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05/25/08--11:22: L33tism (chan 1954269)

        When Barack Obama lost heavily to Hillary Clinton in the West Virginia primary, the question was raised of whether the senator from Illinois is able to connect with the working class of America and whether he is, in the words of the media, an elitist.  Adding to Obama’s previous description of “un-American,” this [...]


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06/03/08--16:45: Lights, Camera, Reaction (chan 1954269)

What makes the news?  Is it what gives you the blues?  Does someone choose what is news?  Whose views does news use?  Some say that it skews or that it’s all just a ruse.  News can amuse by talking about taboos; it can excuse or accuse and even confuse.  You can peruse the news for [...]


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07/28/08--15:01: The ’08 Bunch (chan 1954269)

    Although countless hours of news network time have been spent speculating on who the vice presidential picks will be for each candidate, there remain only a few weeks until the conventions and thus it is about time to find out for sure.  Here is a selective version of what the field looks like:     [...]


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03/24/09--07:23: Ending the era of firsts? (chan 1954269)

            Americans take comfort in thinking that we live in a society of equal opportunity—where if you work hard, you are rewarded in life (and if you cause an economic meltdown, you are still rewarded, but that’s beside the point).  There is a certain sense of pride in commemorating social achievements based on the “pioneering” [...]


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07/01/09--08:06: The clock is ticking on healthcare (chan 1954269)

            Although President Obama has learned from the health care debacle of the Clinton years by tasking the House and Senate committees with drafting a health care overhaul (placating the egotists in the world’s most deliberative body), the fact is that in order to win enough GOP and moderate votes, the plan will unfortunately not [...]


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05/25/10--18:37: Obama’s bad budgeting idea (chan 1954269)

Forty-three states have given their governors line-item veto power.  One president—Bill Clinton—briefly wielded it.  Now, Barack Obama is asking Congress to grant him modified line-item privileges.  The proposed Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act of 2010 would allow the president to rescind portions of appropriations bills that he deems wasteful, then would send the package of cuts [...]


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08/24/10--18:14: The media know nothing — follow the campaigns (chan 1954269)

           Political polls tell us exactly what will happen.  Except for when they do not.             Millions of dollars and thousands of seconds are wasted each week as the media, party operatives, candidates, and academics try to discern how the November elections will play out.  If you have been following the schizophrenic coverage, you should [...]


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