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Congress has shortchanged not only foreign aid but foreign policy. A mistaken notion that diplomats are unimportant and hence undeserving of support grips conservative legislators, especially. Anthony Lewis

Conservative Foreign Aid Congress Aid Diplomats Only Support Mistaken Policy Foreign Foreign Policy Legislators Grips Unimportant Notion Hence

Americans, we passionately believe, are a humane people. We showed that in restoring wounded economies abroad after World War II, even those of our enemies, Germany and Japan. Anthony Lewis

Journalism is always the art of the incomplete. You get bits and pieces. Anthony Shadid

Art You Incomplete Bits Bits And Pieces Journalism Pieces Always Get

On the flip side, I enjoy covering the Arab world, I've spent my entire career here in the Middle East, but I would never call myself a war correspondent. Anthony Shadid

The Americans invaded a country without understanding what eight years of a war with Iran had meant, how that traumatized Iraq. They didn't appreciate what they support for a decade of sanctions in Iraq had done to Iraq and the bitterness that it created and that it wiped out the middle class. Anthony Shadid

War Class Bitterness Country Understanding Out Invaded Wiped Had Support Without How Years Iran Iraq Decade American Done Middle Eight Middle Class Sanctions Created Meant Traumatized Appreciate

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors. Antoine Rivarol

Passions Historian Reason Actor

Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent. Antoine Rivarol

Only Bears Talent Ideas Hands Interest Capital

Vices are often habits rather than passions. Antoine Rivarol

Rather Habits Passions Than Often Vices

It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not abuse it. Antoine Rivarol

Nothing Doubt Immense No Doubt Advantage Abuse Done Should

A healthy corporation acts on the interests of its stakeholders and customers. Ari Melber

Healthy Corporation Stakeholders Customers Interests Acts

Corporations, like nations, do not have friends. They have interests. Ari Melber

Corporations Like Friends Nations Interests

The modern GOP has perfected this cyclical deficit outrage ritual. Republicans run up the tab when they control the White House, then scream about deficits when Democrats win - insisting that 'serious reform' means cutting only Democratic budget priorities. Ari Melber

Win Control White White House Deficit Deficits Run Tab About Insisting Only Outrage Ritual Budget House Democratic GOP Democrats Priorities Up Reform Modern Scream Republicans Then Cutting Means Cyclical Serious

The Bush administration opened several lines of attack against the rule of law and the integrity of an independent Justice Department. The scandals are so famous that they've been reduced to shorthand: Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, NSA, Attorneygate. Ari Melber

Justice Integrity Law Rule Rule Of Law Several Ghraib Independent Scandals Administration Attack Abu Opened Reduced Been Lines Department Famous Justice Department Against Bush Bush Administration Shorthand Guantanamo

'House of Cards' is full of hypocrites, some ashamed, many proud. There is no silver lining here, no appeal to a just system that is temporarily thwarted by corrupting forces. Ari Melber

System Some Temporarily Silver Hypocrites Thwarted House House Of Cards Forces Proud Lining Just Ashamed Full Appeal Many Cards Here

The president's powers are always open to being questioned by the co-equal branches of government. Ari Melber

Government President Open Powers Always Questioned Branches Being

Iowa is especially critical for underdog and cash-strapped campaigns, because the caucus system relies on grassroots organizing, enabling candidates with time for retail politicking to beat better-funded rivals. So underdogs usually seize on the state. Ari Melber

Time State System Critical Seize Beat Retail Rivals Underdog Underdogs Iowa Because Enabling Caucus Campaigns Candidates Organizing Grassroots

TV is still a 'push' medium - we are broadcasting into any home or business with basic cable, and depending on what's happening in the world, we have a wider audience, from news junkies to very sporadic viewers. On TV, you want your reporting to be valuable to that entire audience and be relevant. Ari Melber

Home News You Business World Valuable Medium Broadcasting Relevant TV Entire Push Cable Audience Still Very Reporting Any Depending Want Happening Your Viewers Basic Wider Wider Audience

That's the problem with precedents. Even the extreme ones tend to get repeated. Ari Melber

Problem Extreme Tend Repeated Get The Problem With Even

Republicans believe an obstructionist, do-nothing Congress will deny Obama momentum and keep their base energized. Ari Melber

Will Congress Believe Obama Deny Republicans Momentum Base Keep

From the Fourth Amendment to post-Watergate reforms to the national outcry when Bush's warrantless surveillance was revealed in 2005, the United States has a strong tradition of overseeing the government's power to spy on its citizens. Ari Melber

Government Strong Power National States Citizens Revealed Tradition Overseeing Spy Surveillance Amendment Reforms Bush United United States Fourth

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