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How to influence a legislator…without screaming

February 18, 2013 Mary Clemons Missouri region, Politics, States Leave a comment

Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown University student who testified before Congress about the need for religious-affiliated institutions to provide contraception as part of their health-care

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How to fix long lines at polling places

February 14, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Civil Rights, Good government, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

No one should have to stand in line for three hours to vote in a presidential election. But that’s just what 102-year-old Desiline Victor had

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Birther goes after 102-year-old voter honored at State of the Union speech

February 13, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Charity & Justice, Civil Rights, Immigration, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

The birthers just won’t go away, and now they’re transferred their wrath to Desiline Victor, the 102-year-old Miami voter–born in Haiti–whose  perseverance in the

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Obamacare: a primer for 2014

February 13, 2013 Madonna Gauding Corporations, Health care, Obama, Privatization 7 comments

A very knowledgeable person, who wishes to remain anonymous, has written the most comprehensive and exhaustive analysis to date of “Obamacare” —The Patient Protection

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Increasing Congressional pay is a good idea

February 12, 2013 Arthur Lieber Budget, Campaigns, Congress, Corporations, Economy, Employment, Health care, Labor and unions, Politics, Senate, Voting/Elections One comment

Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina is resigning his seat in order to become head of the Heritage Foundation. Though he didn’t say so,

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Do Democrats look for political gain more than Republicans?

February 8, 2013 Arthur Lieber Democrats, Ethics, Immigration, Politics, Republicans Leave a comment

I heard it first from “the man who is so tired of being right about everything that he thinks no one should be allowed

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Obama’s updated contraception policy respects religious liberty & women’s rights

February 7, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Civil Rights, Good government, Health care, Obama, Religion in Politics, Reproductive rights, Women Leave a comment

On Feb. 1, 2013, the Obama administration announced an update to its proposed contraception coverage policy under the healthcare law. The update comes in

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Republicans have trouble connecting with a pretty good guy

February 6, 2013 Arthur Lieber Good government, Humor, Republicans Leave a comment

In his January 14, 2013 press conference, President Obama was asked whether he is too insular and does not socialize enough.  The question and

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Mississippi’s last abortion clinic is pink and proud

February 5, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Civil Rights, Courts, Health care, Reproductive rights, States One comment

Over the last weekend in January 2013, Jackson Women’s Health Services applied a coat of bright-pink paint to its building at the corner of 

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Paul Ryan’s mistaken definition of makers and takers

February 4, 2013 Arthur Lieber 2012 Election, Charity & Justice, Congress, Guns, Obama, Republicans Leave a comment

In his second inaugural speech, President Obama said: “The commitments we make to each other through Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security, these things

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A new book by Arthur Lieber. Political Introverts: How Empathetic Voters Can Help Save American Politics.  Buy it here.

Gloria Shur Bilchik’s new book, Election Insiders: Behind the scenes with the people who make your vote count. Kindle edition now available at Amazon.

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