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Sad state of affairs: Richard Nixon now qualifies as a reasonable Republican

August 18, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Congress, History, Politics One comment

Attention, lefties over the age of 50: The Republican we all loved to hate in the 1960s and 70s, the President we reviled for

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Curious history of politicians in Plains states

August 11, 2011 Arthur Lieber Congress, Government, History, Politics, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Omaha, NE; Thursday, July 21, 2011. Traveling through America’s plain’s states, there is much to be learned about the distressing changes in both the

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Balance the federal budget in 3 days? These guys did it!

July 29, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Congress, Government, Ideas, Taxes 2 comments

Put two high-level Republicans, two high-level Democrats and a politically savvy moderator around a table for three days, and what do you get? Heated,

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Wising up to ALEC: better late than never

July 28, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Congress, Corporations, Politics One comment

A new website—ALEC Exposed—is shedding much-needed light on the politically conservative American Legislative Exchange Council [ALEC]. Launched on July 13, 2011 by the Center

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Debt-ceiling debacle: 21st century Titanic

July 21, 2011 Renee Shur Congress, Economy, History Leave a comment

Ignoring warnings of danger ahead. Steaming at full speed toward disaster. That was the tragedy of the Titanic and its rendezvous with a mass

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Democrats could give Obama cover for Libya

July 1, 2011 Arthur Lieber Congress, International, Obama, War Leave a comment

“When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal.”  These are famous and not unexpected words from Richard Nixon in his

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“Clean” coal ad wars

May 20, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Congress, Energy, Environment 2 comments

Coal is clean, right? That’s what the media-savvy American Coalition for Clean Coal Energy [ACCE] tried to get us to believe in an ad

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Campaign against illegal guns goes on the road

March 3, 2011 Renee Shur Congress, Crime/Violence, Government, Violence Leave a comment

The coalition of 550 Mayors Against Illegal Guns is on the road to your community. The Democratic and Republican mayors who hail from states

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“An Unlikely Candidate” reflects on an unusual campaign

March 2, 2011 Lisa Granich-Kovarik Campaigns, Congress, Literature/Arts/Film, Missouri region, Politics Leave a comment

During the 2010 election cycle, Arthur Lieber ran for Congress in Missouri’s 2nd Congressional district.  By percentages, Lieber lost badly to the heavily favored

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Vexation about DC representation

February 24, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Congress, Voting/Elections One comment

One of the new Republican Congressional majority’s first moves in January 2011 was a smack-down of the 600,000 residents of Washington DC.  On the

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

Gloria Shur Bilchik’s new book, Election Insiders: Behind the scenes with the people who make your vote count. Kindle edition now available at Amazon.

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