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- Congress and the nation / by Hosansky, David,editor.(CARDINAL)702628;
Includes index.Politics and national issues -- Economic policy -- Homeland security -- Foreign policy -- Defense policy -- Transportation, Commerce, and Communications -- Energy and environment -- Agricultural policy -- Health and human services -- Education policy -- Housing and urban aid -- Labor and pensions -- Law and justice -- General government -- Inside congress -- The Obama presidency.Chronicling the polarized partisan environment during the President Barack Obama's second term, Congress and the Nation 2013-2016, Vol. XIV is the most authoritative reference on congressional lawmaking and trends during the 113th and 114th Congresses. The newest edition in this award-winning series documents the most fiercely debated issues during this period, including: The unprecedented federal government shutdown, The strike down of the Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional, End of the filibuster for most executive and judicial branch nominees, Changes to the Dodd-Frank Act, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Pope Francis address joint sessions, Sexual Assault Survivors' Rights Act passed, overhauling rape kit processing and establishment of victim bill of rights, SPACE Act passed, allowing commercial exploration of space. No other source guides readers seamlessly through the policy output of the national legislature with the breadth, depth, and authority of Congress and the Nation. This is a landmark series is a must-have reference for all academic libraries and meets the needs of the full spectrum of users, from lower-level undergraduates through researchers and faculty.- Subjects: United States. Congress 2013-2015); United States. Congress 2015-2017); Legislation;
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- A watchman in the night : what I've seen over 50 years reporting on America / by Thomas, Cal,author.(CARDINAL)147677;
In A Watchman in the Night, Cal Thomas takes the reader on a "road trip" through over fifty years of journalism and American life, serving as a "watchman" on culture and politics and seeking to conform it to a standard that never changes. A watchman "keeps guard over a building at night, to protect it from fire, vandals, or thieves." Thomas is a believer that certain values and principles never change and has critiqued misbehavior and wrong-headedness by people on "his side" from the start. "If values and Truth mean anything," Thomas says, "they must be applied equally. Hypocrisy and heresy cannot be ignored no matter the source." In the book, Thomas does not stigmatize labels, such as "conservative" and "religious," because Thomas says: "It allows people to define me and others by their perception of those labels. Ask me a question and I will give you my answer. For over fifty years in journalism, Thomas has offered incisive, humorous and often corrective commentary to our social, political, and religious conversations. An early commitment to addressing publicly what he sees has marked Thomas' entire career. Cal has always called both parties, both sides of the American political divide, to account, to take the high road and to honor our civic and religious ideals with compatible behavior to the very best of our ability. This increasingly "radical" approach to public life has won him many friends on both sides of the political aisle, hundreds of thousands of faithful readers of his columns, and a continuous barrage of accolades and "hate mail," much of it charming when it is not too foul to repeat. Cal came to the Christian faith while a young journalist at a dinner led by Dr. Richard Halverson, Pastor at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Bethesda, MD, and later, Chaplain of the United States Senate. This experience informed the rest of Cal's life as he hosted his own private dinners for members of the press and members of Congress from both parties leading to deep friendships with Senator Ted Kennedy and many others, friendships which became a hallmark of Cal's life despite wide political differences. For over two decades, Cal has hosted the National Prayer Breakfast Media Dinner as a continuation of his commitment to the reality that a relationship with Jesus Christ can change a person's life and ultimately change a nation, and that things of such import are best discussed over dinner. The book includes tones about faith, but focuses on American social, cultural and political currents. A Watchman in the Night: What I've Seen Over 50 Years Reporting on America is a living history of our times, of who we were then and who we are now and who we might become (for better or worse) in the future, and a remarkable chronicle of modern American life.--- Subjects: Thomas, Cal; Journalism;
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- Fringe. [videorecording] / by Abrams, J. J.(Jeffrey Jacob),1966-creator.(CARDINAL)535321; Brown, Blair,actor.(CARDINAL)379167; Jackson, Joshua,1978-actor.; Kurtzman, Alex,creator.(CARDINAL)479884; Noble, John,1948-actor.; Orci, Roberto,creator.(CARDINAL)549461; Reddick, Lance,actor.; Torv, Anna,1978-actor.; Warner Home Video (Firm),film distributor.(CARDINAL)218485;
Transilence thought Unifer Model-11 -- In Absentia -- The recordist -- The bulllet that saved the world -- An origin story -- Through the looking and what Walter found there -- Five twenty-ten -- The human kind -- Black blotter -- Anomaly XB-6783746 -- The boy must live -- Liberty -- An enemy of fate.Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Lance Reddick, Blair Brown, Jasika Nicole, John Noble.The fifth and final season delivers a climactic conclusion. Picking up from events depicted in season four's flash-forward episode, the seemingly peaceful Observers seized control of our universe in 2015. Now, in 2036, they have become ruthless rulers who stand unopposed. What awaits in the future, however, is the Fringe Team's final stand, which will bring together all they have witnessed in preparation for the final battle to protect our world.Requires Blu-ray player.- Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Science fiction television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; Fathers and sons; Parapsychology; People with mental disabilities;
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