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BELLA: Rahm Emanuel vs. The Chicago School System
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Celebrity and its role in social change: Angelina Jolie
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Liven up Memorial Day meals with tips and recipes from the experts
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Kerry, Hague and peace-talk hypocrisy
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Is Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) a buy?
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Brandywine Museums & Gardens Alliance honors U.S. Military
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March against Monsanto: Raising concern over healthy food freedoms
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The loss of self-denial in our culture
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TV tonight: PBS features female Civil War soldier Loreta Velazquez
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Radical Islam does not exist: Islam is the enemy
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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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Republicans trade conservatism for shibboleths
The country is still basically conservative. Republicans, however, are not. Published 9:51 p.m. November 7, 2012 - Comments
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Election 2012: Obama reelected without a mandate
President Obama won reelection, but he has no popular mandate. Unless he's a better president than he's been, we face a springtime of bitterness in America. Published 12:21 a.m. November 7, 2012 - Comments
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Gary Johnson: Mitt Romney's Ralph Nader?
Whatever Gary Johnson is, he's not a "spoiler." He can't steal from Romney or Obama votes that never belonged to them in the first place. Published 1:14 p.m. November 6, 2012 - Comments
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Make a Swede suicidal: Vote Romney
Our too-close-to-call election is a slam-dunk in Europe. Why their love affair with Obama? Published 1:39 p.m. November 5, 2012 - Comments
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Mitt Romney and Sandy: What do liberals have against charity?
FEMA has in important role to play. Given the continuing misery and worsening situation in New York's outer boroughs, personal disaster relief isn't it. Published 7:55 p.m. November 4, 2012 - Comments
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President Obama: The buck stops where?
President Obama takes responsibility for nothing. Commander-in-Chief? Pathetic. Published 10:14 a.m. October 31, 2012 - Comments
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Win or lose, Obama faces electoral disaster
If he wants even a chance at governing effectively, Obama needs to win both the popular and the electoral votes. The odds are against it. Published 10:56 p.m. October 28, 2012 - Comments
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Gay marriage initiatives on four states' ballots
Ballot initiatives in three states would make gay marriage legal; a fourth would ban it. Who's fighting this battle, and why? Published 4:52 p.m. October 24, 2012 - Comments
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T.J. O'Hara: Third Party Presidential candidate deserves your attention
For intelligent, creative ideas to America's problems, consider the third-party candidates. A good place to start is T.J. O'Hara. Published 12:38 a.m. October 24, 2012 - Comments
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Obama vs. Romney round three: A waste of time
Obama told Romney that military technology has moved beyond bayonets, and he was reminded in turn that attacking Romney isn't a foreign policy. That was the high point. Published 12:15 a.m. October 23, 2012 - Comments
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Middle Class Guy
What does the middle-class conservative think about everything? Find out here.
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BELLA: Rahm Emanuel vs. The Chicago School System
Pundits and progressives are premature in writing Rahm Emanuel's political obituary.
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Lois Lerner: stupid is as stupid does
If Lois Lerner is one of the finest minds the government hires, we are in big trouble.
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Oklahoma tornado saves President Obama
This administration loves tragedies. They make people forget about scandals.
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President Obama and the Kindergarten Kids
The White House children were sent to meet the press and defend the president.
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The “Silver Tsunami” created by aging Baby Boomers is hitting America. Let’s explore how we adjust to it, enjoy it and defy negative expectations about age.
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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.
