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Uloop: Why Students Should Get Seats at Presidential Debates

2012-05-31T17:52:14Z

I realize that many schools before ours have hosted presidential debates and that though ours is the first to be held in Colorado, it does not change the fact that thousands have sat back and watched the debate from their couches.

Read more: College Students, Politics, Presidential Debates, University of Denver, President Obama, Presidential Debate 2012 October, College News

Mitch Feierstein: Does Anyone Ever Take Responsiblity for Anything Now?

2012-05-31T15:17:33Z

Transparency? Accountability? Responsibility? That's for little people. Consequences? Forget it: If you're rich, there are none. We live in Leona Helmsley's world now, and it's not a good place to be.

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Rui Dai: Modernize the Constitution, But Do it Through an Amendment

2012-05-31T15:01:47Z

Yes, the U.S. Constitution desperately needs to be updated. However, any updates should go through the amendment process. The U.S. Constitution may be flawed, but changing it outright is more dangerous.

Read more: Constitutional Amendments, Government, Politics, US Constitution, America, United States Constitution, Amending u.s. Constitution, Constitutional Rights, Amending the Constitution, College News

Harry Boyte: Civic Science -- Beyond the Knowledge Wars

2012-05-31T14:47:48Z

Civic science builds on a rich history of efforts to translate scientific findings to real world settings, full of complexity, ambiguity, and open-endedness, where science cannot be "applied" in any linear or straightforward way.

Read more: Politics, Science, Democracy, Climate Change, Citizens, Civic Science Democracy, Civic Science, American Commonwealth Partnership, Science Politics, College News

Robert Scheer: Hope Burning

2012-05-31T04:08:09Z

Now we have Rambo Obama, a steely warrior who hurls death-dealing drones at anyone who threatens the good old USA. Including children. The Obama answer to human rights groups is the same as that offered by George W. Bush: Get the Justice Department to say that anything goes.

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David Edmund Moody: Money Is Speech

2012-05-30T15:23:32Z

The 5-4 split decision in Citizens United enshrined into law the principle that the First Amendment protection afforded to the freedom of speech embraces or encompasses the expenditure of unlimited amounts of money.

Read more: Supreme Court, Democracy, Citizens United, Jeffrey Toobin, Money, Politics, Politics News

David Helfenbein: A Way to Fix Our Politically Polarized State?

2012-05-30T13:50:47Z

I understand the importance and value of political parties, but the parties should not come at the cost of bipartisanship and success.

Read more: Politics, Democratic Primary, Republican Primary, Independents, Norman Ornstein, Political Polarization, Democrats, Republicans, Thomas Mann, Politics News

Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D.: Inspiring a Mindful Nation: An Interview With Tim Ryan

2012-05-30T11:04:53Z

There have been a number of people and books raising awareness of the importance of cultivating greater mindfulness for the purpose of healing great stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, chronic pain and even creating great joy.

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Stacey Lawson: Creating Conditions for Small Businesses to Thrive

2012-05-29T13:08:14Z

By investing in our small businesses, we invest in job growth. One of the best ways to help small businesses lift more Americans into the middle class is to remove the economic barriers that are holding small businesses back.

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Adam Pertman: An Unnerving Reality: We're Deporting Adoptees

2012-05-29T12:00:38Z

People who break the law should unequivocally pay an appropriate price for their offenses. But I think it can fairly be argued that the reason some are being ejected from the only country they've ever known is not because of the crime they've committed -- but because they were adopted.

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Sarah O'Leary: Accessorizing Hate

2012-05-24T13:10:29Z

When we choose silence in the face of bigotry, we threaten the lifeblood of our Union.

We've all experienced more than a few bigots in our lives. Th...

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Steven Cohen: Clean Energy Caught in the Political Mire

2012-05-29T08:24:00Z

Forget about oil depletion allowances -- how about the construction of the interstate highway system? How about the deduction for mortgage interest and property tax? Both stimulated increased use of fossil fuels.

Read more: Renewable Energy, Politics, 2012 Presidential Election, Fossil Fuels, Sustainability, New York Times, Green News

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard: Identi-lifting ? -- Talking About Veterans' Courts Memorial Day Weekend

2012-05-25T16:41:16Z

It's not about carving out specialty justice for veterans, but rather about putting similar systems in place that help divert vulnerable populations who require services rather than incarceration.

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Brandon Bowlin: How to Win: Get Mad

2012-05-25T15:00:48Z

Cory Booker's Meet the Press backstabbery was remarkable. And his Twitter-laced walk-back -- very unremarkable.

Read more: Politics, Cory Booker, Political Lies, Democratic Fear, Getting-Angry, Video, Politics News

Obama Administration Says 'No' To Global Health Fund For Developing Nations

2012-05-25T08:36:24Z

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has alarmed global health experts by opposing a new international fund that would fight disease in the developi...

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David J. Cross: Presidential Election Years Historically Drive Down Home Gains

2012-05-21T13:53:21Z

Home owners have had a bumpy ride during the last eight years, just like the rest of the country. As things are settling in the housing market, Movoto...

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Bruce Kluger: The GOP's War on Children

2012-05-23T01:56:38Z

As in most presidential election years, noisy battles have been raging as the nation's political armies gear up for what promises to be an even nois...

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Cristen Conger: What You Should Always Bring Up On A First Date

2012-05-24T16:09:45Z

Politics is one of the four topics -- alongside money, sex and religion -- Emily Post says young ladies must never, ever broach on a first date. Here's why women should ignore that advice.

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Hospital CEO To Step Down Amid Accretive Health Debt-Collection Controversy

2012-05-24T15:10:21Z

Mark Eustis, the president CEO of a Minnesota hospital company under fire from state and federal authorities for allegedly harsh tactics its employees...

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Rinku Sen: What Fires Young Progressives' Activism? A New Study Asks Them

2012-05-24T13:32:55Z

Today, Colorlines.com's publisher, the Applied Research Center, released "Millennials, Activism and Race," a report on the motivations of young people...

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Remy M. Maisel: It Turns Out, We Can Indeed Haz Super PAC: Part I

2012-05-24T13:02:51Z

My legal advisor and I spread out FEC Form 1 on the dining room table. "You mean this is really, really it?" I was asking in disbelief. "This one form, which asks nothing more difficult of me than to spell my name and address properly, is all I need?"

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Robert Scheer: Do the Bain Hustle

2012-05-24T04:12:59Z

Obviously Barack Obama was right in criticizing Mitt Romney's stewardship of Bain Capital. How else to evaluate the business experience that Romney has made a central tenet of his campaign?

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Bill Schneider: Who's the Boss?

2012-05-23T17:12:58Z

When he spoke at the Reagan Library this week, Rep. Ryan defined the election as a referendum on the congressional Republican agenda. They don't need President Romney to lead the revolution. All they need is his consent.

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Warren J. Blumenfeld: National Monument to Peace and Peacemakers

2012-05-23T10:15:33Z

The United States embodies a beautiful and noble concept, a vibrant idea, a vital and enduring vision. While we as a country may be involved in a process and a progression toward that vision, we have not yet attained and reached it. The country is, rather, still a work in process.

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Ralph Gomory: Mercantilism, Manufacturing, and a Political Problem

2012-05-22T17:29:05Z

People talk a great deal about free trade. But for better or for worse the real world that we live in is more a mercantilist world than it is a free markets and free trade world.

Read more: Taxes, Politics, Trade, Tariffs, Jobs, Free Trade, Manufacturing, Corporate Social Responsibility, China, Business News