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Looking at The Bean, seeing ourselves

August 13, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Illinois/Midwest, Literature/Arts/Film, Politics One comment

Today I joined hundreds of tourists, camp groups, families and local residents who were visiting The Bean in Chicago’s Millennium Park.  [British artist Anish

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Alyona Minkovski: a young woman to watch

August 12, 2011 Madonna Gauding Media 3 comments

Watch where, you may ask? Well, how about RT TV (formerly Russian TV). Based out of RT’s Washington D.C. Bureau, Alyona Minkovski, at the

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Presidential primary chaos: Here we go again

August 12, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Question: When will the first 2012 presidential primary or caucus take place? Answer: Nobody knows. Nearly four years after the presidential primary chaos of

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Curious history of politicians in Plains states

August 11, 2011 Arthur Lieber Congress, Government, History, Politics, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Omaha, NE; Thursday, July 21, 2011. Traveling through America’s plain’s states, there is much to be learned about the distressing changes in both the

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Dan Froomkin: Debt ceiling deal benefits wealthy and Wall Street

August 10, 2011 Madonna Gauding Government, Politics Leave a comment

Dan Froomkin’s explanation of the debt ceiling debacle is one of the best I have read. He makes the simple, obvious, point: The obsessive

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Boston’s “Fast 14” slowed my vacation, but it’s too cool to gripe about

August 10, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Infrastructure 2 comments

In August 2010, gaping holes opened up in 14 bridges along 4.5 miles of I-93 in Medford, Massachusetts, a crucial commuter corridor for the

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$2 trillion: the ballpark figure du jour?

August 9, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Economy, Politics Leave a comment

$2 trillion is a very popular number. When the right-wing hostage takers at long last agreed to a $2.1 trillion ransom for the debt

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A campaign finance choice for Obama: People or Wall St.?

August 9, 2011 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Financial reform, Good government, Obama, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

How would you like to supplant Goldman Sachs as a major contributor to Barack Obama? How would you like to help America better see

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Nine reasons why privatization is such a bad idea

August 8, 2011 Madonna Gauding Government One comment

Republicans love to talk about privatizing government functions, because, according to them, a for-profit business model is so much more efficient. But Wendy Gittleson,

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Visit to Griot Museum prompts reflection

August 8, 2011 Barbara Finch Civil Rights Leave a comment

The temperature was stifling when members of Women’s Voices Raised for Social Justice visited the Griot Museum on St. Louis Ave. in July. Thieves

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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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