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Comey-Mueller

Are Mueller and Comey two sides of the same coin?

December 18, 2018 Arthur Lieber Uncategorized Leave a comment

James Comey has not been bashful of late,especially when testifying before Republican-controlled committees in Congress. Robert Mueller has been quite the opposite. Since being

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Michelle Obama Becoming

Michelle Obama’s Lack of Comfort with Politics Can Teach us all something

December 17, 2018 Arthur Lieber Uncategorized Leave a comment

As much as people may want to say that Barack Obama was an unconventional politician, he was very traditional in his approach, just modern

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Christian Post

The Superstructure Triumphant

December 4, 2018 Adam Levin 2018 Election, 2020 Election, Activism, Community/Common good, Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans, Uncategorized Leave a comment

One of the crucial trends in the 2016 election was the 80-plus percent of white evangelicals who voted for Trump.

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McCaskill

McCaskill Needs to Vote Against Kavanaugh

September 13, 2018 Reece Ellis 2018 Election, Missouri region, Supreme Court [SCOTUS], Uncategorized Leave a comment

The Missouri Senate race is tied and, in a scene so dramatic that it could be made into a film, we just so happen

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Two very quick questions I’d like the press to ask Sarah Huckabee Sanders

June 25, 2018 Arthur Lieber Media, Trump, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Sarah Huckabee Sanders handled herself with such dignity and fine reasoning in the Red Hen incident, but three days later at her press conference,

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Pendulum

Hard to tell where the pendulum of normalcy will swing next

June 25, 2018 Arthur Lieber 2018 Election, 2020 Election, Community/Common good, Democracy, Trump, Uncategorized Leave a comment

After Barack Obama was elected, it seemed that America had a new normalcy, one that some described as “post-racial.” For any who took that

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STL_Media

St. Louis lags badly in media coverage of Congressional Races

June 3, 2018 Arthur Lieber 2018 Election, Campaigns, Media, Missouri region, Politics, Uncategorized, Voting/Elections One comment

As the St. Louis Metro Chapter of the League of Women Voters once again did its heavy lifting to bring political awareness to the

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Charles Barkley

Beyond the hype, some nuggets from the Alabama Senate Race

December 13, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2018 Election, 2020 Election, Democracy, Federalism, Justice, Politics, Uncategorized, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Remember when Michelle Obama said in 2007, “For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country because it

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Bannon

Bannon’s “Great Leader” doesn’t have what it takes

September 15, 2017 Willy Kessler Democracy, People, Trump, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Like many of you, I watched Charlie Rose’s Steve Bannon interview on 60 minutes. Lots there to make one sad, lots more to make

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Little League

Let’s have a shout-out for disorganized sports and living life

August 28, 2017 Arthur Lieber Children, Democracy, Human Rights, Military, States, Uncategorized Leave a comment

It may be that I’m romanticizing the past, but I feel so fortunate that when I was younger I had limited exposure to organized

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