxer
Emerita
San Francisco State University
Boxer
Parade Magazine
U.S. Senate
Con.schultz
Yahoo
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