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Tribalism in baseball and politics: World Series edition

October 25, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik Cities, Politics, Sports, Uncategorized One comment

The Chicago Cubs are in the 2016 World Series. Good for them. They’re a great team. So, why am I so bitter and resentful?

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“42:” Jackie Robinson and America’s unfinished social agenda

April 19, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Charity & Justice, Civil Rights, Courts, History, Human Rights, Literature/Arts/Film, Politics, Reproductive rights, Women One comment

The new movie, “42,” tells the should-be-well-known story of Jackie Robinson, the first black player in major league baseball. For American sports fans of

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Play baseball, learn about Supreme Court!

June 4, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik Courts, Sports Leave a comment

What do Hunter Wendelstedt (a major-league baseball umpire) and Supreme Court Justice William R. Day (term in office: 1903-1922) have in common? You can

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Baseball and Politics – Part III

April 8, 2010 Arthur Lieber Civil Rights, Sports 7 comments

In 1995, the percentage of African-American players on the Cardinals was above the league average. In 2009 it was one-fourth the league average, and as the 2010 season begins there are no African-American players on the Cardinals roster or coaching staff.

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Baseball and Politics – Part II

April 7, 2010 Arthur Lieber Civil Rights, History, Sports One comment

Ryan Franklin’s concern for his gun rights just doesn’t measure up to Curt Flood’s personal sacrifice to remove the shackles of the rules of the game that bound a player to a single team for the entirety of his career.

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Baseball and Politics – Part I

April 6, 2010 Arthur Lieber Civil Rights, History, Sports One comment

Like many people, two of my primary interests are politics and sports. They both lend themselves to statistical analysis; they have “seasons” (in both cases too long); and winners are sometimes the wealthy front-runners (George W. Bush or the New York Yankees); other times they are among those with the least resources (Dennis Kucinich or the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays).

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Public Opinion Polling

McCaskill

McCaskill vs. Hawley: What the pollster asked

April 17, 2018

Missouri’s incumbent U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill faces a challenge in November from

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American Communitiy Survey

American Community Survey: Is it useful? Is it safe?

April 7, 2018

I filled out the U.S. Department of Commerce’s American Community Survey today,

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Brexit

Brexit, Colombia, Trump, and the threat of the unexpected

November 4, 2016

This year pre-Brexit, polls in Britain were equivocal. Would Britain continue as

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poll

Inane questions undermine poll results

August 30, 2016

Last night, Rachel Maddow reported that a just-released national poll by liberal-leaning

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