Joe Cutbirth

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Happy Birthday Harvey Milk (and thanks for giving us hope)

Joe Cutbirth | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

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The defining moment in my adult life came inconveniently about six months after I got the first big break in my journalism career. At least it seemed ...

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Digging Further Into the Texas Rape Kit Scandal

Joe Cutbirth | Posted 06.17.2009 | Politics

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It's a sad day when state lawmakers, the attorney general, city leaders or the police act as if a forensic exam even vaguely resembles a victim service or compensation to a woman who has been raped.

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How Can Texas Ask Women to Pay for Rape Kits?

Joe Cutbirth | Posted 06.09.2009 | Politics

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On a rare occasion, journalists shine a light on a public policy that is so disgusting it literally stuns you -- it just takes your breath away and leaves you speechless.

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Rick Perry Should Stop Embarrassing Texas

Joe Cutbirth | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

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Partisanship and political philosophy aside, I can think of few things more irresponsible in this economy than the governor of Texas speaking freely about secession.

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The Pope Can't Get Away With This

Joe Cutbirth | Posted 04.18.2009 | Media

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If Ratzinger wants to stay in Italy and scare school kids by telling them God is watching when they French kiss or masturbate, that is his sexual silliness. But this is a matter of life and death.

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My Must-See Moment at Every Inaugural

Joe Cutbirth | Posted 02.18.2009 | Politics

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This moment sets in motion a process that allows ultimate authority to shift from one man to another without a shot being fired, a person being imprisoned or a life being lost.

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I Voted (Twice) for Obama, and Apparently I Lost

Joe Cutbirth | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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Warren's selection is a thumb in the eye of every lesbian and gay citizen, and an insult to kind and decent Americans who believed that Obama's presidency was the beginning of a new era.

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Vet the Princess Before She's Crowned

Joe Cutbirth | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics

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It's time for reporters covering this story to dispense with the navel gazing and to get started vetting Ms. Kennedy's ideas and positions.

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McCain's Racist Surge

Joe Cutbirth | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

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The debate tonight is McCain's last chance to change the direction of his campaign. That is why he should consider something bold, something a real maverick would do. He should apologize to Obama.

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Why I Called It for Joe Biden

Joe Cutbirth | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

The thrill of any debate comes in that one moment - and it almost always comes if you are patient - when one candidate finds a small opening and claims the evening.

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Our National Sue Simmons Moment

Joe Cutbirth | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

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I am a liberal, and damn it, I want the government to act. I'm not opposed to a huge, sweeping bill, but the way this went down on Monday was bullshit.

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The Incredible Lightness of Being Sarah Palin

Joe Cutbirth | Posted 10.05.2008 | Media

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Palin will throw mud with impunity, then in the tradition of Agnew, Dole and Quayle yell "double standard" and "bias reporting" when she is called on it.

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