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		<title>Missing the Point</title>
		<link>http://samueljscott.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/missing-the-point/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 11:53:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Scott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ben Stein writes that the U.S. economy is in great shape:
The bond markets have rallied staggeringly. The stock markets had one of their best months ever in April. The rate of defaults on corporate bonds remains extremely low. And index securities that track mortgage defaults are saying that the fear of a colossal national mortgage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israeli Politics</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 10:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Scott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RISHON LEZION, Israel &#8211; Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni would likely become the next prime minister if elections were held today:
The poll predicted that with Livni leading Kadima the party would receive 27 seats in the Knesset, as opposed to 23 for Likud and 15 for Labor. According to the study, Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz would garner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Telling the Truth</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 10:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Scott</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[RISHON LEZION, Israel &#8211; Thomas Friedman, as usual, hits the nail on the head:
We are living on borrowed time and borrowed dimes&#8230;
We need a president who is tough enough to tell the truth to the American people. Any one of the candidates can answer the Red Phone at 3 a.m. in the White House bedroom. I’m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama and the Muslims</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 09:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Scott</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If Sen. Barack Obama becomes the next U.S. president (and I think he will), he might not be able to improve America&#8217;s relations with devout Muslims around the world. See here.
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		<title>Fighting Hizbollah</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 09:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Scott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RISHON LEZION, Israel &#8212; Hizbollah recently won a significant victory:
Heavily armed Hezbollah fighters seized control of much of western Beirut on Friday, patrolling the deserted streets in a raw show of force that underscored the militia’s refusal to back down in its escalating confrontation with the American-backed government.
I&#8217;ll say it again: Israel and the Lebanese government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking Only With Their Wallets</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 09:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Scott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As a result of the skyrocketing price of oil, more Americans are now using public transportation and buying smaller cars. If only they had done so years ago. In related news, Paul Krugman warns that the high price of oil is here to stay: The fundamentals are sound, and the market is not overrun by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holocaust Remembrance Day</title>
		<link>http://samueljscott.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/holocaust-remembrance-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Scott</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Anti-Semitism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Civil Liberties]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
JERUSALEM &#8212; Starting at sundown on Wednesday, the State of Israel will observe Yom HaShoah, the daylong remembrance of the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust. At 10 a.m. on Thursday, sirens will sound throughout the Jewish state, and everyone will stop and stand at attention for two minutes. People will even stop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teenagers and Privacy</title>
		<link>http://samueljscott.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/teenagers-and-privacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Scott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Fox News reports on a disturbing trend:
Forget about passing notes in study hall; some teens are now using their cell phones to flirt and send nude pictures of themselves.
The instant text, picture and video messages have become part of some teens&#8217; courtship behavior, police and school officials said.
The messages often spread quickly and sometimes find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dating and Game Theory</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Scott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Mark Gimein discusses why so many women believe that there are no good men left:
You can think of this traditional concept of the search for marriage partners as a kind of an auction. In this auction, some women will be more confident of their prospects, others less so. In game-theory terms, you would call the first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So Much for the Conspiracy</title>
		<link>http://samueljscott.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/so-much-for-the-conspiracy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Scott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[JERUSALEM &#8212; There&#8217;s a new player in Washington, D.C.:
For years, liberal American Jews who have chafed under the taboo against criticizing Israel have dreamed of starting a political organization that would speak for them. Now, with the launch of J Street, that dream has become a reality.
I&#8217;ve always laughed at the fanatical idea that there [...]]]></description>
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