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U.S. warns against blocking social media, elevates Internet freedom policies

By Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post The decision by Egyptian officials to virtually shut down Internet access to the country Friday marked an audacious escalation in the battle between authoritarian governments and tech-savvy protesters. It was also a direct challenge to the Obama administration’s attempts to promote Internet freedom. Internet access was cut off in […]...
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Tea Party Brings Energy, Change and Tumult to GOP

Micahel Barone, Townhall.com The political commentariat doesn’t know what to make of those thousands of Americans who have spontaneously thronged to tea parties and town hall meetings to oppose the big government programs of the Obama administration and Democratic congressional leaders. Some on the left attack them as fascists or racists, though evidence of that […]...