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World View: Chechnya, Kyrgyzstan, and Analysis of the Boston Bombers

World View: Chechnya, Kyrgyzstan, and Analysis of the Boston Bombers

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Background profiles of Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev The radicalization of the Tsarnaev brothers Generational history of Kyrgyzstan The Beslan massacre and ABC news Background profiles of Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev Tamerlan Tsarnaev, left (dead),

Kansas and Missouri Pass Strong Pro-2nd Amendment Bills

Kansas and Missouri Pass Strong Pro-2nd Amendment Bills

Approximately 650 gun-rights advocates rallied in Jefferson City, Missouri at the State Capitol, Thursday, as the House  passed HB 436,  the Second Amendment Preservation Act, which “rejects all federal acts that infringe on a Missouri citizens’ rights under the Second Amendment

Explosion at at Boston Marathon (images)

Explosion at at Boston Marathon (images)

Report:  Authorities are investigating a report of two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. There were two booms heard from near the finish line inside the Fairmount Copley Plaza Hotel. Race officials locked down the hotel because

Gold Plunges for Worst Two-Day Loss Since 1983

Gold Plunges for Worst Two-Day Loss Since 1983

On Monday, gold prices nosedived to their worst two-day loss since 1983, breaking below $1,400–far removed from a September 2011 high of $1,920. “There are a lot of people throwing up their hands. Throwing positions overboard. Panic is everywhere,” said

ABC NEWS: Do We Really Need Guns For Self-Defense?

ABC NEWS: Do We Really Need Guns For Self-Defense?

On April 14 ABC News carried a column that asked if we really need guns for self-defense?  Columnist Adam Geller doesn’t argue with the fact that we once did, but asks whether today’s lower crime rates undercut the need for

Lies upon Lies: How Anthony Weiner Went Down

Lies upon Lies: How Anthony Weiner Went Down

Note from Senior Management: As former Rep. Anthony Weiner explores a return to politics, the mainstream media have been eager to help him rehabilitate his reputation–and to distort or ignore the role played by Andrew Breitbart in driving the story.

Groundbreaking Improv Comic Jonathan Winters Dies

Groundbreaking Improv Comic Jonathan Winters Dies

JOHN ROGERSAssociated PressLOS ANGELESJonathan Winters, the cherub-faced comedian whose breakneck improvisations and misfit characters inspired the likes of Robin Williams and Jim Carrey, has died. He was 87. The Ohio native died Thursday evening at his Montecito, Calif., home of

Surprise: Democrats Like Federal Tax Code

Surprise: Democrats Like Federal Tax Code

I had always assumed that death and taxes, while inevitable, would both universally rank pretty low on popularity surveys. A new Washington Post/ABC poll does find that a strong majority of Americans pretty much hate the U.S. tax code, except

Pfeiffer: Obama Not Going To Pass 'Romney Economic Plan'

Pfeiffer: Obama Not Going To Pass 'Romney Economic Plan'

ABC “This Week” : Reacting to an early rejection of the expected details of the White House’s budget proposal by Speaker John Boehner, President Obama’s senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer pushed back this morning on “This Week,” saying that the president

The Fool and the Straight Man

ABC posted a story yesterday with the intriguing headline “Why Obama’s ‘Best Looking’ Comment Failed to Ignite Furor.” Granted there was some discussion and mild condemnation of the comments on left wing blogs, enough that Jay Carney expressed the President’s

GOP: States know how to balance budgets

GOP: States know how to balance budgets

WASHINGTON, April 6 (UPI) —Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback said Saturday if Washington wants to see how to balance the budget while growing the economy, it should look to the states. Delivering the Republican weekly media address, Brownback touted his state’s

REPORT: North Korea Could Attack On Tax Day

REPORT: North Korea Could Attack On Tax Day

ABC NEWS: North Korea has moved a missile with “considerable range” to its east coast, but the weapon is incapable of reaching the United States, South Korea’s defense minister said today. Kim Kwan-Jin denied earlier reports by Japanese media that

It's Official: Leno to Leave 'Tonight Show' Next Spring

It's Official: Leno to Leave 'Tonight Show' Next Spring

By DAVID BAUDERAP Television WriterNEW YORKNBC on Wednesday announced its long-rumored switch in late night, replacing Jay Leno at the “Tonight” show with Jimmy Fallon and moving the iconic franchise back to New York. Fallon will take over in about

Fort Hood Survivors Denied Purple Hearts

Fort Hood Survivors Denied Purple Hearts

ABC: A Pentagon position paper, delivered to congressional staff on Friday and obtained by ABC News, says giving the award to the Fort Hood victims could “irrevocably alter the fundamental character of this time-honored decoration” and “undermine the prosecution of

Dolan: Catholic Church Needs Better Outreach To Gays

Dolan: Catholic Church Needs Better Outreach To Gays

Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Cardinal Timothy Dolan Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.”. “We gotta do better to see that our defense of marriage is not reduced to an attack on gay people. And I admit, we haven’t