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George Floyd Memorial

George Floyd’s Death Proves There is No “New Right”

July 1, 2020 Adam Levin Ideas, Media, Racial issues, Republican Brain Leave a comment

In the early 2000s, conservatism–excuse me, neoconservatism–was mainly focused on implementing austerity and fostering the War on Terror abroad. After the election of Barack Obama, we saw right-wing discourse shift in a libertarian direction.

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carbontax

3,500 economists call for carbon tax/carbon dividend. America isn’t listening.

January 30, 2020 Renee Shur Energy, Environment, Ideas Leave a comment

Here’s a riddle. How many economists does it take to sound the alarm on the need for immediate action to address global climate change?

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iDENTITY JOURNALISM

Identity journalism pollutes the Democratic debate stage

September 14, 2019 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2020 Election, Candidates, Ideas, Media Leave a comment

Something I’m calling “identity journalism” has taken over the Democratic primary debates in 2019. Watching the third in a series of who-knows-how-many “debates” among

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tweeter

What do we do about the tweeter-in-chief?

July 21, 2019 Christopher Burke 2020 Election, Activism, Ideas, Trump One comment

What are we living? Drama, comedy, soap opera, reality show, tragedy, nightmare? With hindsight, history will tell us clearly. History will frame this decade

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debates

Democratic debates? How about something completely different this time

June 1, 2019 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2020 Election, Campaigns, Candidates, Ideas Leave a comment

The 2020 Democratic pre-primary debates are about to begin, and I think they are a terrible idea. Democrats have an amazing, deep bench of

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mystery

Walt, Anne and Jesus: Mystery on the Magazine Rack

February 21, 2019 Renee Shur Humor, Ideas Leave a comment

What do Jesus, Walt Disney, and Anne Frank have in common?  Perhaps this seems like a question that reeks of such absurdity that it’s

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Proposed St. Louis City – County merger: Better together?

January 28, 2019 Steve Sorkin Cities, Ideas, Missouri region, St. Louis Leave a comment

The “Better Together” plan for the re-consolidation of St. Louis City and St. Louis County is being released, and the initiative drive is about

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World War I

How World War I unleashed total war and the power of propaganda

November 11, 2018 Michael Robbins History, Ideas, Language/Words, War Leave a comment

Nov. 11, now called Veterans Day, was originally Armistice Day, a commemoration of the end of World War I, in 1918, the cessation of

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Kapernick

Really, all we can do is fixate on a flag and an anthem?

September 25, 2017 Arthur Lieber Activism, Civil liberties, Civil Rights, Community/Common good, Constitution, Democracy, Federalism, Ideas, Republican Brain One comment

So, we are largely a nation of test-takers rather than critical thinkers. This can tell you a lot about the obsession so many have

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Trump’s tweets: a taxonomy of trouble

January 20, 2017 Bill Kesler Ideas, Language/Words, Media, Trump Leave a comment

We have done such a poor job of processing Donald Trump’s tweets. Our reaction has always been to immediately parse the literal content. Fact-check

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