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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.

NBC allowed Zika Virus to become political

September 19, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Health care, Media Leave a comment

On the same day as the NBC commander-in-chief forum, Lester Holt (who will host the first presidential debate on Monday, Sept. 26) reported on

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Don’t peace activists have a say in who will be our next commander-in-chief?

September 19, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Military One comment

A lot of Democrats also thought that it was just fine when Matt Lauer and NBC hosted their September 7 Commander-in-Chief Forum and decided

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Kander tries to outgun Blunt

September 18, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Guns, Missouri region, Politics, Violence Leave a comment

  There were rave reviews from a number of Democrats about Missouri Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate Jason Kander’s new ad featuring him

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Debate moderators can learn from pastor in Flint about shutting down Trump

September 15, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Campaigns, Democracy, Hillary Clinton Leave a comment

Do you remember back in 2012 when debate moderator Candy Crowley interrupted Mitt Romney for having his facts mixed up? There was a big

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Who can survive Trump bullying; not the press

September 8, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Hillary Clinton, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Just to get a conversation going, let’s say that the following Democrats can survive Donald Trump-type bullying: Bill Clinton Barack Obama Bernie Sanders  

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How Verizon convinced me to use paper ballots

August 30, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Corruption, Democracy, Good government, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Two things happened to me over this past weekend to strengthen my conviction that paper ballots are superior to electronic voting machines. The first

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Hillary has always had it right about the “vast right-wing conspiracy”

August 26, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Campaigns, Hillary Clinton, Politics, Republican Brain Leave a comment

Usually when someone speaks about a conspiracy, we think that person is some sort of a “conspiratorial freak.” That could not be further from

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Hillary, I’m trying to help. Give me something to work with.

August 22, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Campaigns, Hillary Clinton, Voting/Elections 5 comments

For a while, it seemed to be a shoo-in for Hillary as the Donald kept putting one foot after the other in his mouth,

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It’s not fair to call Trump “crazy,” but …

August 15, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Campaigns, Democracy, Politics, Republican Brain One comment

The candidacy of Donald Trump poses a real question about the mental health of a political figure and who can try to analyze it.

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What about the freedoms not related to guns?

August 2, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Civil liberties, Civil Rights, Democracy, Guns, Human Rights, Legal issues/Law One comment

If you watch enough news, if you listen to enough talk-radio, if you even read mainstream press, you might think that the only part

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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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