Almanac highlights for March 25 2010
The almanac marks day 84 of 2010 with spring underway. Notable items include 1634 Maryland colony settlement, 1965 MLK march in Montgomery, 1994 US withdraws from Somalia. Birthdays list Bela Bartok to Danica Patrick, quotes, sports, and demographic fact.
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Maryland
Martin Luther King Jr
Montgomery
Ala
United States
Somalia
Bela Bartok
Howard Cosell
Flannery O’connor
Jim Lovell
Gloria Steinem
Aretha Franklin
Sarah Jessica Parker
Danica Patrick
Stupak and the abortion order deception debated
The column portrays Bart Stupak as betraying pro life aims by voting for a health care bill and accepting an executive order on abortion funding as political cover. It argues the order is unenforceable and that Pelosi and Obama pursued abortion funding in the Senate bill.
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Stupak
Bart Stupak
Brian Burch
CatholicVote.org
White House
Obama
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Senate
House
Nancy Pelosi
New York
Anthony Weiner
McConnell argued against universal health care in The New York Times
Richard Cohen notes Mitch McConnell criticized Obama’s medical reform as moving the U S toward Western Europe Yet Cohen argues the country is moving toward universal health care with strong political and cultural divides persisting The piece contrasts private insurers with government roles and highlights public sentiment shifts in health policy debates
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Mitch McConnell
Senate
New York Times
Obama
Germany
America
France
Switzerland
Japan
Europe
United States
McConnell
Eisenhower
Harry Truman
Washington
Congress
GOP
Barry Goldwater
Mitch
Tea party venom amid racist chants linked to health care debate
Leonard Pitts Jr argues that racism marginalizes claims of protest, citing the John Lewis incident and repeated anti minority slurs at Tea Party gatherings. He notes historical Civil Rights figures and asks if hostility toward reform reveals deeper racial undercurrents within the movement.
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John Lewis
U.S
Lewis
Emanuel Cleaver
Barney Frank
Georgia
Nashville
Birmingham
Edmund Pettus
Selma
Alabama
Congress
McClatchy Newspapers
Washington
Amy Kremer
Tea Party Express
Fox News
Not Your Daughter's Jeans and the Power of Mine
Susan Reimer reflects on blue jeans as a personal symbol spanning generations. She recalls wearing jeans as a student, the jeans she cherishes for work and relief after a long day, and a single pair that tears revealing more about her than she expected. The piece blends nostalgia with humor and ends noting her repair dilemma.
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Tom Cruise
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Compassion
Richard Cohen
Barack Obama
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Leonard Pitts
Leonard Pitts Jr
Miami Herald
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Miami
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Ron
Susan Reimer
Baltimore Sun
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