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Hey, toy makers: Where are the non-princess girls?

April 21, 2015 Joanna Sandsmark Consumer issues, Gender issues, Women 3 comments

Most people are aware of the problems associated with the color pink.If you walk down the aisles at Toys “R” Us you will find

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Trying to look sympathetically at Trans-Pacific Partnership

April 20, 2015 Arthur Lieber Business, Consumer issues, Corporations, Economy, Employment, Foreign Policy, International, Labor and unions, Obama Leave a comment

In the 19th Century, the Victorian historian Thomas Carlyle coined the phrase “dismal science” for the field of economics. With the help of new

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Rand Paul: Just another Republican tightwad

April 16, 2015 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Economy, Politics, Republicans Leave a comment

There are some outside the Republican camp who want to believe that Rand Paul may be a little bit of fresh air from a

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Hillary Clinton another Wall Street candidate

Hillary Clinton’s pretend populism

April 15, 2015 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, Hillary Clinton One comment

  I watched Hillary’s slick ad announcing her 2016 presidential campaign. If you haven’t seen it, you can watch it here. Left writer and thinker

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Department of Education promotes racketeering and Jim Crow in schools

April 13, 2015 Arthur Lieber Children, Education, Ethics, Federalism, Legal issues/Law One comment

There is so much that the federal government could do in education. Besides taking the obvious first step of reducing student loan rates to

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I wanted the NRA “no-working-guns-at the convention” rumor to be true ..but it’s not

April 12, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Guns Leave a comment

In advance of the National Rifle Association’s 2015 convention, the widely circulated rumor that the NRA was banning “operational” guns from the conventional hall

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The New York Times has a new slogan…er, cliche

April 11, 2015 Christopher Burke Media One comment

Slogans are sort of micro tweets, intended to sell brand by as much repetition as possible. “This is CNN” is innocuous enough, even as

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“Halal in the Family” sitcom tries, but fails

April 10, 2015 Hafsa Literature/Arts/Film, Media Leave a comment

I was super-excited for the launch of “Halal in the Family,” a web series that the creator, Aasif Mandvi has described as “an exaggerated

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Rep. Steve King tops all others in being anti-choice

April 6, 2015 Arthur Lieber Ethics, International, Religion in Politics, Republican Brain Leave a comment

At least one Republican has taken the anti-choice stand to a new level, and it has nothing to do with reproductive rights. Rep. Steve

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This church – state thing gets curiouser and curiouser

April 3, 2015 Arthur Lieber Civil Rights, Human Rights, Legal issues/Law, LGBT, Religion in Politics Leave a comment

Republican legislators and Governor Mike Pence in Indiana have presented us with the latest incarnation of church – state relations in the United States.

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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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