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Rabbi Adam Jacobs: How To Speak Like A Mensch

2013-04-15T15:00:13Z

Though it has become popular in our culture for people of influence to project supreme confidence, speak in dismissive tones and dominate the "conversation," Jewish tradition teaches that there are "seven traits that characterize a cultivated individual" -- they all have to do with how we communicate.

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RNC Chair Reince Priebus Says Journalists Will Moderate Fewer Debates In 2016 GOP Primary

2013-03-22T15:02:14Z

WASHINGTON -- Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said Friday that his party will have fewer debates moderated by journalists from m...

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Kevin M. Ross: Hosting the Final Presidential Debate: Was It Worth It?

2013-02-05T18:09:42Z

Lynn University hosted the final presidential debate of the 2012 election. I'm often asked by members of our community and the media, "Was it worth it?" Was the presidential debate worth all the hard work and money spent?

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Becky Hayes: 24-hour News Coverage: A Waste of Everybody's Time

2012-12-18T18:52:39Z

After following the 2012 presidential elections for the past three months, I have noticed how the media covers politics -- and I am not exactly liking what I am seeing.

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Matt Wilstein: The 47 Funniest Political Videos Of 2012

2012-12-12T20:42:21Z

From the best political bits on late night to a few unintentionally hilarious moments from the politicians themselves, 2012 was a great year to laugh at politics in America.

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Rick Horowitz: Post-Election: Fact & Fiction

2012-11-13T14:42:46Z

Some people would rather spin stories. Some people would rather change the subject. So: Before the Woes of Petraeus drown out that whole election thin...

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Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen: 'Green News Report' - November 13, 2012

2012-11-13T18:07:02Z

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Jim Worth: No Longer Debatable

2012-11-13T13:55:35Z

The presidential outcome is no longer debatable. But the president will still have to battle an intransigent Republican House and Senate in order to get anything done for the American people.

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David Sable: What Do We Really Vote for?

2012-11-12T14:36:12Z

So the question becomes, what is it that people in the United States voted for or against -- as the case may be?

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Some Of The Biggest Inaccuracies From The 2012 Election Season

2012-11-06T17:40:36Z

Soon the election will be over, and so will all of the obsessive fact checking.

Throughout the election both candidates have made gaffes and missta...

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Jennifer Davis: It's Education, Stupid

2012-11-06T15:16:34Z

We hold out hope that Americans will begin to see as a higher priority the necessity of strengthening our education system, if for no other reason but to keep alive the hope of their children achieving the American Dream.

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Martin Varsavsky: So What's Wrong With The States?

2012-11-06T12:53:32Z

Most of my friends in the USA agree on what is great about this nation. But when I speak to some American friends they seem to be unaware of the shortcomings of the USA compared to others, and this is what I would like to focus on. Here are some quick examples.

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Lisa Levart: The Final Debate: Lessons from Hurricane Sandy

2012-11-06T00:26:23Z

The fourth and final debate of the 2012 presidential race was held along the East Coast on October 29th with Hurricane Sandy as the moderator.

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Semra Sevi: Foreign Policy Should Count in the 2012 U.S. Presidential Elections

2012-11-05T05:22:21Z

While foreign policy may have been eclipsed by domestic economic concerns during this election, the U.S. still needs to be proactive, given the current international political climate. However, the candidates do not currently seem to present distinctive positions with regards to foreign policy.

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Brian Umana: Why Obama Supporters Do Not Need to Worry, but Do Need to Vote

2012-11-05T12:17:51Z

It's true that a small faction of undecided voters truly do not make up their minds until Election Day -- but for such a small portion of a state's electorate to matter, the polls need to already be a toss-up.

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Summer Wu: What Do Obama and Romney Have in Common?

2012-11-05T10:59:48Z

Isn't it a problem that regardless of who becomes president, less than a quarter of what he says is true? Dishonesty and politics are so commonly associated that most Americans expect politicians to lie.

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Joanna Popper: Vote NOW

2012-11-05T10:02:12Z

I voted early last week. I waited three hours in the sun. When I finally got to the voting booth I spent another 25 minutes on the ballot even with two cheat sheets for amendments and questions.

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Mitchell J. Rabin: Does Mainstream Media Know that 3rd Party Candidates Are Also Running for President?

2012-11-04T16:34:31Z

But of course they do! Everybody knows that there are 3rd Party candidates running for President. But where can you learn about them? How do you know their names, their platforms and who they are? You cannot!

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Howard Steven Friedman: 7 Key Turning Points in the 2012 Presidential Election

2012-11-05T09:04:02Z

The polls over the last few months tell a story of the changing moods of American voters, driven by specific events though the consistently point to Obama having an advantage in the Electoral College.

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Mitt Romney's Last-Minute Education Pitch

2012-11-04T17:52:24Z

WASHINGTON -- For the last year, education advocates have been trying to get the subject of America's beleaguered public schools onto the agenda of th...

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Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen: 'Green News Report' - November 1, 2012

2012-11-01T20:02:47Z

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Alyssa Granacki: Loving Teachers Isn't Enough: Education Reform in the Election

2012-11-01T15:58:48Z

Of all the campaign issues, education is certainly the one on which President Obama and Governor Romney seem to share the most middle ground. However, at the heart of their ideologies, the two men diverge.

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Jim Worth: Unfocused Groups

2012-10-31T20:23:47Z

After each debate, focus groups created more questions than answers!

Television has gravitated to the use of focus groups -- gatherings of undecided ...

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Joseph Kahne: If Teachers Moderated Presidential Debates

2012-10-31T18:12:05Z

I'd like a moderator with a backbone: someone who didn't just let two candidates share canned remarks that were often only loosely connected to the facts. Good teachers care if facts are accurate

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Anne Zeiser: Dialing In Audiences' Reactions to Election Trash Talk

2012-10-31T17:55:26Z

CNN pimped out my TV screen this election season. The most addictive armchair pundit navigation tool was the graph on the bottom of the screen that tracked a group of undecided voters' impressions of the candidate's words in real-time.

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