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Obama the great compromiser

ISHMAEL N. DARO Opinions Writer After a year in office, U.S. President Barack Obama has shown that even the greatest orators must eventually face the difficulties of governing. Swept into power by an American public hungry for inspiration and a change from the disastrous policies of the Bush administration, Obama was doomed to disappoint his followers sooner or [...]
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Racism is no monkey business

The New York Post ran an editorial cartoon Feb. 18 depicting two police officers shooting an ape to death while commenting, “They’ll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill.” The cartoon sparked almost immediate outrage from New Yorkers who decried it racist to compare President Obama to a monkey.
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