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So, this is how pollsters get their information

July 11, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik Campaigns, Missouri region, Politics, Voting/Elections 3 comments

They had me at caller ID. The screen said, “Opinionology ,” but it was the location that made me pick up for what was

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Use your words: Healthcare mandate is not a tax hike

July 6, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik Charity & Justice, Civil Rights, Congress, Consumer issues, Courts, Government, Health care, Obama, Politics Leave a comment

Now that the Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act,  Republicans  have lost their main argument against it. So, naturally,

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Romney’s VP options: Exciting vs. boring

July 5, 2012 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Immigration, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

For Democrats, the third week of June 2012 was a good one, as Republicans floundered over their Vice-Presidential sweepstakes. Consciously or sloppily, presumptive Republican

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HEIST: Who Stole the American Dream?

July 4, 2012 Madonna Gauding Corporations, Courts, Economy, Financial reform, Labor and unions, Politics, Poverty 2 comments

The new award-winning documentary “HEIST: Who Stole the American Dream?” traces the origins of the worldwide economic collapse of 2008 to a series of

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Blue-state secessionist

July 2, 2012 Renee Shur History, Humor, Ideas, Politics, States 11 comments

If you live in the Northeast as I do, have you looked at the projected 2012 electoral map lately?  See that blue lake of

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Roberts chooses conservative over extreme

June 29, 2012 Arthur Lieber Charity & Justice, Civil Rights, Congress, Courts, Health care, Human Rights, Obama, Politics, Poverty, Reproductive rights, Uncategorized, Women One comment

John Roberts has one iron in the fire that none of the other conservatives on the Supreme Court have. As chief justice, it is

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No God? No office! 7 states ban atheists from holding office

June 28, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik Civil Rights, Government, Politics, Religion in Politics, States 3 comments

Non-believers need not apply. According to AlterNet, in seven U.S. states, if you don’t recognize the existence of a supreme being, you are banned

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State of the news: Short on context, long on hype

June 25, 2012 Arthur Lieber Congress, Media, Obama, Politics One comment

Recently we heard Norah O’Donnell, White House correspondent of CBS News, state that President Obama has been unsuccessful in advancing his domestic agenda. The

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Leo Burnett changes the conversation from “anti-tax” to “public good”

June 21, 2012 Madonna Gauding Campaigns, Good government, Politics, Voting/Elections 2 comments

I never thought I would be writing in praise of an advertising agency, but Leo Burnett of Detroit deserves credit for its Effie award-winning,

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President Obama’s DREAM decision: Facts and fallacies

June 19, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik Charity & Justice, Civil Rights, Congress, Government, Immigration, Obama, Politics Leave a comment

It’s the right thing to do. President Obama has made a bold and historic decision for his administration to use its legal authority to

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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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