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Do Supreme Court appointees vote the way Presidents think they will?

February 17, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik Courts, Government, History, Obama, Supreme Court [SCOTUS] Leave a comment

How would a successor to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia vote? If President Obama manages to get a hearing on a nominee, will he

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A glimpse into Republican and Democratic brains

January 6, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Campaigns, Good government, Guns, Obama, Republican Brain, Republicans, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

It is no secret that political polarization has increased in the United States in recent years. For those who heard President Obama speak on

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Maslow’s hierarchy of needs vs. the Republican pyramid of political values

October 21, 2015 Arthur Lieber Good government, Media, Politics, Progressive people, Republican Brain 5 comments

You may have heard of Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs. He cites five levels of growth, beginning with what a newborn infant needs

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Media does for Bernie Sanders what it never did for Dennis Kucinich

October 16, 2015 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, ACA/Obamacare, Campaigns, Democracy, Democrats, Good government, Health care, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Politics, Voting/Elections 4 comments

The first question that Anderson Cooper asked Bernie Sanders was, “A Gallup poll says half the country would not put a socialist in the

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Infrastructure: They’re clear-cutting my back yard, and why I’m okay with that

September 23, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Corporations, Government, Infrastructure Leave a comment

This week, NIMBY [“not in my back yard”] became LIMBY [“literally in my back yard”] when bucket trucks, backhoes, stump grinders, wood chippers and

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UK’s Labour Party elects socialist leader Jeremy Corbyn

September 18, 2015 Madonna Gauding Government, International, Labor and unions Leave a comment

Jeremy Corbyn, elected by a landslide to lead Britain’s Labour Party, has for his entire 32 years in politics held fast to the socialist

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Joe Biden talks about courage and empathy: a unique combination

September 15, 2015 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Ethics, Good government, Republican Brain Leave a comment

Many people think that the Stephen Colbert interview with Vice-President Joe Biden on Thursday, September 10 was seminal TV. Both had suffered tragic losses

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Black power can only do so much to solve our racial problems

June 16, 2015 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Activism, Congress, Courts, Economy, Ferguson, Good government, Human Rights, Justice, Police Leave a comment

One of the interesting differences between the discord following the deaths of unarmed black men in Ferguson, MO and Baltimore is to what extent

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Amtrak crash shows disconnect in Republican Brain

June 11, 2015 Arthur Lieber Good government, Infrastructure, Politics, Public safety, Republican Brain, Transportation One comment

Every once in a while, we get a clear view of a major disconnect in the Republican Brain.This certainly is true with the responses

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Kansas raises taxes…reluctantly and nastily

June 10, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Budget, Economy, Government, States, Taxes Leave a comment

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback [R]—who started the whole mess—knows it. The Republican dominated Kansas legislature—who gleefully made it happen—knows it, too. The radical, right-wing

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