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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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News organizations are changing their coverage of climate change

September 8, 2014 Renee Shur Climate Change, Media Leave a comment

Make no mistake about it. We’re now approaching thirty years of serious scientific data gathering on climate change. And the consensus among scientists in

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A journalistic low: Being the news

January 22, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Media, Missouri region, Youth issues Leave a comment

Last week, a reporter from St. Louis’ KSDK-TV decided it would be a dandy idea to test the security measures of some local high

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Freedom of the Press Foundation to boost WikiLeaks and other freedom-of-info groups

January 4, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Good government, Government, Ideas, Media, Politics Leave a comment

It’s hard to decide whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is a hero or a criminal. What’s much clearer is that we live in an

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Denver Post: Re-elect President Obama

October 21, 2012 Arthur Lieber 2012 Election, Cities, Media, Obama, Politics Leave a comment

The Denver Post endorsed Barack Obama for president in 2008, and Obama has earned their endorsement once again in 2012.  This endorsement is particularly

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Bits of news you might have missed in the info overload

August 10, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik Media Leave a comment

  In the deluge of news, even the most dedicated junkie can miss a few intriguing items now and then. Occasional Planet’s sidebar feature,

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