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...then, why is “disrespect” so present? The answers are varied and many, but most can be derived from one factor: Republicans are feeling livid and hopeless. Currently, The New York Times reports the federal government is responsible for 26 percent of national spending. Sixty percent of General Motors is now managed by the United States government, and only one out of every 10 mortgages in this country is not financed by the government. Simply put, Republicans are weary of the government’s exponential increase in business management and catering to private life...

Author: By Kevin Sprague | Title: A Defense of Republicans | 10/7/2009 | See Source »

Tonight the New York Yankees will commence the American League Division Series, and tomorrow the Boston Red Sox will play. Fans of both teams will fret over those games, but with one eye they’ll inevitably be looking ahead to the next round—when Boston and New York will almost inevitably meet in what looks to be an epic clash...

Author: By Alexander R. Konrad | Title: Cutthroat Sports Culture | 10/7/2009 | See Source »

...jersey until inebriated supporters of the opposing team take the bait or a heckler yelling remarks at small children, such a gathering can create a rabid atmosphere in which people lose their sense of decency. This less pleasant side of sports has, in the case of Boston-New York brawls, even extended to the professionals involved, such as a 2003 playoff incident between Boston grounds crew and Yankees players...

Author: By Alexander R. Konrad | Title: Cutthroat Sports Culture | 10/7/2009 | See Source »

...months ago played for Cleveland. He spent most of his career there, and only two years ago faced those same Red Sox in a bitter playoff battle, then cast as a villain. He will face CC Sabathia, who also played on that Cleveland team and has been a New York icon for a few short months. Sabathia has, for the third year running, inspired the support of fans in a different city...

Author: By Alexander R. Konrad | Title: Cutthroat Sports Culture | 10/7/2009 | See Source »

...marks the eighth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan - a war that has slouched from campaign to crusade to near quagmire as the U.S. has rethought and redefined its strategy in the war on terrorism. According to a recent CBS/New York Times poll, 53% of Americans now say things are going badly for the U.S. in Afghanistan. And few are saying that as vehemently as those who have picked the anniversary as their day to demonstrate. Student organizations on 25 college campuses, along with members of antiwar groups like the coalition Act Now to Stop War and End Racism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Antiwar Movements in the U.S. | 10/7/2009 | See Source »

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