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More health insurers offer “Obamacare” plans, shifting the political landscape

October 6, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare, Business, Corporations, Health care, Politics One comment

Good news for health-insurance shoppers, bad news for Obamacare haters. For the 2015 enrollment period [which begins on November 15, 2014], healthcare shoppers will

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The sad state of campaign debates: 2014 edition

September 26, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2014 Election, Campaigns, Politics One comment

Ever since the election-changing Presidential Debates between Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy in the 1960 election, American voters have come to expect

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The political grandmaster behind the big chess tournament in St. Louis: Rex Sinquefield

September 5, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2014 Election, Campaigns, Missouri region, People, Politics, Republicans 2 comments

I have nothing against chess. But for those of you following the big chess tournament here in St. Louis, it might be interesting to

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Political quotes: Who said this?

July 27, 2014 Occasional Planet Humor, Politics Leave a comment

There’ s a politically relevant quote hiding behind this teaser. When you see the full quote, you may be surprised to learn who said

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Democrats need to attend Elizabeth Warren’s “communication school”

July 24, 2014 Renee Shur 2014 Election, Campaigns, Democrats, Ideas, Politics Leave a comment

The midterm elections are just four months away. Can you guess which party is flailing around on the campaign trail without a unified message?

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Political quotes: Who said this?

July 9, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Humor, Politics Leave a comment

There’ s a politically relevant quote hiding behind this teaser. When you see the full quote, you may be surprised to learn who said

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Suing over executive orders: Politics as usual

July 9, 2014 Arthur Lieber Congress, Obama, Politics One comment

There’s an adage that all politics is local. It makes a lot of sense; most issues are bread and butter ones that occur in

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Dangerous beliefs: US moral superiority and our right to world hegemony

June 19, 2014 Madonna Gauding Banks, Campaigns, Corporations, Corruption, Democrats, Foreign Policy, Obama, Politics, War 3 comments

[by Madonna Gauding] In the windowless rooms of American corporate media, the assumption of U.S. hegemony is echoed on the alphabet TV channels and

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Congress should pass the Real Time Transparency Act

June 17, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Campaigns, Congress, Courts, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

[by Gloria Bilchik]     “What if you could get a text or email alert every time a wealthy donor cut a fresh check to your

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Democracy is not a spectator sport

May 12, 2014 Susan Cunningham Activism, Missouri region, Politics, States, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

When Missouri Governor Jay Nixon vetoed the recent tax-cut bill, he was overridden by the legislature. Many people are blaming one person–State Rep. Keith

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