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Come Laugh at the New York City Dating Scene

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For every woman who’s been fixed up once too many with a man who needed fixing, for every man who’s ever been fixed up with a woman in need of a psychiatric evaluation, for everyone who needs a laugh: have I got a treat for you! This Sunday July 20, I …

Americans Are Fed Up With Energy Inaction–Give Us a New Manhattan Project

This terrific video comes to me courtesy of my friend Dave Reaboi at the Center for Security Policy in Washington D.C. It really hits home. The time is long overdue for both Democrats and Republicans to get serious about new energy policy. Time for a new Manhattan Project employing American ingenuity and drive in …

I Spent Yesterday Afternoon in Ramallah - and Lived to Tell!

Seriously, I’m no Brooke Goldstein (no interviews of terrorists!) But yesterday I did travel to Ramallah with Daniel Lubetzky, founder of Peaceworks, a business that brings together individuals from opposing sides of world conflicts, and OneVoice, a movement Lubetzky founded that seeks to promote communication and political change. I’ve written about Mr. Lubetzky for The …

Letter from Penny in Pennsylvania: Forget You, Barack

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From The Huffington Post
BY HEATHER ROBINSON

Note: Writing this post helped this Pennsylvania girl — me — to lighten up in the midst of a contentious campaign season. I hope it provides a few laughs.

Dear Barack,

Since you have got BIGGER and BETTER things to do than speak with me in …

Wake Up Democrats: You Are Hung up on Barack, but Hillary is What You Need

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From The Huffington Post
BY HEATHER ROBINSON

As a long-term registered Democrat who increasingly identifies as an independent and has weathered a torrid, post-9/11 love affair with conservatism, I am in a good position to judge Democratic prospects this nominating season. And I think we ought to listen to Mama …

Bill Clinton as You’ve Never Seen Him Before

This tour de force is brought to you with panache by the First Lady of politically conservative comedy.

Chavez Held Up Mirror to Liberals

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From The American Spectator
By HEATHER ROBINSON

As offensive as Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s recent anti-Bush tirade at the United Nations was, his calling President Bush “the devil” was a lot less offensive than modern American liberals who attack our President on a daily basis.

When I watched Jon Stewart joke about …

Back From Iraq, Marine Aims for Laughs as a Comic Faces

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From The Jewish Daily Forward

by Heather Robinson

Apr 08, 2005

If the young Woody Allen had been a tough guy, he might have been something like David Rosner. A study in seeming contradictions, Rosner is a stand-up comic and a reserve Marine Corps major — a self-described “recovered hypochondriac” who served in the …