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He has a dream, too…for Martin Luther King Street/Drive/Avenue

April 29, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Charity & Justice, Cities, Civil Rights, Uncategorized Leave a comment

One of comedian Chris Rock’s trademarked bits is the one about Martin Luther King Avenue. Rock, musing on African-American history and what people remember

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Shooting down the arguments against background checks for gun sales

April 11, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Crime/Violence, Good government, Guns, Politics, Uncategorized Leave a comment

What’s not to like about background checks for gun sales? They’re sensible, logical and the right thing to do. Public-opinion polls consistently show that

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Honey Boo Boo versus the wastewater treatment guy

April 10, 2013 Barbara Finch Consumer issues, Economy, Employment, Financial reform, Media, Uncategorized One comment

It happens every year, in the early spring.  Right before we become obsessed with NCAA basketball, and several weeks before pollen blankets our patio

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Are Republicans really the “ignorance caucus?”

February 19, 2013 Arthur Lieber Congress, Democrats, Language/Words, Obama, Politics, Religion in Politics, Republicans, Uncategorized, Voting/Elections 8 comments

Recently, economist Paul Krugman wrote in the New York Times that many Republicans act as if they were members of “the ignorance caucus.” As

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Nate Silver: 2012 (Data)person of the year

January 3, 2013 Renee Shur Education, Good government, Ideas, Media, Obama, Politics, Science, Technology, Uncategorized 2 comments

It’s official.  Time magazine recently anointed Barack Obama as the 2012 Person of the Year.  With all due respect to the editors of Time—and

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FDR’s Fourth Freedom and gun control

December 31, 2012 Arthur Lieber Congress, Crime/Violence, Guns, History, Public safety, Uncategorized, Violence 2 comments

As our national debate on gun control continues, we can learn a great deal from FDR and his Fourth Freedom.  This was part of

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Benghazi and Newtown

December 14, 2012 Arthur Lieber Foreign Policy, Guns, Uncategorized, Violence Leave a comment

Go figure. Republicans have made a bogus issue out of the September 11, 2012 incident at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.  They sabotaged

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Extreme gerrymandering: Coming to a state near you?

November 19, 2012 Stacy Mergenthal 2012 Election, Congress, Republicans, Uncategorized, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Americans woke up on November 7 having elected a Democratic president, expanded the Democratic majority in the Senate, and preserved the Republican majority in

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Progress: Women, minorities make up majorities in newly elected government

November 12, 2012 Stacy Mergenthal 2012 Election, Congress, Democrats, LGBT, Uncategorized, Women Leave a comment

“The Democratic Caucus will bring to the 113th Congress the first Caucus where the majority is women and minorities. Our new Caucus will celebrate

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Obama: Calm, cool, and hated for it

November 8, 2012 Frank Kovarik 2012 Election, Campaigns, Good government, Ideas, Obama, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Back on August 8, 2012,  I published a piece on Occasional Planet in which I pondered the intense hatred that President Barack Obama inspires

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