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Commentary: Why Ayers case is risky for McCain-Palin

During the Democratic primaries, I wrote a column for CNN.com about how easy it is for any candidate to tar and feather another about their associations with less-than-acceptable figures.

Commentary: Don't sanitize Helms' racist past

Death has a way of sanitizing the most virulent and despicable aspects of prominent lives, especially those who trafficked in racial bigotry.

Ex-Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86

Former U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms, a North Carolina Republican who became an icon to conservatives, died Friday at age 86, the Jesse Helms Center said.

Time.com: Jesse Helms: Stubborn on the Right

The former senator, dead at 86, was a voice of conservative dissent, but his campaigning skills were formidable

Time.com: Former Senator Jesse Helms Dies

Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 conservative years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July. He was 86

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BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP) -- The artist formerly known as the man who scrawled "slave" on his face during a '90s dispute with his record company is happy with his new Universal Records deal.

Fortune: News From Another Age

It might be hard to remember, but there actually was news before the World Trade Center attacks on Sept. 11. For this edition of the Hype Index, we've torn ourselves away from the disaster coverage...

FSB: SBA to Jesse Helms: We Dare Ya...Aryanbusters on Main Street...How to Pitch Like Whoopi...Saving High Fidelity Retailers

You'd think the SBA would take a cue from the NEA. Au contraire. Despite years of battles in Congress over the National Endowment for the Art's funding of envelope-pushing art, the Small Business A...

Fortune: Washington, D.C.: Home of Power Steak-Outs

Sure, you could spend your few spare hours in Washington soaking up history at the Jefferson Memorial. But it's a lot more fun to soak up history in the making--along with some sustenance--at the r...

Fortune: Castro and McEnroe hang tough, the ethics of pastrami, gerrymandering galore, and other matters. THE 67% SOLUTION

Gerrymandering is in the news these days, and you will doubtless find many an opportunity to work into dinner-party conversation the fact that the term was creatively named for Elbridge Gerry, who ...

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