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Stevenson High School Students Raise Censorship Concerns With Administrators

Freedom Project | December 17, 2009 10:59 PM | Posted 12.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Debate, Newspapers, Administration, Chicago, Media Censorship, High School, Media, Censorship, Stevenson High School, Illinois, Chicago News

Evan Ribot said student leaders at the Statesman have given this speech too many times to deaf ears. The Stevenson High School student newspaper sta...

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Friday Talking Points [102] -- Harry Reid's Glacial Progress Grinds On

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: 60 Votes, Leadership, White House, Debate, Floor, Ron Paul, Reform, Alan Grayson, Gray Hair, Eric Holder, Sarah Palin, Conyers, Amendments, John Kerry, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Democratic Caucus, Health Care, Majority Leader, Reid, Reconciliation, John Conyers, Conference Committee, Grey Hair, Kerry, Olympia Snowe, Democrat, Robert Byrd, Congress, Democrats, Paul, Election, Holder, Byrd, Barack Obama, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Mddotw, Harry Reid, State of the Union, Eating, Longest, Senate, Bill, Healthcare, Pumas, President Obama, Cloture, Filibuster, Obama, Democratic, Media, Democratic Party, Friday Talking Points, Grayson, Lieberman, Pelosi, 2010, Baucus, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Midterms, Skinny, Ksm, House, Attorney General, Matt Osborne, Puma, Thin, Midterm, Chris Weigant, Palin, Sotu, Max Baucus, Joe Lieberman, Party Unity My Ass, Osborne, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Harry Reid thinks he's got enough votes, but then this is the reason why the vote keeps getting pushed back -- because he's obviously still scrambling for the final few votes before he moves ahead.

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New Tools for Peace in Afghanistan

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.16.2009 | World

Read More: Corruption, Debate, President Obama, Humanitarian, Washington, Security Forces, Congress, Washington Post, Military Options, President Karzai, Surge, Hammers, Foreign Policy, Government, Infrastructure, Japanese Government, Karl Eikenberry, Escalation, Military, Afghanistan, Military Spending, Un, Terrorism, Security, Development, Humanitarian Assistance, World News
Jim Wallis

Development and humanitarian assistance can no longer be an afterthought; they must be central to any strategy the U.S. government puts forward in Afghanistan.

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Collision: Hitchens Debates Conservative Evangelical, Nothing Happens

Evan Derkacz | Posted 11.04.2009 | Home

Read More: New Atheists, Collision, Debate, Religion Dispatches. Religion, Atheism, Douglas Wilson, Christopher Hitchens, Documentary, Atheists, Eric Reitan, Home News
Evan Derkacz

The following is the opening to an article by philosophy professor Eric Reitan.

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The Ugly Underbelly of Facebook and Twitter

Michael D. Brown | Posted 10.29.2009 | Technology

Read More: Social Media, Debate, Twittering, Twitter, Social Networks, Social Networking, Social Networking Sites, Facebook, Tweets, Townhall, Technology News
Michael D. Brown

Facebook and Twitter were going to offer me a platform from which I could see and read the opinions and activities of people far and near. But now I oftentimes wonder why I stay online.

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What is Work? Small Town Hospital Closing Opens Health-Care Debate

Sharon Glassman | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Debate, Poverty, John Fetterman, Health-Care, Green Technology, Tony Hiss, Pop Tech, Health-Care Reform, Pa, Mike Doyle, Pittsburgh, Andrew Zolli, Paul Wood, Health Care, Communication, Third Places, Sharon Glassman, Kdka, Upmc, Braddock PA, Living News
Sharon Glassman

The closing of a cornerstone institution in the small but much talked about town of Braddock, PA, raises an important question: How should a community hospital work, really?

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Can We Argue Without Fighting?

David Suissa | Posted 11.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Relationships, Barack Obama, Religion, Debate, Israel, Judaism, Living News
David Suissa

When we give our individual insights the weight of revelation, we don't allow much room for different or conflicting insights, let alone the chance to have a debate about them.

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Does The Brain Like e-Books?

The New York Times | The Editors | Posted 10.15.2009 | Books

Read More: Debate, Brain, Human Brain, Books, E-Books, Electronic Reading, Reading, Digital Reading, Books News

Is there a difference in the way the brain takes in or absorbs information when it is presented electronically versus on paper? Does the reading exper...

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Bloomberg-Thompson Debate: Bill Thompson Jr. Calls Michael Bloomberg A Liar

AP | Posted 10.13.2009 | New York

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NEW YORK (AP)- The Democrat trying to unseat popular billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg lobbed multiple attacks at him during their first debate Tues...

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A Faith Declaration for Health Care Reform

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, Dialogue, Public Policy, Social Justice, Debate, Religious Beliefs, Misinformation, Dignity, Abolition, Religious, Biblical, Community, Health-Care Debate, Healing, Biblical Principles, Legislation, America, Civil Rights, Ten Commandments, Moral Values, Insurance Company, Abortion, Profits, Common Good, Principle, Civil Rights Movement, Faith Community, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Gospel, Health Care, Politics News
Jim Wallis

There is no one "right" religious position on how health care should look; but I believe there are some fundamental moral and even biblical principles on which to evaluate any final legislative agreement.

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Maybe the Last Few Months of Political Nonsense Have Been Part of Obama's Master Plan

Josh Rosenblatt | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Debate, Obama, Strategy, Health Care, Kevin Smith, Chasing Amy, Republicans, President Obama, Public Option, Politics News
Josh Rosenblatt

The public option may be dead. But is it merely a sacrificial lamb for Obama's broader health care goals?

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Health Care, Immigrants, and the Character of Our Country

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics

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Jim Wallis

With an issue like health, the faith community has a unique and important role to play -- to define and raise the moral issues beneath the policy debate.

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Pray for Glenn Beck

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

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Jim Wallis

Beck's predictions that health care reform would lead to government bureaucrats euthanizing people like his daughter are dead wrong, but we at Sojournors agree with Glenn on this point: God is the giver of life.

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Obama's Health Care Speech: Hope Over Fear

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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Jim Wallis

In his speech last evening, Obama made the commitments that a broad coalition in the faith community had asked for -- reform as a moral issue, affordable coverage for all, and no federal funding of abortion.

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Did Obama's Speech Change The Game?

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Stylistically, the speech was reminiscent of Obama on the campaign trail. But the bar for him is so high that this was only remarkable because it has been so absent of late from Obama.

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If We Get This Wrong...

Mary Ann West | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

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Mary Ann West

What will be catastrophic is if we continue as we are, with only those who are healthy, wealthy, employed with a really great insurance plan or with Medicare coverage reaping the benefits.

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If I Were President: How I Would Answer the Public Option Question

Terrence McNally | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Debate, Town Hall, Public Option, Health, Health Insurance, Colorado, Obama, Medicare, Health Refom, Healthcare, Politics News
Terrence McNally

It might be hard for private insurance to compete with public not for profit health insurance. But that shouldn't be the number one priority. The number one priority is the health of Americans.

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Health Care and Hate in Alhambra

Peter Dreier | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

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Peter Dreier

At the town hall I attended, which attracted over 2,000 people, the pro-Obama forces clearly outnumbered the right-wingers, but you couldn't tell from the TV news reports or the newspaper stories.

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Three Moral Issues of Health Care

Jim Wallis | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

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Jim Wallis

With an issue like health, deeply personal but of great public concern, the faith community has a unique and important role to play: to define and raise the moral issues that lay just beneath the policy debate.

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Thank God for Atheists! A Word About Disagreement and Debate

Jonathan Ellerby | Posted 07.31.2009 | Living

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Jonathan Ellerby

I place as much value in communication, dialogue and evolving worldviews as I do in certainty or blind faith.

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Debating Chevron

Carl Pope | Posted 07.12.2009 | Green

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Carl Pope

Chevron's CEO, Dave O'Reilly, and I debated for an hour last night at the Commonwealth Club. We got to the bottom of some differences but didn't come to closure on some of the most important.

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Falwell's Legacy Haunts Liberty University

Mike Papantonio | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics

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Mike Papantonio

You have to wonder why a group of teenage Democrats have been told that their kind are not welcome at Liberty, a campus that was built in part from the money of Sun Myung Moon.

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Obama vs. Cheney

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics

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Joe Peyronnin

It was the polished and thoughtful constitutional lawyer against the irreproachable and contemptuous lifetime bureaucrat.

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Arthur Delaney

Tedisco Declares "I'm Not A Millionaire" -- But He Probably Is

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

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New York Republican congressional candidate Jim Tedisco declared in a televised debate last night that he is not a millionaire. "I've lived, I've wo...

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I Hope Rush Limbaugh Fails

Jim Wallis | Posted 04.12.2009 | Media

Read More: York Times Columnist, Debate, Children, Politics, Media, Obama, Stereotype, Rush Limbaugh, Republican, Newsweek Poll, Baseball, Conservative, David Brooks, Party, Bush Speechwriter, Little League Baseball, Republicans, Conservatives, David Frum, Rassmussen Poll, Gop, Rush Limbaugh Republicans, Limbaugh Head of GOP, Limbaugh Obama, Rush Limbaugh Obama, Republican Party, Media News
Jim Wallis

The president shouldn't waste his valuable time in debating Rush Limbaugh. But I would like to make that offer. Hey Rush, I'll debate you.

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