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Nate Silver: 2012 (Data)person of the year

January 3, 2013 Renee Shur Education, Good government, Ideas, Media, Obama, Politics, Science, Technology, Uncategorized 2 comments

It’s official.  Time magazine recently anointed Barack Obama as the 2012 Person of the Year.  With all due respect to the editors of Time—and

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It took too long to start the gun control debate

December 27, 2012 Arthur Lieber Children, Congress, Crime/Violence, Guns, Media, Obama, Violence Leave a comment

Progressives, can you imagine Rachel Maddow shying away from a story high on the liberal agenda. I couldn’t until the evening of Friday, December

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Peace X Peace: Raising women’s voices, building cultures of peace

December 19, 2012 Renee Shur Human Rights, International, Media, Violence, War, Women Leave a comment

Switch off MSNBC. Toss the New York Times in the recycling bin and suppress the temptation to sample the blogs. If you crave more

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10 ways to stay politically engaged, even after winning the 2012 election

December 18, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Democrats, Good government, Ideas, Media, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Obama won. But we’re far from done. How long did it take after President Obama won the popular vote and the electoral college for

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Reflecting on Bob Costas’ comments on gun control

December 17, 2012 Arthur Lieber Crime/Violence, Guns, Media, Sports, Violence Leave a comment

There has been a mini-firestorm over sportscaster Bob Costas’ remarks during halftime of a recent Sunday Night Football game.  Costas said that our country

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Some NFL players turn in their guns after murder-suicide

December 11, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik Guns, Media, Violence Leave a comment

It’s pretty unusual for this writer to post anything from Sports Illustrated [SI], but this one merits attention. On Sunday, December 9, 2012, Sports

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Advice to freshman Senators: Keep a low profile

November 20, 2012 Arthur Lieber 2012 Election, Campaigns, Democrats, Financial reform, Media, Republicans, Senate Leave a comment

Lawrence O’Donnell, host of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” truly insulted me and most of his viewers recently.  He asked us to leave to room,

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2012 election cost a monstrous $6 billion

November 13, 2012 Madonna Gauding 2012 Election, Campaigns, Media, Voting/Elections One comment

Gaius Publius writing at Americablog comments on a recent New York Times article on this election cycle’s monstrous cost. I suggest reading the NYT article then

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KC Star: Obama’s reasoned, compassionate and forward-looking ideas

November 2, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Cities, Media, Obama, Politics, Romney Leave a comment

President Obama’s policies have “helped the middle class and kept a deep recession from becoming worse. He repaired America’s reputation in the world. And

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“A more generous vision for America:” Miami Herald endorses Obama

November 1, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Cities, Media Leave a comment

In its endorsement of President Obama for a second term, the Miami Herald draws a sharp contrast between the President andMitt Romney. The President’s

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