Tag / bryan baird
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Obama Completes Afghan Visit, Prepares Arms Deal
President Obama has just completed his surprise visit to Afghanistan this morning, and is returning to the capital. Obama had delayed his travel plans to oversee the final passing of health care, but his destination was not revealed until he arrived on location at Bagram Air Base on Sunday. He discreetly departed from Camp David…
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Sarah Palin Supporters
I’ll be frank: Sarah Palin needs to shut the hell up. Alright, I admit that might not be quite fair. Although I happen to think she is an incompetent political figure that is trying too hard to fit in on the national stage, she represents a certain intangible something that resonates with a lot of…
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TGIH: 2009
If there’s one thing I learned when a cold kept me in this New Year’s Eve, it’s that people really love to reflect on the same events each year. Well, that and having all three seasons of Arrested Development on DVD is much better than any New Year’s Party. Besides that, though, I can tell…
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TGIH: The WashU Political Community
Let me be the first to say how thrilled I am about this new website, a new forum for intelligent political discourse within the university community. It marks the latest in a string of campus political programming that makes me undeniably (and uncharacteristically) optimistic. From the well-attended Campus Crossfire debate between College Democrats and Republicans…