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Author: Arthur Lieber

Since 1969, Arthur Lieber has been teaching and working in non-profit educational organizations. His focus has been on promoting critical, creative, and enjoyable learning for students in informal settings. In the 2010 mid-term elections, he was the Democratic nominee for US Congress from Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District.
Smoking gun

Arrests: What’s missing from Trumpgate

March 21, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Corruption, Justice, Trump, Uncategorized 2 comments

It unfolded so differently. The first that we heard about it was the announcement of the arrests, not rumors. Watergate began with the weird

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OCD

Does Paul Ryan’s OCD trump empathy?

March 16, 2017 Arthur Lieber ACA/Obamacare, Budget, Republican Brain, Republicans Leave a comment

Paul Ryan never seems happier than when talking about the money that can be saved by repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act. It

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Why is modern political engagement modeled after school spirit?

March 15, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Campaigns, Democracy, Politics, Sports One comment

I recently read that legendary Indiana University basketball coach, Bobby Knight, said that the best thing about that job was how great the fans

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Fred Thompson - Howard Baker

Republicans who put country over party: TBD

March 11, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2018 Election, Activism, Community/Common good, Congress, Republican Brain, Republicans Leave a comment

On the evening of March 4, Saturday Night Live ran a parody movie trailer of a film about the next “stand-up Republican.” It seems

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U.S. Senate

Democrats have uphill fight for Senate in 2018

March 9, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2018 Election, Congress, Democrats, Republican Brain, Republicans, Voting/Elections One comment

It’s not a pretty sight for Democrats. There may be hope for an American electoral recoil from Trump-mania, but the game in the U.S.

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Manafort at RNC

Did Trump become a Republican because of his Russia troubles?

March 6, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Hillary Clinton, Republican Brain, Trump One comment

Remember when you might have thought that Donald Trump was a Democrat at heart? We know that he was once pro-choice, that he had

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The night the media went South

March 1, 2017 Arthur Lieber Media, Republican Brain, Trump, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Last night, I think that I finally got it: why Donald Trump feels that way he does about mainstream media, particularly CNN. Fake news.

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Trump at 2011 WHCD

An act of sanity by Trump: Skipping Correspondents’ Dinner

February 26, 2017 Arthur Lieber Nuclear weapons, Republican Brain, Trump, Uncategorized Leave a comment

At first we couldn’t talk about it. The dictums of the American Psychological Association said that not only was it inappropriate for us as

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Roman circus

The Romans had it partially right about Trump

February 20, 2017 Arthur Lieber Government, Guns, Religion in Politics, Trump One comment

At the conclusion of his “Here’s my take” on his Sunday, February 19, 2017 GPS program, Fareed Zakaria referenced how Roman leaders maintained control

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baby

School vouchers: The baby versus the bathwater

February 11, 2017 Arthur Lieber Community/Common good, Education, Human Rights Leave a comment

You might be surprised to know that Elizabeth Warren has written in favor of school vouchers.  Granted, that was from a book that she

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A new book by Arthur Lieber. Political Introverts: How Empathetic Voters Can Help Save American Politics.  Buy it here.

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