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When Bad PR Happens to Good People, or, Jeffrey Birnbaum's Revenge

William Klein | Posted 07.30.2008 | Media

Read More: Washington Post, Jeffrey Birnbaum, Ethics in Journalism, Newspaper Op-Eds, Journalism, Public Relations, Dick Van Dyke, Sclc, Congressional Record, Calvin Trillin, Charles Steele, Jr., Victor Navasky, Media News
William Klein

Washington Post columnist Jeffrey Birnbaum has his panties in a twist again about the practice of public policy advocates employing professional writers to help them draft newspaper op-eds.

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Nascar Runs 3 1/2-Hour Tire Test at Indy; Calls it "Brickyard 400"

Steve Parker | Posted 07.29.2008 | Media

Read More: Denny Hamlin, Ferrari, Goodyear, Roush Fenway Racing, Cars, Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indy Racing League, Michelin, Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Indy, Jimmie Johnson, Car of Tomorrow, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Ralf Schumacher, Michael Schumacher, Tony George, Indycar, Bernie Ecclestone, Juan Pablo Montoya, Brian Vickers, Matt Kenseth, Toyota, Formula One, Environment, Irl, Nascar, Bridgestone, Aflac, F1, Cart, Pocono, Media News
Steve Parker

The only way to run a successful racing series is as a benevolent dictatorship.

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Obama: Wheels Down In Missouri And Fortunes Rising

Beverly Davis | Posted 06.09.2008 | Home

Read More: Red, Independents, Sen. Claire McCaskill, Mccain, Obama, Missouri, Barack Obama, Steven Stogel, Jay Nixon, Democratic National Party, Jr., Missouri Primary, Dnc, Republicans, Rachel Storch, Mike Roberts, North Carolina, Mccain Missouri, Blue Missouri, Mike Roberts Democrats Missouri, Dems, Mike Roberts Missouri, Mccain Obama MO, Mccain Obama Missouri, Dem, Home News
Beverly Davis

Mike Roberts, the "Donald Trump of St. Louis," explains why Obama will win a landslide victory in Missouri, one of the top battle states for November. "He'll kill McCain!"

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My Dream Ticket: Barack Obama & Caroline Kennedy

Linda Milazzo | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Vice President, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, President Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, Vice Presidency, Jackie Kennedy, 2008 Election, Ted Kennedy, Sargent Shriver, Barack Obama, Lion of the Senate, Public Service, Caroline Kennedy, Profiles in Courage, Jr., Jfk, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Politics News
Linda Milazzo

For nearly her entire 51 years, Caroline Kennedy has been part of the socio-political fabric of this nation. She first captivated America as the tin...

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August 28th -- A Good Date For Historic Speeches

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Speech, Civil Rights, 8/28, Free at Last, Keynote Nomination, Campaign, Speeches, King, Lincoln Memorial, Democratic Convention, History, Four Score and Seven Years Ago, 2008, August 28, Abraham Lincoln, Jr., 2008 Campaign, Black, Two Score and Five, Historic, Gettysburg Address, Democratic Nominee, Lincoln, August 28th, Mlk, 2008 Elections, 08, Acceptance Speech, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Acceptance, Four Score, Elections, 2008 Convention, 08 Campaign, Martin Luther King, African American, Score, Convention, 2008 Presidential Race, I Have a Dream, Hillary Clinton, Nominee, 2008 Democratic Convention, Keynote Address, Gettysburg, Brian Laws, Politics News
Chris Weigant

August 28th will be the final day of the Democratic National Convention. Unless Hillary Clinton soon acquires the ability to perform miracles, the nominee giving the acceptance speech is going to be Barack Obama.

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Obama vs. Rev. Wright: The Wrongness of Righteousness

Terry Real | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Relational Life Therapy, Divorce, War, Democratic, Obama, Black, Race, Jewish, Spitzer, Barack Obama, Race Relations, Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, Hilary Clinton, Marriage, Infidelity, Terry Real, Racism, Rev. Wright, Jr., Relational Living, National Press Club, Christian, Politics News
Terry Real

Perhaps Wright felt that Obama did not stand up for him enough and this is payback, or perhaps he feels that his cause is so righteous that devil damn the consequences.

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Barack Obama and the Corporate Media

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.29.2008 | Media

Read More: Harold Ford, Media Matters, Joseph McCarthy, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Jr., Matt Drudge, Michael Dukakis, Bill Ayres, Fair, Barack Obama, Willie Horton, Ashley Dupre, Media News
Joseph A. Palermo

The bad news about our nutrient-starved, 24-hour media environment is that there will be more news cycles dedicated to destroying Obama -- or at least slowing the momentum of his campaign.

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Barack Obama's March 18, 2008 Speech on Race Relations

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: 1787, Philadelphia, Jr., Constitution Hall, Martin Luther King, Race Relations, Barack Obama, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

"We the people, in order to form a more perfect union."

 Two hundred and twenty one years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, a g...

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Let My People Go - Today!

Warren Goldstein | Posted 04.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jstreet, Martin Luther King, Middle East, Jr., Israel, Aipac, Passover, J-Street, Palestinians, Middle East Peace, Politics News
Warren Goldstein

At the Seder, the order of service asks participants to imagine themselves as participants in the Exodus, so as to make the story of liberation alive in our own time. And I've got a new version of Exodus for you to think about tonight.

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Forget American Idol: A Crescent City Proposal For Hill, Barack and John

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 04.10.2008 | Home

Read More: New Orleans Housing, Hillary Clinton, American Idol, Barack Obama, Idol Gives Back, New Orleans, Branford Marsalis, Miley Cyrus, New Orleans Donation, Norman Hsu, Mark Penn, Harry Connick, Brad Pitt, Dennis Leary, Rebuild New Orleans Pledge, John Edwards, Jr., Hannah Montana, Achey Breakey Heart, Home News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

In the vein of Stephen Colbert, imagine getting the candidates to all sign a Rebuild New Orleans pledge. After the race, their surplus campaign funds would go directly to rebuild New Orleans.

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Bashing Bill Clinton (Again)

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 04.10.2008 | Media

Read More: Maureen White, Jr., Bill Clinton, Arthur Sulzberger, Howell Raines, Steve Rattner, Media News
Carol Felsenthal

Just as Carter and Clinton had a nasty history, and that history contributes to Carter's adoring words about Obama, so do Howell Raines and Clinton have a history that has come back to haunt Hillary.

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Mississippi Supreme Court Justice: Bush US Attorney Targeted My Wife, Supporters and Friends

Larisa Alexandrovna | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Noel Hillman, Karl Rove, Don Siegelman, US Attorney Dunnica Lampton, Paul Minor, US Attorney Scandal, Judge Wes Teel, Judge John Whitfield, Alabama, Jr., Justice Oliver E. Diaz, Mississippi, Political Prosecutions, Politics News
Larisa Alexandrovna

Folks, you really need to read this. While it is a very long piece, it is absolutely imperative that it be read and reacted to. Republican effort ja...

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Ancestors

Paula Gordon | Posted 04.09.2008 | Home

Read More: Gandhi, Jr., Martin Luther King, Ancestors, Home News
Paula Gordon

What do I want to be when I grow up and die? An "Ancestor" like our friend Giriraj Rao. He illumined the way Saturday from his place of honor, the f...

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April 4, 1968

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jr., George W, Martin Luther King, Rev. James Lawson, Barack Obama, Bush, Robert F. Kennedy, Mlk Jr Assasination, Barack Obama Martin Luther King, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Martin Luther King Jr., MLK Assasination, Mlk, Rfk, Lbj, Coretta Scott King, Barack Obama MLK, Lyndon Johnson, Iraq, Martin Luther King Assassination, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

Bobby Kennedy's brief remarks the night of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination would be later described as a small masterpiece of American public rhetoric made all the more poignant by his own assassination just eight weeks later.

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Sunday Morning Segregation: Peggy Noonan & The Wright Stuff

Kerry Trueman | Posted 03.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Peggy Noonan, Martin Luther King, Tim Russert, Civil Rights, Jr., Meet the Press, Racism, Race, Sunday Segregation, Reverend Wright, Barack Obama, Reverend Wright Is Wrong, Barack Obama Jeremiah Wright, Obama Jeremiah Wright, Jeremiah Wright, Obama Wright, Jeremiah Wright Barack Obama, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Politics News
Kerry Trueman

To hear Noonan, a former Reagan speechwriter, give the kind of response that you'd expect from, say, Donna Brazile, was a minor Easter miracle, a resurrection of rationality.

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Barack Obama Shifted the Political Discourse Today

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jr., John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Martin Luther King, Barack Obama, Fearlessness, Robert F. Kennedy, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

Obama showed today that he is the only presidential candidate who can lead this nation in a new direction, elevate the political discourse, and educate the electorate on the challenges ahead.

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Barack Obama Sets the Record Straight

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 03.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jr., Hillary Clinton, Martin Luther King, Swift Boat, Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama, Keith OIbermann, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

Obama showed good judgment by distancing his campaign from the more radical views of Reverend Wright, but also showed an admirable character trait by refusing to denounce Rev. Wright the person.

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Email Is Changing the Way We Communicate and Historians Are Worried

Tom Alderman | Posted 03.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Historians, National Archives and Records Administration, Email, Spam, Thomas Jefferson, Valuable Digital Assests, Arthur Schlesinger, Text Messaging, Digital Archives, Wisconsin State Archives, Internet, John Adams, Jr., Future Generations, U.C.S.D. Super Computer Center, Nara, Media News
Tom Alderman

You can shred a document and it's gone. You can erase a tape and it's blank. You can delete your email and trash your computer but your email is alive -- somewhere, on somebody's server.

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Memo to Obama: McCain Won't Hesitate to Play the Race Card

Michael Fauntroy | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Harold Ford, John McCain, Terry Nelson, Jr., Racism, Michael Fauntroy, Republicans, Richard Quinn, Barack Obama, Politics News
Michael Fauntroy

Senator John McCain's win in Wisconsin places him mere inches away from the Republican nomination. McCain's march to the nomination is nearly complet...

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Low Turnout, Few Options Mark Michigan Primary

Dan Treul | Posted 01.16.2008 | Home

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Dan Treul

Mitt Romney wins the Michigan Republican primary. Decisively. But does it even matter? Before what might be a Ford Edsel turns into a spaceship, a re...

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Driving with Joe Overholt

Steven Denlinger | Posted 01.12.2008 | Living

Read More: John Fohner, Nickels Bakery, Akron Beacon Journal, Sarah Overholt, " Kent State University, Mayor Giuliani, Cain and Abel, VW Rabbit, Matthias Overholt, Virginia, Richard Denlinger, A Cappella, Vera Overholt, People, Ohio, Prodigal Son, Jr., Disney, Tim Denlinger, Heidi Denlinger, Hartville Kitchen, Abigail Overholt, Conservative Mennonite, Nathan Overholt, John H. Miller, Cleveland Hopkins Airport, Greg Yoder, Hannah Overholt, Hartville, Joe Overholt, Hartville Conservative Mennonite Church, Eastern Mennonite University, The Hartville Singers, Christian Hymnary, Paul Kurtz, Aclu, Dismal Swamp, The Ausbund, Sr., Atlantic Intercoastal Waterway, "I Will Abide, Robert Redford, A River Runs Through It, Norfolk, Kent, Living News
Steven Denlinger

When I think back over my childhood, I remember one person who was truly unforgettable. Joe Overholt.

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Governor Spitzer Renames Triborough Bridge the "Robert F. Kennedy Bridge"

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 01.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jr., Governor Elliot Spitzer, Edward Kennedy, Kerry Kennedy, Ethel Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

While representing New York, Senator Kennedy initiated numerous projects for the state's residents, including assistance to underprivileged children and students with disabilities.

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Live Web Coverage of the Iowa Caucus

Cenk Uygur | Posted 01.03.2008 | Media

Read More: MyDD, Faiz Shakir, Cenk Uygur, Think Progress, The Nation, Ellen Brodsky, Ari Melber, Air America, The Washington Note, Ben Mankiewicz, Adam Green, Webstream, The Agonist, Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Jr., Newsweek, Sean Paul Kelley, newshounds.us, Live Coverage, Steve Clemons, MoveOn.Org, Sam Seder, Iowa Caucuses, Richard Wolffe, Wes Clark, Open Left, Matt Stoller, Todd Beeton, The Atlantic, Matt Yglesias, Media News
Cenk Uygur

If you love politics, you'll love the live Iowa caucus coverage on The Young Turks tonight.

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Seasons Greetings from the Flyover States (and Thanks Brad Pitt)

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 12.01.2007 | Living

Read More: Drew Brees, Branford Marsalis, Brad Pitt, Drew Dat, Make It Right, Habitat for Humanity Musicians Village, Angelina Jolie, Rem, Jr., Harry Connick, Dr. John, Saving NOLA Now, Global Green, New Orleans, Mike Mills, New Orleans Musicians Relief FUnd, Living News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

Please consider heading south to New Orleans for the best live local music around: tourism is one of the most important components helping the artists who have made it home able to stay there.

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From the People Who Brought You the War in Iraq Comes War With Iran

Tom Andrews | Posted 11.30.2007 | Politics

Read More: Freedom's Watch, Richard J. Fox, Dr. John Templeton, Howard Leach, Win Without War, Ari Fleischer, Bush Iran, Gary Erlbaum, Robert Gard, Anthony Gioia, Kevin Moley, Edward Snider, Sheldon Adelson, Jr, Mel Sembler, Larry Wilkerson, Kyl-Lieberman Iran, Politics News
Tom Andrews

As far as President Bush and Vice President Cheney are concerned, Congress has the green light permanently lit if and when they decide it is time to "shock and awe" Iran.

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