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Debunking Trump: He’s as phony as the Wizard of Oz

February 26, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Democracy, Republicans 3 comments

Donald Trump reminds me of the Wizard of Oz. All bluster and bombast, no substance, and no one to question his power or his

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For Republicans, it may not be about being conservative

January 29, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Community/Common good, Education, Politics, Republican Brain, Voting/Elections 4 comments

Surprise, surprise, those Republican candidates who drone on about Donald Trump not really being a conservative may be right. But the perplexing question for

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Trump’s 5th-Avenue-shootout fantasy

January 26, 2016 Renee Shur 2016 Election, Guns, Humor, Language/Words, Politics, Republicans, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

“I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters,” said Donald Trump recently. Fasten your seat

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Trump: The man who would be king

January 11, 2016 Susan Cunningham 2016 Election, Democracy, Media, Republicans Leave a comment

“A certain kind of rich man afflicted with the symptoms of moral dandyism sooner or later comes to the conclusion that it isn’t enough

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Why a progressive would not mind seeing Trump win Iowa

December 29, 2015 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Campaigns, Democracy, Voting/Elections One comment

I have a very vivid memory of being in a meeting hall in St. Louis in late 2007 as Obama organizers were recruiting supporters

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Trump: The Revenge of the Id

December 14, 2015 Carrie Driscoll 2016 Election, Campaigns, Ideas, Politics, Republicans Leave a comment

Spending a few minutes on Facebook, or the internet in general, puts one squarely in the crosshairs of three camps: those who think Donald

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Recent right-wing violence reeks of proto-Fascism

December 3, 2015 Adam Levin 2016 Election, Violence Leave a comment

During my freshman year in college, my professor for “Political Ideologies” class made a pretty bold claim: “In the next fifty years,” he intoned,

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Trump calls MU leaders weak, but look at what happened at Trump U.

November 12, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Education Leave a comment

After student protests at the University of Missouri resulted in the resignation of Tim Wolfe, president of the University of Missouri system, Donald Trump

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“Best of Enemies:” 1968’s Buckley-Vidal debates, and how they helped spawn Trump

September 6, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik History, Literature/Arts/Film, Media, Politics Leave a comment

Gore Vidal’s and William F. Buckley’s political views were as diametrically opposed as they could be, but the two men shared one major characteristic:

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Donald Trump: Just another vagina demagogue

August 13, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Language/Words, Women, Youth issues One comment

I’m way past the age when worrying about menstruation is a big part of life. But I’ll never be too old to be outraged

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