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Ryan’s fiscal hypocrisy

August 16, 2012 Bobbi Clemons Politics Leave a comment

In a world of 24 hours news, this story s a little old. (A whole week! *gasp*) I found it on NPR, but it

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GOP middle class bamboozlement may be over

August 16, 2012 Madonna Gauding Campaigns, Economy, Taxes, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Instead of offering real solutions to social and economic problems, the GOP has used flag waving, gay bashing, abortion, prayer in schools, death panels,

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Whose plan destroys Medicare: Ryan’s or Obama’s?

August 15, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik Congress, Health care, Obama Leave a comment

Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan claim that President Obama is destroying Medicare by “stealing $700 billion” from the program. That’s bunk, says Robert Reich.

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DNC bails out of bailed-out Bank of America

August 15, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik Business, Campaigns, Corporations, Labor and unions, Obama, Politics One comment

The Democratic National Committee is moving its money. It’s taking its money out of the bailed-out Bank of America and putting it into union-owned

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For players, Penn State penalties may be a good thing

August 14, 2012 Arthur Lieber Corporations, Courts, Sports Leave a comment

Everything about Jerry Sandusky’s abuses at Penn State University are disgusting. and in many ways, it’s difficult to think of any penalty that’s too

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Democratic Party to take moral stand in support of gay marriage

August 13, 2012 Madonna Gauding LGBT, Obama, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

In unanimous decision on July 29, the drafting committee for the Democratic National Convention embraced marriage equality as part of the platform for the

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Bringing babies to midnight movies

August 10, 2012 Arthur Lieber Crime/Violence, Public safety, Violence Leave a comment

The massacre in Aurora, CO stands alone as the largest act of domestic violence in the history of the United States. It took a

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First get scared, then get steamed

August 9, 2012 Barbara Finch Civil Rights, Crime/Violence, Government, Missouri region, Public safety, Violence 5 comments

Last week Missouri State Representative Stacey Newman wrote a guest commentary for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch titled “Let’s Talk About Guns.”  Fed up with

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Hating Bush vs. Hating Obama

August 8, 2012 Frank Kovarik Ideas, Missouri region, Obama, Poverty, Voting/Elections 8 comments

During the administration of George W. Bush, I remember feeling a more or less chronic sense of despair and incredulity at the state my

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Bill Mckibben: “Global warming’s terrifying new math”

August 7, 2012 Madonna Gauding Corporations, Energy, Environment, Government One comment

If you want to know where we stand with global warming, read Bill McKibben’s groundbreaking new piece in Rolling Stone, “Global Warming’s Terryifying New

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