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What does the liberation of DeJesus, Berry & Knight tell us?
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LIVE CHAT: HBO Liberace: Behind the Candelabra, Sunday, 9 p.m. ET
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Howard Dean channels Alinsky: calls Benghazi inquiry ‘laughable joke’
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Obama does not return marine's saulute
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Boxing: Carl Froch gives British fans a thrill, beats Mikkel Kessler
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Spicy cold lemonade for a Memorial Day cookout
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March Against Monsanto: GMO protests in 436 cities worldwide (images)
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Florida teen Kaitlyn Hunt rejects plea in underage same-sex case
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Rolling Thunder: Keeping the true meaning of Memorial Day alive
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The American Cemetery in Normandy is a must for every traveler
Stimulus That!
Linguist and economics professor Jim Picht looks at the global economy, considers the civilizing power of capitalism and wonders what markets have to do with morality. And if you don't think the answer is "plenty," think again.
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Watch the Iowa Caucus, joining in on the chat and the vote!
Communities writers, Jim Picht, Catherine Poe, Rich Stowell and Terry Ponick will be commenting on the Iowa Caucus, who is ahead and behind starting at 6pm EST tonight. Published 5:09 p.m. January 3, 2012 - Comments
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Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, and the Iowa caucus values voters
Iowa's "values voters" have three candidates they like. That's bad news for Newt Gingrich, good news for Paul and Romney. Published 1:44 p.m. December 31, 2011 - Comments
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The Iowa caucuses matter
The Iowa caucuses don't matter? Only the losers think so. They matter, and they should. Published 12:46 a.m. December 30, 2011 - Comments
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Voter fraud, disenfranchised voters, and voter ID laws
Republicans worry about fraudulent voters, Democrats about disenfranchised voters. The real problem is ignorant voters. Published 2:09 p.m. December 29, 2011 - Comments
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Racism and Ron Paul's newsletters
Whatever those newsletters tell us, it isn't that Ron Paul is racist, nor even that the people who wrote them were. Published 10:33 p.m. December 27, 2011 - Comments
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Countdown to Iowa: Ron Paul or the GOP, what do conservatives want?
What kind of conservatism do Republican voters want? Is the GOP even conservative anymore? Published 3:03 p.m. December 27, 2011 - Comments
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Happy Bill of Rights Day, Joe Arpaio
Two-hundred twenty years ago, the Bill of Rights was ratified. Joe Arpaio and the National Defense Authorization Act are timely reminders of its importance. Published 8:55 p.m. December 15, 2011 - Comments
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Herman Cain: Going, going ... suspended?
Herman Cain has been running a zombie campaign for weeks. It's time to kill it. Published 1:21 p.m. December 3, 2011 - Comments
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Herman Cain should go
With only five weeks until primary voting, Herman Cain can't undo his own lack of preparation and the revelations of Ginger White. Published 10:35 p.m. November 29, 2011 - Comments
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OWS: Thanksgiving among the 99 percent
Poverty is crushing and wealth is grand, but we don't always know what they are. Published 4:19 p.m. November 23, 2011 - Comments
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A collection of reader guest articles, thoughts and opinions by Communities writers and breaking news and information.
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Obama does not return marine's saulute
Obama forgot to salute a marine when boarding Marine One; should we be upset?
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Boy Scouts vote to allow gay members
The Boy Scouts of America voted today to allow openly gay boys as scouts but the ban on homosexual leaders remains.
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Obama unscathed by scandals: Popularity over 50%
After possibly the worst week of the Obama administration, new polls show that the President has escaped relatively unscathed.
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Obama's endlessly loose ends
Benghazi, the IRS, the AP - Obama had nothing to do with any of them. He knows nothing about them. They're just messy loose ends.
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Obama does not return marine's saulute
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Ingredients for Healthy Living
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James Picht is an economist, a husband, and a father. He's also a former music major and classically trained pianist, a church organist, and a part-time jewelry maker. He thought he wanted to be a scientist and got a degree in biology/chemistry (University of Utah), but a stint in a genetics lab sent him running to graduate studies in Slavic Languages (UT Austin). A computer error landed him in an economics class one summer, after the first hour he was in love with the subject, and five years later he earned a PhD in it (Texas A&M). He spent the next several years working as a contractor for the U.S. government and international development banks with assignments in Kiyiv, Moscow, Sarajevo, and Central Asia. The work was interesting, the travel more so, but he got tired of cold winters and cabbage soup. So he moved to Louisiana and got himself a teaching job, a wife, and two children. He teaches economics and Russian literature at the Louisiana Scholars' College at Northwestern State University, Louisiana's designated honors college. He finds his life even more interesting than before, but without the winters, the cabbage, or the Mafia protection.
