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Senator McCaskill: Please Lead!

March 15, 2010 Arthur Lieber Government, Health care, Missouri region, Politics 2 comments

In a recent posting in ShowMeProgress, a blogger going by the name of Willy K, residing in  southwest Missouri reports on an exchange of

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Dr. Gupta calling and practicing his calling

March 6, 2010 Arthur Lieber Health care, Media 2 comments

A story is usually real until the media gives it a tag line; then things begin to deteriorate. Dr. Gupta’s piece came after the tag lines had been written and the melodramatic music was playing. But it cut through the chafe and showed us what real broadcast journalism and real engagement in a story can be. I only wish more people had seen it.

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Instant change is no change

February 23, 2010 Arthur Lieber Education, Obama 3 comments

Imagine if we looked at solving problems over the course of a generation, or perhaps even longer. One thing is that our options for solutions would grow exponentially.

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