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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title>Essay: Lessons of March Madness Go Beyond Winning</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/12/essay-lessons-of-march-madness-go-beyond-winning/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/12/essay-lessons-of-march-madness-go-beyond-winning/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/12/essay-lessons-of-march-madness-go-beyond-winning/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[March Madness officially begins tonight with the announcement of the selection of the 68 teams appearing in this year's NCAA basketball tournament. Cheers to all the teams and their fans for the victories that got them to the next level. Recently, however, I was reminded that the greatest lessons often come out of defeat.]]></description><dc:creator>Stuart Warner</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-12T21:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/708753/1299979369129.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>Wind Publications</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Daylight Saving Time Confusion [VIDEO]</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/11/daylight-saving-time-confusion-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/11/daylight-saving-time-confusion-video/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/11/daylight-saving-time-confusion-video/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Dave George talks with people on the street in Washington about Daylight Saving Time and finds a lot of them aren't clear about changing the clocks to "spring forward."]]></description><dc:creator>Dave George</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-11T06:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage></promoImage><promoCredit></promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: There's No Silver Bullet for High Gas Prices</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/10/opinion-theres-no-silver-bullet-for-high-gas-prices/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/10/opinion-theres-no-silver-bullet-for-high-gas-prices/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/10/opinion-theres-no-silver-bullet-for-high-gas-prices/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[The current jump in prices seems based on fears that supplies could be interrupted in additional countries. But the crude oil in government stockpiles (well over 700 million barrels in the United States alone) can handle most scenarios, short of the unlikely event of the loss of oil from Saudi Arabia. So the current panic over oil rests more on market psychology than physical shortages.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-10T09:45:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage></promoImage><promoCredit></promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Getting Clear on Rep. King's Muslim Hearings</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/10/opinion-getting-clear-on-rep-kings-muslim-hearings/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/10/opinion-getting-clear-on-rep-kings-muslim-hearings/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/10/opinion-getting-clear-on-rep-kings-muslim-hearings/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[The Muslim in me would like to know the clear intent behind these hearings. But Muslims also have an important role to play in repairing our image.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-10T07:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage></promoImage><promoCredit></promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Why NPR Should Call for an End to Taxpayer Support</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/10/opinion-why-npr-should-call-for-an-end-to-taxpayer-support/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/10/opinion-why-npr-should-call-for-an-end-to-taxpayer-support/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/10/opinion-why-npr-should-call-for-an-end-to-taxpayer-support/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[If they had any sense at all, they'd see that the headaches far outweigh the small amount of money they get from taxpayers.]]></description><dc:creator>John Merline</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-10T01:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/708506/1299704610285.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>NPR</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Are We Broke Yet? [VIDEO]</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/09/opinion-are-we-broke-yet-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/09/opinion-are-we-broke-yet-video/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/09/opinion-are-we-broke-yet-video/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Unless you think our elected officials are like Charlie Sheen -- able to cure our problems simply by willing it -- our fiscal reality isn't going to get better by pretending that we're not in deep trouble.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-09T08:27:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/706031/1297955492733.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AP</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: End Obama's Policy of Higher Gas Prices</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/09/opinion-end-obamas-policy-of-higher-gas-prices/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/09/opinion-end-obamas-policy-of-higher-gas-prices/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/09/opinion-end-obamas-policy-of-higher-gas-prices/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Gas prices are dangerously close to doubling since President Obama was inaugurated. And this is no accident.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-09T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/5/9/591505/1229382384444.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AFP / Getty Images</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Why Aren't Environmentalists Cheering Higher Gas Prices?</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/09/opinion-why-arent-environmentalists-cheering-higher-gas-prices/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/09/opinion-why-arent-environmentalists-cheering-higher-gas-prices/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/09/opinion-why-arent-environmentalists-cheering-higher-gas-prices/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Higher oil prices are one of the fastest and most efficient ways to get people to use less oil.]]></description><dc:creator>John Merline</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-09T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/9/697581/1291931638099.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AP</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: We Can't Drill Our Way Out of High Gas Prices</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/09/opinion-we-cant-drill-our-way-out-of-high-gas-prices/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/09/opinion-we-cant-drill-our-way-out-of-high-gas-prices/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/09/opinion-we-cant-drill-our-way-out-of-high-gas-prices/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Safer, more reliable ways to power our cars and trucks and expand our transportation options exist right now.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-09T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/8/686196/1284710093086.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AP</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Obama's Gitmo Flip Flop is a Win-Win</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/08/opinion-obamas-gitmo-flip-flop-is-a-win-win/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/08/opinion-obamas-gitmo-flip-flop-is-a-win-win/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/08/opinion-obamas-gitmo-flip-flop-is-a-win-win/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Though no one would have guessed it two years ago, President Obama just reversed course and lifted the ban on military trials for detainees. Here's why it's a good thing.]]></description><dc:creator>J.D. Gordon</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-08T07:54:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage></promoImage><promoCredit></promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Defund Planned Parenthood</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/08/opinion-defund-planned-parenthood/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/08/opinion-defund-planned-parenthood/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/08/opinion-defund-planned-parenthood/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[I know from lengthy experience the last place any taxpayer money should be going is to Planned Parenthood.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-08T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/0/605531/1236979663708.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AP</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: The GOP's Dangerous Attack on Planned Parenthood</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/08/opinion-the-houses-dangerous-attack-on-planned-parenthood/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/08/opinion-the-houses-dangerous-attack-on-planned-parenthood/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/08/opinion-the-houses-dangerous-attack-on-planned-parenthood/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Backers of cuts in funding to Planned Parenthood claim they’re fighting to cut the deficit and reduce abortion. Both claims are ludicrous.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-08T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/706347/1298151954977.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AP</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Planned Parenthood and the Stories We Tell Ourselves</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/08/opinion-planned-parenthood-and-the-stories-we-tell-ourselves/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/08/opinion-planned-parenthood-and-the-stories-we-tell-ourselves/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/08/opinion-planned-parenthood-and-the-stories-we-tell-ourselves/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[We should take pains not to believe stories just because our side is telling them.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-08T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage></promoImage><promoCredit></promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Colleges Flunk the Civic Engagement Test</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/07/opinion-colleges-flunk-the-civic-engagement-test/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/07/opinion-colleges-flunk-the-civic-engagement-test/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/07/opinion-colleges-flunk-the-civic-engagement-test/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Most colleges claim that one of their primary goals is to encourage civic engagement. But they don't. Here's one reason why.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-07T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/703344/1296087567802.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>Getty Images</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Labor's Last Stand</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/07/opinion-labor-unions-last-stand/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/07/opinion-labor-unions-last-stand/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/07/opinion-labor-unions-last-stand/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[The wake-up call to labor has come late, and the targets of the protests are much too narrow to reverse labor's flagging course.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-07T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/707619/1299021087612.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>Getty Images</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Women's History Month Hero -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/06/womens-history-month-hero-elizabeth-cady-stanton/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/06/womens-history-month-hero-elizabeth-cady-stanton/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/06/womens-history-month-hero-elizabeth-cady-stanton/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[The fight for women's suffrage started, as so many things do, with women talking to each other around kitchen tables. The result was the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, N.Y., in July 1848.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-06T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage></promoImage><promoCredit></promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Public Support for Gay Marriage on Verge of Surpassing Opposition</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/05/public-support-for-gay-marriage-on-verge-of-surpassing-oppositio/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/05/public-support-for-gay-marriage-on-verge-of-surpassing-oppositio/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/05/public-support-for-gay-marriage-on-verge-of-surpassing-oppositio/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Gay marriage is continuing to gain acceptance among the public -- the latest survey from the Pew Research Center shows Americans almost evenly split between those who oppose and those who support same-sex marriage.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-05T23:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/707926/1299247665301.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>Justin Sullivan, Getty Images</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Democracy Is the New Black</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/05/opinion-democracy-is-the-new-black/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/05/opinion-democracy-is-the-new-black/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/05/opinion-democracy-is-the-new-black/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Congratulations from the United States of America to all our freedom loving brothers and sisters in Egypt and Yemen and Jordan and Oman and Tunisia and Libya and Iran and Bahrain and Morocco and Algeria, and maybe someday soon Saudi Arabia, for standing up to your dictatorial overlords and...]]></description><dc:creator>Will Durst</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-05T07:20:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage></promoImage><promoCredit></promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Obama's Weakness -- He's Typical, Not Radical</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/05/opinion-obamas-weakness-hes-typical-not-radical/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/05/opinion-obamas-weakness-hes-typical-not-radical/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/05/opinion-obamas-weakness-hes-typical-not-radical/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Critics who say President Obama is a radical ought to confront one important challenge.]]></description><dc:creator>Michael Medved</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-05T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/705239/1297378976740.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>Carolyn Kaster, AP</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Anybody Know What the Obama Doctrine Is?</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/04/opinion-anybody-know-what-the-obama-doctrine-is/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/04/opinion-anybody-know-what-the-obama-doctrine-is/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/04/opinion-anybody-know-what-the-obama-doctrine-is/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Assuming there is anything more substantial to his foreign policy than "smart diplomacy," then what is it? Speak softly to the Muslim world and hope that it will love us in return?]]></description><dc:creator>Ken Allard</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-04T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/707490/1298947786999.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AP</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Consumer Lending at Risk</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/04/opinion-consumer-lending-at-risk/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/04/opinion-consumer-lending-at-risk/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/04/opinion-consumer-lending-at-risk/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Anyone with an interest in maintaining the positive economic momentum we've recently seen should pay close attention to the startup of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.]]></description><dc:creator>Marty Robins</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-04T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage></promoImage><promoCredit></promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Why Decriminalize Child Prostitution?</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/04/opinion-why-decriminalize-child-prostitution/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/04/opinion-why-decriminalize-child-prostitution/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/04/opinion-why-decriminalize-child-prostitution/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[It's a well-intentioned change that, unfortunately, won't end the exploitation of these children, and will likely make it worse.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-04T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage></promoImage><promoCredit></promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Why Libya Matters to the US</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/03/opinion-why-libya-matters-to-the-us/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/03/opinion-why-libya-matters-to-the-us/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/03/opinion-why-libya-matters-to-the-us/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[While the United States is somewhat isolated from the conflict in Libya, the outcomes of this region can have a real impact on the U.S. both economically and geopolitically.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-03T07:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/707607/1299016781955.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AFP/Getty Images</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: The Rush to Diagnose Charlie Sheen</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/03/opinion-the-rush-to-diagnose-charlie-sheen/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/03/opinion-the-rush-to-diagnose-charlie-sheen/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/03/opinion-the-rush-to-diagnose-charlie-sheen/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[It is unethical for clinicians to diagnose someone from afar, without actually evaluating the person, says this clinical psychologist.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-03T07:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/707660/1299073218126.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>msnbc.com</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: 5 Reasons Not to Strike Libya</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/03/opinion-5-reasons-not-to-intervene-militarily-in-libya/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/03/opinion-5-reasons-not-to-intervene-militarily-in-libya/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/03/opinion-5-reasons-not-to-intervene-militarily-in-libya/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[While U.S. leaders continue to discuss options for military contingencies with NATO allies, they ought to think twice before committing the use of force.]]></description><dc:creator>J.D. Gordon</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-03T07:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/5/658119/1271093289974.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>Getty Images</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Why Newt Gingrich's Adultery Matters</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/03/opinion-why-newt-gingrichs-adultery-matters/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/03/opinion-why-newt-gingrichs-adultery-matters/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/03/opinion-why-newt-gingrichs-adultery-matters/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[People's sex lives are a private matter, right? Not when it involves politicians.]]></description><dc:creator>Mark Grabowski</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-03T07:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/707109/1298670488784.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AP</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Oh, Say, Can You See How Awesome Our National Anthem Is?</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/02/opinion-oh-say-can-you-see-how-awesome-our-national-anthem-is/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/02/opinion-oh-say-can-you-see-how-awesome-our-national-anthem-is/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/02/opinion-oh-say-can-you-see-how-awesome-our-national-anthem-is/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[We celebrate the 80th anniversary of "The Star-Spangled Banner" being our national anthem.]]></description><dc:creator>Dave George</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-02T23:50:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/707574/1299005415237.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AP</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Government Waste by the Numbers</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/02/opinion-government-waste-by-the-numbers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/02/opinion-government-waste-by-the-numbers/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/02/opinion-government-waste-by-the-numbers/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[A new report highlights government waste in a new and alarming way.]]></description><dc:creator>John Merline</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-02T13:38:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage></promoImage><promoCredit></promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion Roundup: Leave Charlie Sheen Alone!</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/02/opinion-roundup-leave-charlie-sheen-alone/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/02/opinion-roundup-leave-charlie-sheen-alone/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/02/opinion-roundup-leave-charlie-sheen-alone/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Now that every single media outlet has seemingly tasted their share of Charlie Sheen exclusives, the cries of "exploitation" are beginning in earnest.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-02T10:55:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/707447/1298919330045.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>X17online</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: It's the Egyptian Economy, Stupid</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/02/opinion-its-the-egyptian-economy-stupid/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/02/opinion-its-the-egyptian-economy-stupid/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/02/opinion-its-the-egyptian-economy-stupid/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[If democracy is to take root in Egypt, its transitional leaders should focus as much on the country's economics as its politics.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-02T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/706391/1298240173866.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AP</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Bankruptcy Is Not an Option</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/02/opinion-state-bankruptcy-is-not-an-option/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/02/opinion-state-bankruptcy-is-not-an-option/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/02/opinion-state-bankruptcy-is-not-an-option/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Increasingly, governors and mayors are considering declaring bankruptcy as a way out of their fiscal crises. Here's why they shouldn't.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-02T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/8/682365/1282662519911.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>Getty</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Whitewashing Wisconsin's Protests</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/02/opinion-whitewashing-wisconsin-s-protests/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/02/opinion-whitewashing-wisconsin-s-protests/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/02/opinion-whitewashing-wisconsin-s-protests/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Here's what the mainstream press has left out of its coverage of the pro-union protests in Wisconsin and elsewhere around the country.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-02T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/707583/1299008958912.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>Getty Images</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Charlie Sheen's Dangerous Message on Drugs</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/01/opinion-charlie-sheens-dangerous-message-on-drugs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/01/opinion-charlie-sheens-dangerous-message-on-drugs/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/01/opinion-charlie-sheens-dangerous-message-on-drugs/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[As a former addict, I found Charlie Sheen’s recent comments minimizing addiction not terribly surprising. The difference is that no one heard what I said.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-01T11:12:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/707486/1298941970058.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>X17</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: While World Looks Away, Iran Cracks Down</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/01/opinion-while-world-looks-away-iran-increases-repression/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/01/opinion-while-world-looks-away-iran-increases-repression/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/01/opinion-while-world-looks-away-iran-increases-repression/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[While the world focuses its attention on the unrest in Libya, and on other Middle Eastern countries trying to throw off tyrannical leaders, Iran is seizing the opportunity to increase repression of its political dissidents.]]></description><dc:creator>Barbara Slavin</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-01T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/706238/1298051284571.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AP</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Why Flannery O'Connor Is My Hero</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/01/womens-history-month-heroine-flannery-oconnor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/01/womens-history-month-heroine-flannery-oconnor/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/01/womens-history-month-heroine-flannery-oconnor/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA["Ya-Ya Sisterhood" author Rebecca Wells tells how Flannery O'Connor's courage inspired her to keep writing while battling Lyme disease.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-01T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/707459/1298923630699.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>Rebecca Wells</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Scandal Debunks Education Miracles</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/01/opinion-scandal-exposes-phony-education-miracle/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/01/opinion-scandal-exposes-phony-education-miracle/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/01/opinion-scandal-exposes-phony-education-miracle/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[A scandal now unfolding in New York City, home of the nation's largest school district, is calling into question whether miracles in education are really mirages.]]></description><dc:creator>Walt Gardner</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-03-01T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/6/668548/1275598646798.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>Getty</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: 6 Ways to Improve the Oscars Next Year</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/28/opinion-6-ways-to-improve-the-oscars-next-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/28/opinion-6-ways-to-improve-the-oscars-next-year/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/28/opinion-6-ways-to-improve-the-oscars-next-year/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Here are a few suggestions on how to make next year's Oscars telecast more exciting and unpredictable, even if we all know the outcome weeks before.]]></description><dc:creator>David Fagin</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-28T10:57:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/707361/1298859286053.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AP</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: The Left's Unhealthy Koch Habit</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/28/opinion-the-lefts-unhealthy-koch-habit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/28/opinion-the-lefts-unhealthy-koch-habit/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/28/opinion-the-lefts-unhealthy-koch-habit/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[What do Charles and David Koch, brothers who run the Kansas-based Koch Industries, have to do with Wisconsin's budget battle? Almost nothing, unless you occupy the left wing of the political spectrum.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-28T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/707124/1298677206179.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>Getty Images</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Don't Confine Black History to February</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/28/opinion-dont-confine-black-history-to-february/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/28/opinion-dont-confine-black-history-to-february/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/28/opinion-dont-confine-black-history-to-february/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Audre Lorde said, "If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive."

It is this quote that always comes to mind when I think of my life as an American of African decent.

I am quite sure that similar words were on the mind of historian...]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-28T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/707103/1298665797196.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>Eric L. Payne</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Time to End Employers' Credit Check Abuse</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/28/opinion-employers-credit-check-abuse/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/28/opinion-employers-credit-check-abuse/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/28/opinion-employers-credit-check-abuse/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Employers now routinely check job applicants' credit ratings. But it makes no sense and needs to stop. Here's why.]]></description><dc:creator>Mark Grabowski</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-28T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/7/676577/1279568886841.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AOL</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: A Modest Deficit-Cutting Proposal</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/26/opinion-a-modest-deficit-cutting-proposal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/26/opinion-a-modest-deficit-cutting-proposal/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/26/opinion-a-modest-deficit-cutting-proposal/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[We have lots of lawyers sitting around, so why don't we start using them to file lawsuits? Here are several worthy targets.]]></description><dc:creator>Will Durst</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-26T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/705373/1297465159587.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AP</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Newsmaker Interview: Jerry Springer Talks Politics</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/26/newsmaker-interview-jerry-springer-talks-politics/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/26/newsmaker-interview-jerry-springer-talks-politics/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/26/newsmaker-interview-jerry-springer-talks-politics/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Jerry Springer is known for his trashy daytime television talk show. But Springer's resume also includes stints as mayor, television news anchor and actor.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-26T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/8/688933/1286286854242.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>Getty Images</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Is PG-13 Safe for Kids Any More?</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/25/opinion-is-pg-13-safe-for-kids-any-more/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/25/opinion-is-pg-13-safe-for-kids-any-more/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/25/opinion-is-pg-13-safe-for-kids-any-more/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Over the years, there's been a troubling "ratings creep" in PG-13 movies in one category of adult themes. Film scholar Ron Leone explains.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-25T05:01:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/706984/1298636131745.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AFP / Getty Images</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Gunboat Diplomacy Needed With Libya</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/25/opinion-gunboat-diplomacy-needed-with-libya/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/25/opinion-gunboat-diplomacy-needed-with-libya/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/25/opinion-gunboat-diplomacy-needed-with-libya/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Mr. President, have you any idea just how effective it would be were the Libyans to wake up tomorrow morning and glimpse off their shores the wonderfully menacing silhouettes of U.S. Navy warships?]]></description><dc:creator>Ken Allard</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-25T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/700423/1293992084812.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>U.S. Navy</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Don't Be Afraid to Send It Back</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/25/opinion-dont-be-afraid-to-send-it-back/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/25/opinion-dont-be-afraid-to-send-it-back/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/25/opinion-dont-be-afraid-to-send-it-back/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[I can't stand eating in a restaurant with someone who hates their meal from the first bite, yet will continue to eat the thing. It just doesn't make sense to me.]]></description><dc:creator>David Fagin</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-25T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/706661/1298462244090.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>jupiterimages</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: How About a Little Respect for Hollywood Screenwriters?</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/25/opinion-hey-oscar-how-about-a-little-respect-for-hollywood-scr/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/25/opinion-hey-oscar-how-about-a-little-respect-for-hollywood-scr/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/25/opinion-hey-oscar-how-about-a-little-respect-for-hollywood-scr/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Scripts are the seeds of thought that movies grow from. Not many films get made without them.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-25T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/706888/1298573887881.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>Roadside Attractions</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Gov. Walker Bargains With Unions ... on Twitter</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/24/opinion-wisconsin-gov-scott-walker-bargains-with-unions-on/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/24/opinion-wisconsin-gov-scott-walker-bargains-with-unions-on/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/24/opinion-wisconsin-gov-scott-walker-bargains-with-unions-on/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[It turns out the governor and Wisconsin's unionized workers are already sitting down at a bargaining table, albeit a virtual one.]]></description><dc:creator>Eve Tahmincioglu</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-24T16:27:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage></promoImage><promoCredit></promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion Roundup: 4 Questions About Obama's Gay Marriage Decision</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/24/opinion-roundup-4-questions-about-obamas-gay-marriage-decision/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/24/opinion-roundup-4-questions-about-obamas-gay-marriage-decision/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/24/opinion-roundup-4-questions-about-obamas-gay-marriage-decision/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Here's an overview of political implications of the Obama administration's decision to tell the Justice Department to stop prosecuting cases related to the Defense of Marriage Act.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-24T11:50:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage></promoImage><promoCredit></promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Wisconsin Exposes Deeper State Budget Crisis</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/24/opinion-wisconsin-exposes-deeper-state-budget-crisis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/24/opinion-wisconsin-exposes-deeper-state-budget-crisis/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/24/opinion-wisconsin-exposes-deeper-state-budget-crisis/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker correctly points out that his state's current budget trajectory is unsustainable. But he's not alone.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-24T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/706337/1298137924129.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AP</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Why Wisconsin Matters</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/24/opinion-why-wisconsins-public-sector-unions-matter/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/24/opinion-why-wisconsins-public-sector-unions-matter/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/24/opinion-why-wisconsins-public-sector-unions-matter/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[If public-sector unions lose in their battle to maintain their basic collective bargaining rights, all American workers will pay the price.]]></description><dc:creator>Michael Cohen</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-24T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/706099/1297974111292.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>Wisconsin State Journal / AP</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Will Egypt's Revolution Be in Vain?</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/24/opinion-will-egypts-revolution-be-in-vain/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/24/opinion-will-egypts-revolution-be-in-vain/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/24/opinion-will-egypts-revolution-be-in-vain/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Our writer, an Egyptian exiled for supporting gay rights in that country, says Egypt needs an entirely new constitution that fully embraces freedom and equality.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-24T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/706356/1298163062168.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AP</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: GOP Budget Cuts Will Cost Us in the Long Run</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/23/opinion-gop-budget-cuts-will-cost-us-in-the-long-run/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/23/opinion-gop-budget-cuts-will-cost-us-in-the-long-run/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/23/opinion-gop-budget-cuts-will-cost-us-in-the-long-run/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[The last thing we should do is accept the GOP's proposed federal budget cuts leveled at the poor, particularly those aimed at children, such as cutting about 10 percent, or $758 million, from the Women, Infants and Children program.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-23T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/705652/1297716823731.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AP</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Who Has the Courage to Lead on Spending Cuts?</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/23/opinion-who-has-the-courage-to-lead-on-federal-budget-cuts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/23/opinion-who-has-the-courage-to-lead-on-federal-budget-cuts/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/23/opinion-who-has-the-courage-to-lead-on-federal-budget-cuts/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[The best way to invest in the future is by cutting spending today.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-23T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/705373/1297465159587.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AP</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Wisconsin Election Recall Reality Check</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/23/opinion-wisconsin-election-recall-reality-check/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/23/opinion-wisconsin-election-recall-reality-check/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/23/opinion-wisconsin-election-recall-reality-check/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[With Wisconsin's new role as ground zero in the national political battlefield, thanks to Gov. Scott Walker's battle with public-sector unions on collective bargaining, both sides are looking to every possibility for an edge, including targeting state senators for recall elections.

It might look...]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-23T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/706130/1297979400513.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AP</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: The US Isn't Powerless In Libya</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/22/opinion-the-u-s-isnt-powerless-in-libya/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/22/opinion-the-u-s-isnt-powerless-in-libya/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/22/opinion-the-u-s-isnt-powerless-in-libya/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[There are several steps the U.S. -- and the international community -- can take now to push Moammar Gadhafi to give up the fight and step down.]]></description><dc:creator>Barbara Slavin</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-22T13:01:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/706561/1298392597166.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>Getty Images</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Was George Washington a Christian?</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/22/opinion-was-george-washington-a-christian/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/22/opinion-was-george-washington-a-christian/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/22/opinion-was-george-washington-a-christian/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[George Washington's faith has become a minor battlefield in America's ongoing culture wars.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-22T08:31:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/5/659450/1271683041280.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AP</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Docs Need to Get with the Internet Program</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/22/opinion-docs-need-to-get-with-the-internet-program/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/22/opinion-docs-need-to-get-with-the-internet-program/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/22/opinion-docs-need-to-get-with-the-internet-program/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[If you woke up one day with an earache, you could call your doctor's office for help.

Or you could do what the majority of patients do today and Google what to do first. Type "earache" into your Web browser and the results can vary wildly. Search engines can return results saying that an earache...]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-22T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/706211/1298043754694.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>Getty Images</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Is Obama's Economic Conversion for Real?</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/22/opinion-is-obamas-economic-conversion-for-real/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/22/opinion-is-obamas-economic-conversion-for-real/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/22/opinion-is-obamas-economic-conversion-for-real/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[After receiving a self-described shellacking in the mid-term elections and seeing the loyal opposition party take control of the House, President Barack Obama has made an apparent right turn on jobs, trade, regulatory reform and corporate friendliness. His much heralded conversion evokes verses of...]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-22T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/705420/1297531122016.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AP</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: A Healthy Crisis at a UN-Backed Health Fund</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/21/opinion-a-healthy-crisis-at-the-un-backed-global-fund-to-fight/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/21/opinion-a-healthy-crisis-at-the-un-backed-global-fund-to-fight/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/21/opinion-a-healthy-crisis-at-the-un-backed-global-fund-to-fight/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[The UN-backed effort to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria is in trouble. But that's not necessarily a bad thing.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-21T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/5/652550/1268091180184.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>Getty Images</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: The Jobs and Health Care Connection</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/21/opinion-the-jobs-and-health-care-connection/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/21/opinion-the-jobs-and-health-care-connection/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/21/opinion-the-jobs-and-health-care-connection/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Maybe I'm a little slow on the uptake, but I finally just got what is bankrupting this country.

It came to me when I was getting ready for bed and glanced over at my balled-up pair of arthritis gloves. In the past year, I've been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. I'm on all kinds of supplements...]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-21T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/9/695459/1290206658654.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>Getty Images</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: What Does Government Do?</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/19/opinion-what-does-government-do/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/19/opinion-what-does-government-do/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/19/opinion-what-does-government-do/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[What's the No. 1 job for the federal government these days? The answer may surprise you.]]></description><dc:creator>John Merline</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-19T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/702903/1295869301573.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AP</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: The Sleeves of a Vest</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/19/opinion-federal-budget-update/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/19/opinion-federal-budget-update/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/19/opinion-federal-budget-update/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[This is but a snapshot. A frozen moment in time, guaranteed to transmogrify on an hourly basis. So, knowing the situation is fluid, here's your budget update, and, if I were you, I'd find a nice comfy chair to plop down into, because this promises to be more frustrating than translating Sanskrit...]]></description><dc:creator>Will Durst</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-19T04:59:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage></promoImage><promoCredit></promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: After 41 Years, It's Time for Moammar Gadhafi to Go</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/18/opinion-after-41-years-its-time-for-moammar-gadhafi-to-go/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/18/opinion-after-41-years-its-time-for-moammar-gadhafi-to-go/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/18/opinion-after-41-years-its-time-for-moammar-gadhafi-to-go/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[To the 6.5 million people who live in Libya, Gadhafi -- in power since 1969 -- has never been a laughing matter]]></description><dc:creator>Barbara Slavin</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-18T15:08:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/9/696300/1291059040134.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AFP / Getty Images</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Are Teachers an Endangered Species?</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/18/opinion-are-teachers-an-endangered-species/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/18/opinion-are-teachers-an-endangered-species/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/18/opinion-are-teachers-an-endangered-species/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Thousands of teaching positions could be eliminated in New York and Los Angeles. And in Wisconsin, tens of thousands of teachers are protesting plans to cut pay. But this is just the start.]]></description><dc:creator>Walt Gardner</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-18T10:50:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/706216/1298045836574.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>Getty Images</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Let's Not Pull a 'Mubarak' in Yemen, Bahrain</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/18/opinion-lets-not-pull-a-mubarak-in-yemen-bahrain/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/18/opinion-lets-not-pull-a-mubarak-in-yemen-bahrain/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/18/opinion-lets-not-pull-a-mubarak-in-yemen-bahrain/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[As U.S.-friendly governments in Yemen and Bahrain struggle mightily to maintain law and order in the face of popular unrest now sweeping the Middle East -- a wave that's already toppled regimes in Egypt and Tunisia -- let's hope the White House remembers these are, in fact, important allies.

Tanks...]]></description><dc:creator>J.D. Gordon</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-18T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage></promoImage><promoCredit></promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Empty Words from Both Sides on the Debt</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/18/opinion-empty-words-from-obama-and-the-gop-on-the-debt-and-enti/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/18/opinion-empty-words-from-obama-and-the-gop-on-the-debt-and-enti/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/18/opinion-empty-words-from-obama-and-the-gop-on-the-debt-and-enti/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Last month the Congressional Budget Office reported that Social Security had begun running permanent budget deficits. Medicare is facing future budget shortfalls larger than the entire budgets of most countries.

In response to this looming crisis, President Barack Obama's 2012 budget proposes to...]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-18T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/701602/1294778628120.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AFP / Getty Images</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Mubarak Out; Is Caliphate In?</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/18/opinion-mubarak-out-is-caliphate-in/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/18/opinion-mubarak-out-is-caliphate-in/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/18/opinion-mubarak-out-is-caliphate-in/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[This is what we know about Egypt: Military is engaged. Parliament is dissolved. Constitution is suspended. Mubarak is out.

And this is what we would love to know: Is caliphate in?

For those who don't know, caliphate is an institution of successorship in Islam. After the demise of the Prophet...]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-18T04:57:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage></promoImage><promoCredit></promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Could Watson Save Your Life?</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/17/opinion-could-watson-save-your-life/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/17/opinion-could-watson-save-your-life/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/17/opinion-could-watson-save-your-life/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[The remarkable computer that beat some of the world's best players of "Jeopardy" this week doesn't have to be just for games.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-17T14:51:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/705833/1297816483390.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AP</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion Roundup: Will 'So Be It' Comment Hurt Boehner?</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/17/opinion-roundup-will-so-be-it-comment-hurt-boehner/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/17/opinion-roundup-will-so-be-it-comment-hurt-boehner/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/17/opinion-roundup-will-so-be-it-comment-hurt-boehner/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[People are talking about what kind of political damage the speaker of the House may or may not have done himself when he said, "And if some of those [federal] jobs are lost in this, so be it. We're broke."]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-17T10:45:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage></promoImage><promoCredit></promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Lara Logan Assault Exposes Egypt's Dirty Little Secret</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/17/opinion-lara-logan-assault-exposes-egypt-s-dirty-little-secret/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/17/opinion-lara-logan-assault-exposes-egypt-s-dirty-little-secret/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/17/opinion-lara-logan-assault-exposes-egypt-s-dirty-little-secret/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[The sexual assault of CBS reporter Lara Logan during her coverage of the revolution in Egypt is reprehensible. Her courage, for daring to make her story public, is laudable, drawing attention as it does to the contemptuous treatment of women in Egyptian society.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-17T07:30:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/705983/1297944592133.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>Sherry Jones</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Media No Help When it Comes to Budget Cutting</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/17/opinion-cue-the-media-war-on-budget-cuts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/17/opinion-cue-the-media-war-on-budget-cuts/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/17/opinion-cue-the-media-war-on-budget-cuts/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Those advocating spending cuts, Democrat and Republican, better not expect any help in furthering their cause from the mainstream news media.]]></description><dc:creator>Richard Benedetto</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-17T06:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/705651/1297716777937.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AP</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: 2 Ways to Win the Future</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/16/opinion-2-ways-to-win-the-future-green-energy-and-biomedicin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/16/opinion-2-ways-to-win-the-future-green-energy-and-biomedicin/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/16/opinion-2-ways-to-win-the-future-green-energy-and-biomedicin/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[We're in danger of losing our top spot to other countries that are placing an ever-increasing emphasis on scientific discovery and innovation. Here are two ways to stay ahead, says political strategist Douglas Schoen.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-16T11:55:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/705887/1297873653962.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AP / Getty Images</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Waiver-ing on Health Care Reform</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/16/opinion-waiver-ing-on-health-care-reform/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/16/opinion-waiver-ing-on-health-care-reform/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/16/opinion-waiver-ing-on-health-care-reform/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[If health reformers bungled one simple fix so badly, what other unpleasant surprises await as the far more complicated elements of health reform start to kick in?]]></description><dc:creator>John Merline</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-16T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage></promoImage><promoCredit></promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Thanks to Facebook, I'm Now a Spammer</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/16/opinion-thanks-to-facebook-i-m-now-a-spammer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/16/opinion-thanks-to-facebook-i-m-now-a-spammer/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/16/opinion-thanks-to-facebook-i-m-now-a-spammer/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Why would Facebook wrongfully call me a spammer and then give me no means of redress?]]></description><dc:creator>David Fagin</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-16T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/9/692929/1288723486074.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AFP / Getty Images</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: This Is No Way to Win the Future</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/15/opinion-obamas-2012-budget-is-no-way-to-win-the-future/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/15/opinion-obamas-2012-budget-is-no-way-to-win-the-future/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/15/opinion-obamas-2012-budget-is-no-way-to-win-the-future/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Neither President Obama nor his fellow Republicans have laid out any way of addressing the budget shortfall.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-15T08:44:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/705555/1297685701353.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AFP / Getty Images</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Budget-Cutting Delusions</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/15/opinion-budget-cut-debate-exposes-americas-spending-delusions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/15/opinion-budget-cut-debate-exposes-americas-spending-delusions/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/15/opinion-budget-cut-debate-exposes-americas-spending-delusions/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[While Americans hate government spending in the abstract, they're actually quite fond of it in reality.]]></description><dc:creator>Michael Cohen</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-15T07:15:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage></promoImage><promoCredit></promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Is Protest Fever Spreading in the Middle East?</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/14/news-roundup-is-protest-fever-spreading-in-the-middle-east/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/14/news-roundup-is-protest-fever-spreading-in-the-middle-east/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/14/news-roundup-is-protest-fever-spreading-in-the-middle-east/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Certainly there may be limits to how far protest-fever will spread. But right now the Middle East is getting a good dose of demonstrations.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-14T16:25:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage></promoImage><promoCredit></promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Living Within Our Means, Investing in the Future</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/14/opinion-obamas-2012-budget-living-within-our-means-investi/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/14/opinion-obamas-2012-budget-living-within-our-means-investi/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/14/opinion-obamas-2012-budget-living-within-our-means-investi/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[That's how White House budget director Jacob J. Lew describes President Obama's 2012 budget plan.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-14T15:40:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/705620/1297702607739.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AP</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Just How Deep Are Those Spending Cuts?</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/14/opinion-just-how-deep-are-obamas-spending-cuts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/14/opinion-just-how-deep-are-obamas-spending-cuts/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/14/opinion-just-how-deep-are-obamas-spending-cuts/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[The headlines appear to say it all. "Painful Cuts in Obama's $3.7 Trillion Budget." But take a closer look, and they turn out to be less than meets the eye.]]></description><dc:creator>John Merline</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-14T15:14:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage></promoImage><promoCredit></promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Egypt's Jump-Ball Revolution</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/14/opinion-egypts-revolution-four-groups-critical-to-the-outco/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/14/opinion-egypts-revolution-four-groups-critical-to-the-outco/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/14/opinion-egypts-revolution-four-groups-critical-to-the-outco/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Revolutions, like wars, are inherently unpredictable -- and frequently as destructive, writes Ken Allard, former dean of the National War College.]]></description><dc:creator>Ken Allard</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-14T09:22:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/705349/1297449803343.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AP</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: For Valentine's, 5 Lessons on Women and Love</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/13/opinion-for-valentines-5-lessons-on-understanding-women/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/13/opinion-for-valentines-5-lessons-on-understanding-women/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/13/opinion-for-valentines-5-lessons-on-understanding-women/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Rabbi Shmuley Boteach offers a short guide for men to understanding women and what they crave in matters of love.]]></description><dc:creator>Rabbi Shmuley Boteach</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-13T05:07:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage></promoImage><promoCredit></promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Valentine's Day in a Time of War</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/13/opinion-valentines-day-in-a-time-of-war/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/13/opinion-valentines-day-in-a-time-of-war/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/13/opinion-valentines-day-in-a-time-of-war/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[We have no respect for Valentine's Day, and I think we should, argues Shakespeare scholar Matthew Biberman.]]></description><dc:creator>Matthew Biberman</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-13T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/705348/1297449701479.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>Hulton Archive / Getty Images</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Why Not Discriminate Against Smokers?</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/11/opinion-why-not-discriminate-against-smokers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/11/opinion-why-not-discriminate-against-smokers/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/11/opinion-why-not-discriminate-against-smokers/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Companies should be free to hire whomever they want. The real problem is when the government tries to force its vision of healthy behavior on everyone, argues Jacob Sullum.]]></description><dc:creator>Jacob Sullum</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-11T17:39:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/9/696052/1290732293482.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AFP / Getty Images</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Refuse to Hire Smokers? What's Next?</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/11/opinion-refuse-to-hire-smokers-whats-next/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/11/opinion-refuse-to-hire-smokers-whats-next/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/11/opinion-refuse-to-hire-smokers-whats-next/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[We are taking a big step on a slippery slope with no clear end, says Pam Parker of Opponents of Ohio Bans.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-11T17:31:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage></promoImage><promoCredit></promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Egypt's Muddled Future</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/11/opinion-egypts-muddled-future/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/11/opinion-egypts-muddled-future/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/11/opinion-egypts-muddled-future/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[It may take months or years to see a decisive resolution to the uprising in Egypt, long after we've lost interest in a wearying reality show with few attractive contestants and no satisfying conclusion.]]></description><dc:creator>Michael Medved</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-11T14:15:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage></promoImage><promoCredit></promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: After Egypt, Is Iran Next?</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/11/opinion-after-egypt-is-iran-next/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/11/opinion-after-egypt-is-iran-next/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/11/opinion-after-egypt-is-iran-next/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Iranian leaders must surely know that the desire for freedom and political participation sweeping the Arab world won't stop at the border with Iran.]]></description><dc:creator>Barbara Slavin</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-11T13:58:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage></promoImage><promoCredit></promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Can Michelle Rhee Save Public Schools?</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/11/opinion-can-michelle-rhee-save-public-schools/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/11/opinion-can-michelle-rhee-save-public-schools/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/11/opinion-can-michelle-rhee-save-public-schools/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[The former chancellor of Washington, D.C.'s schools has taken her education reform campaign nationwide. Can she succeed?]]></description><dc:creator>Richard Whitmire</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-11T05:01:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/4/646636/1264517967449.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AP</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Obama's Underpowered Energy Policy</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/11/opinion-president-barack-obamas-underpowered-energy-policy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/11/opinion-president-barack-obamas-underpowered-energy-policy/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/11/opinion-president-barack-obamas-underpowered-energy-policy/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[No mention of climate change. Dirty energy sources touted as clean. Cuts in aid for the poor. This is the change the nation voted for?]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-11T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/703210/1296026296501.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>Pool / AP</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Obama's Energy Plan Will Stall Growth</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/11/opinion-president-barack-obamas-energy-plan-will-stall-growth/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/11/opinion-president-barack-obamas-energy-plan-will-stall-growth/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/11/opinion-president-barack-obamas-energy-plan-will-stall-growth/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Raising taxes on oil and gas won't spur innovation in new energy sources, it will just cost consumers, writes Charles T. Drevna.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-11T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/9/699672/1293469405062.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>CBC</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Can Democracy Take Root in Egypt?</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/10/opinion-after-mubarak-does-leave-can-democracy-take-root-in-eg/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/10/opinion-after-mubarak-does-leave-can-democracy-take-root-in-eg/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/10/opinion-after-mubarak-does-leave-can-democracy-take-root-in-eg/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[It won't come easily and will require the unswerving support of the democratic world -- a commitment it appears hesitant to make.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-10T17:12:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage></promoImage><promoCredit></promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: The GOP's Unforced Errors</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/10/opinion-the-gops-unforced-errors/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/10/opinion-the-gops-unforced-errors/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/10/opinion-the-gops-unforced-errors/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[It may be a cliche, but Casey Stengel still said it best: "Can't anybody here play this game?"]]></description><dc:creator>Elaine S. Povich</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-10T15:38:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage></promoImage><promoCredit></promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Egypt's Challenge to Iran</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/10/opinion-egypts-challenge-to-iran/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/10/opinion-egypts-challenge-to-iran/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/10/opinion-egypts-challenge-to-iran/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Whether the uprisings in Egypt lead to democracy or theocracy, one thing is certain: The new order will challenge Iran's revolutionary and political ambitions in the region, argues Ahmad Majidyar.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-10T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage></promoImage><promoCredit></promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Abolish Fannie and Freddie</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/10/opinion-abolish-fannie-and-freddie/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/10/opinion-abolish-fannie-and-freddie/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/10/opinion-abolish-fannie-and-freddie/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[The Obama administration is trying to figure out what to do with mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The answer is simple, argues Brooklyn Law professor David Reiss.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-10T05:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/4/647753/1265122968940.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>AFP / Getty Images</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Macy Gray and the Folly of Cultural Boycotts</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/09/opinion-macy-gray-and-the-folly-of-boycotts/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/09/opinion-macy-gray-and-the-folly-of-boycotts/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/09/opinion-macy-gray-and-the-folly-of-boycotts/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Like Macy Gray, if artists want to make a difference in Israel, they should come over and make it, argues University of Haifa grad student Meital Nir-Tal.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-09T14:43:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/705047/1297277606062.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>WireImage</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Why 'Obamacare' Is Hurting the Economy</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/09/opinion-why-obamacare-is-hurting-the-economy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/09/opinion-why-obamacare-is-hurting-the-economy/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/09/opinion-why-obamacare-is-hurting-the-economy/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[One of the biggest hold-ups right now to growth and hiring is the uncertain outcome of health care reform, argues Marty Robins.]]></description><dc:creator>Marty Robins</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-09T05:49:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage></promoImage><promoCredit></promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Could an Egypt-Style Internet Shutdown Happen Here?</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/09/opinion-could-an-egypt-style-internet-shutdown-happen-here/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/09/opinion-could-an-egypt-style-internet-shutdown-happen-here/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/09/opinion-could-an-egypt-style-internet-shutdown-happen-here/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Perhaps, if a bill proposed by three senators ever becomes law.]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-09T05:45:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/703958/1296584969901.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>Getty Images</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: The Feds' Toyota Study Wasted More Than Money</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/08/opinion-the-feds-toyota-study-wasted-more-than-money/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/08/opinion-the-feds-toyota-study-wasted-more-than-money/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/08/opinion-the-feds-toyota-study-wasted-more-than-money/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Rather than chasing down phantom technology problems, the government could have spent that time on the real traffic safety hazard: bad driving.]]></description><dc:creator>Leonard Evans</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-08T15:39:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/704929/1297195904453.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>Getty Images</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion Roundup: Why the Centrist DLC Is Shutting Down</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/08/opinion-roundup-why-the-centrist-democratic-leadership-council/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/08/opinion-roundup-why-the-centrist-democratic-leadership-council/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/08/opinion-roundup-why-the-centrist-democratic-leadership-council/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Was the Democratic Leadership Council, which President Clinton credited for his election, a victim of its own success or was it slayed by the liberal 'netroots'?]]></description><dc:creator>not in system</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-08T14:11:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage></promoImage><promoCredit></promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Is Obama Losing His Nerve on Egypt?</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/08/opinion-is-barack-obama-losing-his-nerve-on-egypt/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/08/opinion-is-barack-obama-losing-his-nerve-on-egypt/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/08/opinion-is-barack-obama-losing-his-nerve-on-egypt/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[The Obama administration, which had seemed to want Mubarak out sooner rather than later, appears to have adjusted its timetable.]]></description><dc:creator>Barbara Slavin</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-08T11:23:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/704577/1296926320385.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>Getty Images</promoCredit>
</item><item><title>Opinion: Will Clamshell Packaging Ever Change?</title><link>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/08/opinion-will-clamshell-packaging-ever-change/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/08/opinion-will-clamshell-packaging-ever-change/</guid><comments>http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/08/opinion-will-clamshell-packaging-ever-change/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[Everyone hates that impossible-to-open plastic packaging. Here's why it's not likely to improve any time soon.]]></description><dc:creator>David Fagin</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-08T03:00:00+00:00</dc:date><promoText></promoText><promoImage>http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/7/0/704836/1297114721718.JPEG</promoImage><promoCredit>Minneapolis Star Tribune / MCT</promoCredit>
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