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Lies, more lies and then Pinocchios for Trump

February 26, 2017 Bill Kesler Government, Politics, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Poor fact-checkers. The lies coming out of the White House just won’t stop. The Washington Post uses Pinocchios to score just how bad a

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Tribalism in baseball and politics: World Series edition

October 25, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik Cities, Politics, Sports, Uncategorized One comment

The Chicago Cubs are in the 2016 World Series. Good for them. They’re a great team. So, why am I so bitter and resentful?

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Political quotes: “Millennials”

October 24, 2016 Christopher Burke Uncategorized One comment

Everything is political. Our long-running series of political quotes–like this one– proves that. We think. We’re always on the lookout for quotes–contemporary and historical–that

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Original intent vs. living document: Musing about the Constitution

October 22, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik Uncategorized One comment

I’m not an expert on the U.S. Constitution. I’m not a lawyer constitutional or otherwise. But I am a U.S. citizen, I did take

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Perils of, or confessions of a political junkie who can’t multitask

October 5, 2016 Arthur Lieber Media, Uncategorized Leave a comment

I don’t get it. Since before kindergarten I was told to pay attention. I guess that the constant reminding finally was pounded in, or

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Vice-Presidential Debate very important as Clinton lead still must grow

September 29, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Uncategorized, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

The vice-presidential debate on Tuesday, October 4 will be more important than a simple discussion between two back-benchers. First, even though it is widely

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Screw the poor: Not expanding Medicaid cost red states $2 billion in 2015

October 25, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare, Politics, Poverty, Republicans, States, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Squandering $2 billion dollars in essentially free money is not what anyone would call “fiscal conservatism.” But that’s exactly what the phony fiscal conservatives

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On-line commenters: The underbelly of journalism and justice in Missouri

May 31, 2015 Barbara Finch Charity & Justice, Media, Missouri region, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Whenever I think my progressive values might need a reality check, all I have to do is go to the online version of my

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Putin and Obama opposite world views

Washington’s Putin-did-it conspiracy theory and its escalation of the crisis in Ukraine

March 7, 2015 Madonna Gauding Foreign Policy, Government, Media, Uncategorized, War Leave a comment

I am frightened, saddened and angered by the war propaganda published in the US media, particularly the New York Times, the so-called “paper of

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MO State Auditor’s suicide: the anti-Semitism connection

February 27, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Crime/Violence, Missouri region, Republicans, States, Uncategorized Leave a comment

In the aftermath of the tragic suicide of Missouri State Auditor Tom Schweich, we all are wondering what could have caused him to do

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