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It’s not fair to call Trump “crazy,” but …

August 15, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Campaigns, Democracy, Politics, Republican Brain One comment

The candidacy of Donald Trump poses a real question about the mental health of a political figure and who can try to analyze it.

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Paul Ryan: When a Republican does not look like a demon to progressives

May 11, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Politics, Poverty, Republican Brain, Republicans One comment

Wouldn’t it be nice if all of our political stereotypes were affirmed with every individual? You know, for progressives it would be easy if

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Teaching the reality of climate change, one classroom at a time

May 2, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Economy, Education, Energy, Environment, Foreign Policy, Politics, Religion in Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans, Science 3 comments

You wouldn’t think that it would be controversial for a journalism professor to come to high schools in the Midwest to discuss his reporting

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The mental health of today’s Republican party

March 7, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans Leave a comment

Bernie Sanders let the “M” word–“mental health”– slip out in the Sunday, March 6 Democratic debate in Flint, Michigan. He drew laughter at the

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Donald Trump and the Evangelical Industrial Complex

February 29, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Campaigns, Humor, Religion in Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Republicans tend to believe that the bulwark of their strength comes from those people who are very conservative, which includes the millions of Evangelical

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The case for the 38-year old Supreme Court Justice

February 17, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Activism, Campaigns, Civil liberties, Congress, Courts, Democracy, Ethics, Good government, Justice, Obama, Republican Brain, Supreme Court [SCOTUS] Leave a comment

This is not complicated. Here are two reasons why it would be an excellent idea for President Obama to nominate someone approximately 38 years

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The case for the Sanders revolution

February 15, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Bernie Sanders, Budget, Campaigns, Capitalism, Democracy, Demographics/Polls, Economy, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans, Survey 2 comments

Bernie Sanders is calling for a political revolution. Is there evidence to demonstrate that his “revolution” is needed? And why is the Sanders revolution

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Survey: Democrats and Republicans want different kinds of leaders

February 10, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Democrats, Demographics/Polls, Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans, Survey Leave a comment

Which two of the following characteristics best describes the kind of leader that you would want for the country? [You must select two]: A

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Survey: Do you believe in science?

February 5, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Demographics/Polls, Education, Republican Brain, Republicans, Science, Survey 2 comments

How much of science do people believe? In our 2016 survey, we did not ask “What weighs more, a ton of steel or a

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Survey: Does our economic system favor the rich?

February 3, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Capitalism, Democracy, Democrats, Demographics/Polls, Economy, Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans, Survey One comment

Conventional wisdom holds that Republicans are the party of the wealthy. But as Donald Trump’s campaign has clearly revealed, there are plenty of Republicans

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