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Bill Moyers Speaks at LBJ Library

Elana Estrin | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: LBJ Library, Plutocracy, Democracy, Gabrielle Giffords, Lyndon Johnson, George Bernard Shaw, Tom Johnson, Oligarchy, Bill Moyers, Australia Floods, Media News
Elana Estrin

Two days after Gabrielle Giffords was severely injured in a Tucson shooting, renowned journalist Bill Moyers found himself sitting in a radiology lab awaiting an MRI for a torn muscle.

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Turning Winemaking Over to Facebook Fans

Mary Orlin | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Matt Johnson, Crowd-Source, Crowd-Made Wine, Crowdsourcing, Wine, Twitter, Mendocino, Redwood Valley, Tom Johnson, Facebook, Silversmith Vineyards, Food News
Mary Orlin

2011-11-04-Screenshot20111104at4.58.54PM.jpg "We wanted to remove all the barriers and pull back the curtain on winemaking, to make it accessible and open the door to as many decisions as possible."

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CNN: The Axe Has Dropped, But Will the Ratings Rise?

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Variety, Time Warner, Ken Jautz, Rick Kaplan, Jon Klein, Hurricane Katrina, Headline News, Tom Johnson, Eason Jordan, Cbs, CNN Ratings, Fox News, Media News
Reese Schonfeld

CNN has been rotting for the past twenty years, and it's not going to be fixed in a matter of months. But maybe with a new president in the driver's seat, the station will at least have a chance to take off in a new direction.

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Applying Historical Lessons to Health Care Reform

Bill Cunningham | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Neustadt, Bob Dole, Pat Moynihan, Robert Caro, President Obama, 1964 Civil Rights Bill, James Carville, Analogies, Tom Johnson, Clinton Health Reform, Hubert Humphrey, Politics News
Bill Cunningham

In the health care fight, perhaps Rahm Emmanuel and Company might have benefited from looking at President Lyndon Baines Johnson's approach to the various Civil Rights bills that passed on his watch.

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