Marco Polo

“While our people and economy are pushing the boundaries of the 21st century, too many of our leaders and their ideas are stuck in the 20th century,” Florida Senator Marco Rubio told supporters during his presidential campaign announcement earlier this month. Rubio might as well consider himself among those leaders trapped in time.

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Paul Blart: (National) Mall Cop

Declaring “We have come to take our country back” to a crowd of likely Tea Partiers must invoke a response similar to a Lynyrd Skynyrd audience hearing the opening chords of “Free Bird.”

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul brought out the Bic lighters early when he opened with that line, announcing his candidacy for the 2016 Republican presidential ticket.

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Something to Talk About

On Thursday, President Obama announced a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) framework had been agreed upon in preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. The President anticipated the inevitable critics, listing the three possible choices the U.S. could now make.

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