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Obama should be proud to be named Hussein

The attacks on Barack Obama's middle name have begun, but the likely Democratic nominee joins a long line of famous Americans with Semitic names, from Benjamin Franklin to Omar Bradley.
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  • Thursday, February 28, 2008 12:11 PM

    What's happening to Salon?

    I agree with the first poster. Salon used to be a site with an investigative journalism quality (Walter Reed and Abu Ghraib come to mind). But now, it just seems like it's one big Obama lovefest. It's really turning me off to the site.

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