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Eric Keroack: The new Bush HHS appointee. – By Amanda Schaffer – Slate Magazine

http://www.slate.com/id/2154249 On Monday, the federal office that oversees the nation’s family-planning program got a new boss who doesn’t believe in birth control. Eric Keroack is a Massachusetts obstetrician-gynecologist who argues that abstinence until marriage is the only healthy choice for women. Until recently, he served as medical director of a pregnancy-counseling organization that runs down […]

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070124/ap_on_go_pr_wh/state_of_union_democrats_14 The Teleprompter President has haltingly delivered another State of the Union, but this time he’s had some pushback from the majority Dems. They’ve promised to play hardball, and I’m hoping they live up to their tone. Webb’s speech sounds like a barnburner – I’ll see if it shows up on YouTube. For the record, […]

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070110/ap_on_go_co/congress_smoking_1 Pelosi bans smoking near House floor Sen. Kennedy seeks universal health plan House Dems move to boost minimum wage While I’ve learned not to expect too much from the Democratic Party, or American politics in general, that combination of headlines gives me some warm fuzzies. Somewhere in the depths of the red states, some […]

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