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… When Government Responsibility Is ‘Enuf’

Host Michel Martin weighs in on criticism surrounding the new film For Colored Girls, especially those who feel the movie misrepresents their cultural interests. Martin asks whether the same frustration should be directed at government.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/tellmemore/2010/11/08/131173787/?ft=1&f=1014

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GOP’s ‘Sweet’ Wins In Governors’ Races May Pay Off

Republicans put a lot of money and effort into winning gubernatorial contests in 10 “swing states.” The GOP was victorious in nine and that should help Republican candidates for the White House, Congress and local posts for years to come.

Source: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=131158449&ft=1&f=1003

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Stepping Up Exercise Could Help Beat The Cold Virus

It’s the time of year when many people are sniffling and sneezing from a cold. But new research shows that people who exercise five days a week for 20 minutes or more had 40 percent fewer days of illness.

Source: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=131094125&ft=1&f=1007

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It’s Maureen in America Again

Ralph Reiland, The American Spectator
Especially after bad days, liberals like to go to columnists like Maureen Dowd at the New York Times for some reassurance that everything’s fine with liberalism and it’s just the rest of us who are a bad mix of weird, greedy, ethnocentric, dumb and scary.Like a lighthouse in a storm, Dowd unfailingly guides lost-at-sea liberals back to the safe port of bigger government, political sneering, higher taxation, centralized planning and economic envy.Here was Ms. Dowd’s instant analysis on the morning after the nation’s voters delivered a stunning and nationwide defeat…

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/11/08/it039s_maureen_in_america_again_245440.html

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Why Sober Democrats Are Horrified

Jennifer Rubin, Commentary

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/11/08/why_sober_democrats_are_horrified_245454.html

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Psychologist Craig Bryan: Treating Vets For PTSD

The rate of Army suicides has doubled since 2004. But treating suicidal soldiers is difficult because many don’t seek help. Psychologist Craig Bryan, who works with returning vets, discusses the combat stresses that lead to PTSD and suicide — and what the military is doing to help.

Source: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=131096642&ft=1&f=1003

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The Sorrows Of Keith Olbermann

Commentator Brooke Gladstone — host of NPR’s On The Media — finds fault with MSNBC’s decision to suspend the host of its most popular show after he made political contributions to three Democrats. “We all know true objectivity is a myth,” she says.

Source: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=131108709&ft=1&f=1057

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Does New Congress Have Changes In Store For Fed?

The Federal Reserve is supposed to be independent of politicians, but no one in Washington is immune from politics. Fed chairman Ben Bernanke has been both praised and attacked for his actions during and after the global financial crisis. Following last week’s elections, he finds some of his stiffest critics with new power. Renee Montagne talks with David Wessel, economics editor of The Wall Street Journal.

Source: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=131155581&ft=1&f=1003

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Obama’s Economic Plans Face Gridlock In Congress

Republicans are now on top in the House, but the economy’s still in a rut. When the new Congress convenes, there will be two very different visions of how to get it unstuck. Guy Raz talks about what’s ahead with Greg Mankiw, a former economic adviser for George W. Bush; and Laura Tyson, an adviser in the Clinton administration.

Source: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=131127886&ft=1&f=1014

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I Am A Colored Girl

Guest blogger S. Pearl Sharp reflects on the original For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf had on the black community when it debuted as a stage play over 30 years ago.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/tellmemore/2010/11/04/131077872/i-am-a-colored-girl?ft=1&f=1057

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