O:9:"magpierss":18:{s:6:"parser";i:0;s:12:"current_item";a:0:{}s:5:"items";a:8:{i:0;a:8:{s:5:"title";s:29:" A Heretic's Advice To Obama ";s:4:"link";s:108:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/20/AR2008062002120.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns";s:4:"guid";s:108:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/20/AR2008062002120.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT";s:11:"description";s:170:" Today, I shall commit an act of heresy so offensive to cherished Washington beliefs that revocation of my citizenship in the nation's capital is quite likely to follow. ";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:15:"Colbert I. King";}s:8:"category";s:167:"AHeretic'sAdviceToObamaBarack ObamaEvan ThomasBill ClintonGeorge W. BushLyndon JohnsonRichard NixonCapitol HillNewsweek Inc.Post Co.U.S. Republican PartyWashington, DC";s:7:"summary";s:170:" Today, I shall commit an act of heresy so offensive to cherished Washington beliefs that revocation of my citizenship in the nation's capital is quite likely to follow. ";}i:1;a:8:{s:5:"title";s:31:" The Loud Silence Of Feminists ";s:4:"link";s:108:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/20/AR2008062002209.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns";s:4:"guid";s:108:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/20/AR2008062002209.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT";s:11:"description";s:268:" Michelle Obama has become an issue in the presidential campaign even though she isn't running for anything. An educated, successful lawyer, devoted wife and caring mother has been labeled "angry" and unpatriotic and snidely referred to as Barack Obama's "baby mama." ";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Mary C. Curtis";}s:8:"category";s:212:"TheLoudSilenceOfFeministsBarack ObamaHillary ClintonMichelle ObamaGloria SteinemDon ImusGeraldine FerraroKim GandyRosa ParksCharlotte (North Carolina)National Organization for WomenRutgers UniversityUnited States";s:7:"summary";s:268:" Michelle Obama has become an issue in the presidential campaign even though she isn't running for anything. An educated, successful lawyer, devoted wife and caring mother has been labeled "angry" and unpatriotic and snidely referred to as Barack Obama's "baby mama." ";}i:2;a:8:{s:5:"title";s:23:" Radio Daze at the FCC ";s:4:"link";s:108:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/20/AR2008062002210.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns";s:4:"guid";s:108:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/20/AR2008062002210.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT";s:11:"description";s:381:" Why has it taken federal regulators 17 months to decide whether XM and Sirius should be allowed to merge? Because both of these statements are true: Even with a merger of the two pay radio companies, satellite radio is a dead man walking; and with or without a merger, satellite radio is poised to be among the most important content providers in a confusing new media landscape. ";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:11:"Marc Fisher";}s:8:"category";s:244:"RadioDazeattheFCCU.S. Federal Communications CommissionHoward SternKevin MartinBritish Broadcasting CorporationCBS CorporationClear Channel Communications Inc.Marc FisherNational Public Radio Inc.U.S. Department of JusticeNew YorkWashington, DC";s:7:"summary";s:381:" Why has it taken federal regulators 17 months to decide whether XM and Sirius should be allowed to merge? Because both of these statements are true: Even with a merger of the two pay radio companies, satellite radio is a dead man walking; and with or without a merger, satellite radio is poised to be among the most important content providers in a confusing new media landscape. ";}i:3;a:8:{s:5:"title";s:45:" A Performance Worth Every Exclamation Point ";s:4:"link";s:108:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061903028.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns";s:4:"guid";s:108:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061903028.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT";s:11:"description";s:741:" It's easy to make fun of the pretentious verbiage that's used to inflate sporting events -- and the individuals who take part in them -- beyond all earthly reason: "the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat," "the limits of human endurance," "the heart of a champion," blah blah blah. It's easy to point out that professional athletes, by and large, are absurdly pampered and privileged, and that they are paid their fortunes not to work but to play.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=252123703625" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=252123703625" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:15:"Eugene Robinson";}s:8:"category";s:75:"APerformanceWorthEveryExclamationPointTiger WoodsJack NicklausRocco Mediate";s:7:"summary";s:741:" It's easy to make fun of the pretentious verbiage that's used to inflate sporting events -- and the individuals who take part in them -- beyond all earthly reason: "the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat," "the limits of human endurance," "the heart of a champion," blah blah blah. It's easy to point out that professional athletes, by and large, are absurdly pampered and privileged, and that they are paid their fortunes not to work but to play.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=252123703625" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=252123703625" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ";}i:4;a:8:{s:5:"title";s:19:" A False Moderate? ";s:4:"link";s:108:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061903020.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns";s:4:"guid";s:108:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061903020.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT";s:11:"description";s:245:" It was not quite a Roger Mudd moment, but it was close. Mudd, you might recall, posed a simple question to Ted Kennedy in 1979: "Why do you want to be president?" Kennedy's vague, unprepared answer raised serious questions about his candidacy. ";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:14:"Michael Gerson";}s:8:"category";s:227:"AFalseModerate?Barack ObamaJohn McCainEdward M. KennedyRoger MuddJohn Roberts (Chief Justice)George W. BushJake TapperJoseph LiebermanMitch McConnellRudolph GiulianiWinston ChurchillABC Inc.AmeriCorpsUnited StatesWashington, DC";s:7:"summary";s:245:" It was not quite a Roger Mudd moment, but it was close. Mudd, you might recall, posed a simple question to Ted Kennedy in 1979: "Why do you want to be president?" Kennedy's vague, unprepared answer raised serious questions about his candidacy. ";}i:5;a:8:{s:5:"title";s:25:" The Small-Donor Fallacy ";s:4:"link";s:108:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061903027.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns";s:4:"guid";s:108:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061903027.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT";s:11:"description";s:466:" Not long ago, Sen. Barack Obama criticized special-interest lobbies that "use their money and influence to stop us from reforming health care or investing in renewable energy for yet another four years." He has said that his army of small donors constitutes "a parallel public financing system," one in which ordinary voters "will have as much access and influence over the course of our campaign" as that "traditionally reserved for the wealthy and the powerful." ";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:10:"Jay Mandle";}s:8:"category";s:253:"TheSmall-DonorFallacyBarack ObamaJohn McCainUnited StatesHillary ClintonClevelandGeorge W. BushHoward DeanJay MandleJohn KerryColgate UniversityFederal Election CommissionGoldman Sachs Group Inc.The Campaign Finance InstituteU.S. Republican PartyVermont";s:7:"summary";s:466:" Not long ago, Sen. Barack Obama criticized special-interest lobbies that "use their money and influence to stop us from reforming health care or investing in renewable energy for yet another four years." He has said that his army of small donors constitutes "a parallel public financing system," one in which ordinary voters "will have as much access and influence over the course of our campaign" as that "traditionally reserved for the wealthy and the powerful." ";}i:6;a:8:{s:5:"title";s:23:" McCain's Oil Epiphany ";s:4:"link";s:108:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061903022.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns";s:4:"guid";s:108:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061903022.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT";s:11:"description";s:294:" Gas is $4 a gallon. Oil is $135 a barrel and rising. We import two-thirds of our oil, sending hundreds of billions of dollars to the likes of Russia, Venezuela and Saudi Arabia. And yet we voluntarily prohibit ourselves from even exploring huge domestic reserves of petroleum and natural gas. ";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:19:"Charles Krauthammer";}s:8:"category";s:330:"McCain'sOilEpiphanyBarack ObamaJohn McCainSaudi ArabiaUnited StatesBill ClintonManhattanArctic National Wildlife RefugeBahrainCanadaGulf of MexicoKuwaitMexicoQatarRussiaScotlandU.S. CongressU.S. Energy Information AdministrationUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomVenezuelaArabian DesertIowaMiddle EastNiger DeltaWalesWashington, DC";s:7:"summary";s:294:" Gas is $4 a gallon. Oil is $135 a barrel and rising. We import two-thirds of our oil, sending hundreds of billions of dollars to the likes of Russia, Venezuela and Saudi Arabia. And yet we voluntarily prohibit ourselves from even exploring huge domestic reserves of petroleum and natural gas. ";}i:7;a:8:{s:5:"title";s:29:" Jump Ball for New Hampshire ";s:4:"link";s:108:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061903021.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns";s:4:"guid";s:108:"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/19/AR2008061903021.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT";s:11:"description";s:494:" HANOVER, N.H. -- The race for electoral votes could be so close in November that small states may well pick the next president. Among those diminutive states, New Hampshire is by far the most interesting.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=252123703756" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=252123703756" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:16:"E. J. Dionne Jr.";}s:8:"category";s:290:"JumpBallforNewHampshireJohn McCainNew HampshireBarack ObamaGeorge W. BushTom RathCarol Shea-PorterFergus CullenAl GoreMitt RomneyHillary ClintonJeb BradleyJohn KerryJohn Lynch (Politician)Obi-Wan KenobiPaul HodesPrincess Leia OrganaRalph NaderRay BuckleyFloridaU.S. House of Representatives";s:7:"summary";s:494:" HANOVER, N.H. -- The race for electoral votes could be so close in November that small states may well pick the next president. 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