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The Pandemic’s Greatest Hits: Musical Blasts from the Past

March 25, 2021 Christopher Burke Pandemic, Uncategorized One comment

As I write, Miley Cyrus’s Party in the U.S.A. is sitting at number 17 on Apple’s iTunes US singles chart. Nothing remarkable, you may

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Neera Tanden

Neera Tanden’s Behavior Actually is That Bad

February 28, 2021 Reece Ellis 2020 Election, Ethics, Ideas, Language/Words Leave a comment

Bruenig writes “When people say Republican senators are acting in bad faith about the tweets, what are they saying their real position on tweets is? Are liberals who were mad at Trump’s tweets but not Neera’s also doing bad faith? And what is their non-bad-faith position on tweets?

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My COVID-19 Vaccination: How it worked in New York State

February 1, 2021 Renee Shur Coronavirus Leave a comment

At 2:30 pm, on Friday, January 29, 2021, I became a COVD-19 statistic. That day, my name was entered into two databases: New York

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Ann Wagner: a hypocrite in her own words

January 20, 2021 Lori Kesler Republicans, Trump Leave a comment

I recently took a look at Rep. Ann Wagner’s website to see what she thought of President Trump’s incendiary words at his rally Jan.

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The Incoming Biden Team: A Review

January 17, 2021 Steve Sorkin Biden Leave a comment

Biden’s Cabinet and Cabinet-level nominations and appointments are complete. He didn’t ask me, but I think overall he gets a ‘B+.’ An ‘A’ for

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Time to Act: But what are the crucial goals?

January 14, 2021 James Wilson 2020 Election, Trump, Trump voters, Uncategorized Leave a comment

A reader asked me to analyze the statutory and constitutional tools that could and should be used to fight Trumpism now that Trumpism has

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Goodbye Washington. Hello Courtroom

January 14, 2021 Christopher Burke 2020 Election, Trump, Uncategorized One comment

In an interview with Madrid’s El País newspaper, published on January 10, Pulitzer-prize winning historian, Anne Applebaum didn’t hold back. “The Trump adventure is

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The First Amendment and social media: Let’s review

January 11, 2021 Amy Kuo Hammerman 2020 Election, Civil Rights, Constitution Leave a comment

Some thoughts about the (likely) purposeful misuse of the the 1st Amendment freedom of speech in the wake of events like Simon & Shuster

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Biden announces Jan. 19, 2021 national memorial for COVID victims

January 10, 2021 Renee Shur 2020 Election, Activism, Coronavirus Leave a comment

January 20th is just nine days from the writing of this post. That day and the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala

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Donald Trump wasn’t an aberration; he was our most American President

December 21, 2020 Reece Ellis Democracy, Joe Biden, Language/Words, Politics, Racial issues, Trump, Trump voters Leave a comment

In the meantime, we’re going to have to wrestle with Donald Trump and recognizing that part of why he so arouses our disgust is because we see him in ourselves. If we don’t like what we see, it’s up to each of us to change it.

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  • The Pandemic’s Greatest Hits: Musical Blasts from the Past
  • Neera Tanden’s Behavior Actually is That Bad
  • My COVID-19 Vaccination: How it worked in New York State
  • Ann Wagner: a hypocrite in her own words
  • The Incoming Biden Team: A Review
  • Time to Act: But what are the crucial goals?

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