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A Modest Proposal for Francis I: WWJD to Paul Ryan?

By Rich Broderick, Ground Zero

Here's an idea for Pope Francis, a way of establishing his bona fides as a man who cares about the poor and the growing social inequities that are swelling the ranks of poverty in the wo

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Ten years later: the Iraq invasion and the God of War

By Rich Broderick, Ground Zero

In early 2003, poet Sam Hamill, founder of Cooper Canyon Press, which under his leadership became one of the top literary publishers in the country, called for poets across the nation to stage

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Batting Third: in support of independent political parties

By Rich Broderick, Ground Zero

The other day a Facebook friend sent me a horrified inquiry asking if I had meant to “like” Mitt Romney on Facebook.

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Bain Capital Meets Frankenstorm: It's an ill wind that blows no good

By Rich Broderick, Ground Zero

In the wake of megastorm Sandy, Bain Capital, which was co-founded by Mitt Romney and where he served as CEO until he resigned in 1999 but didn't

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Etch-a-Sketch: Romney campaign faces possible lawsuit

By Rich Broderick, Ground Zero

Already under threat from the company that manufactures Etch-A-Sketch for product defamation, the Mitt Romney campaign committee is now facing a possible lawsuit for copyright infringement from The

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Romney and Ryan make it official: Big date set for January 20, 2013

By Rich Broderick, Ground Zero

Miami, September 5 -- Gazing at each other with the fondness that observers report has been waxing ever since the two men first met several months ago at a policy forum, GOP Presidential candidate

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Duck-and-cover: The ticking American time bomb

By Rich Broderick, Ground Zero

Another mass shooting, this time outside the Empire State Building, two dead, a dozen wounded. Next week – or  the week after – there will be another, then another soon after, and so on. This we know for sure.

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Rope-A-Dope: It ain’t going to work for Mitt

By Rich Broderick, Ground Zero

One of my favorite memories of the 2008 primary season was a video of Mitt Romney trying to get down with a small group of black youth.

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