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Some reading for the snowbound
Dining@LargeSorry for the slow day, gang.I have been battling insomnia lately. This is new. I'm blaming my cats. They've gone mad. I was also on deadline today.Now, as the sun is setting, I present you with some of the juicier items......Tags: Food Industry, Consumer Goods Industries, NPR, Berkeley (Alameda, California), Chicago Tribune
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Obama vs. McCain: Study in contrasts
The Swampby Mark Silva In their age, experience, race, faith in the power of government and views of a complex world, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain offer American voters one of the sharpest contrasts in candidates for the presidency in......Tags: Jimmy Carter, National Government, Wars and Interventions, State Budgets, The Ohio State University
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Religion's role in elections past, present
The Swampby Rona Marech When it became known in late 1976 that the Plains Baptist Church had a 12-year-old policy on its books that excluded "blacks and other civil rights agitators" from worshiping there, its most prominent member - soon-to-be-president Jimmy.......Tags: Jimmy Carter, National Government, Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, Nevada
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Red state, blue state, rich state, poor
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated with author interview The upcoming presidential election isn't just a matter of Red State versus Blue State. It's a question of Rich State versus Poor State. "Nowadays, the Democrats win the rich states, but rich......Tags: National Government, Political Candidates, Mississippi, Utah, Alabama
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Russert: One of TV news' Top 10
The Swampby Michael Tackett and Mark Silva With the sudden passing of Tim Russert, chief of the Washington bureau for NBC News and longtime host of Meet the Press, television journalism has lost one of its all-time greats. Russert, 58, was,......Tags: Frontline Limited, News Agency, Politics, George W. Bush, White House
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Gas-Saving Moment of the Day: Write Your Congressman
KickingTiresYes, this is a car blog and not a lesson from your eighth-grade Social Studies teacher, but maybe we all need a reminder of our civic responsibilities from time to time. We all have a congressman or woman who is......Tags: West Virginia, Virginia, Citizens Initiative and Recall, Politics
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'Colbert bump' benefits Democrats
The Swampby Katie Fretland Democrats looking for campaign contributions might benefit from appearing on the Colbert Report, according to a new study by the American Political Science Association, although an interview with Stephen Colbert can prove embarrassing....Tags: Stephen Colbert, National Government, Political Candidates, Robert Wexler, Florida
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McCain says Palin never sought earmarks
The SwampSen. John McCain, with wife Cindy, listen to Barbara Walters during an airing of "The View," Friday, Sept. 12, 2008, in New York. (AP Photo/ABC, Steve Fenn) John McCain appeared on ABC's "The View" this morning. Here is the......Tags: National Government, Terrorism, Sexual Assault, Crime, Law and Justice, Church and State Relations
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Sarah Palin: Sign of the old/new Times?
The Swampby Mark Silva Our friend at Top of the Ticket reports a certain case of whiplash in reading an editorial of the New York Times that spoke to the certain political wisdom of a political system that has the capacity......Tags: Texas, Demographics, The New York Times, Geraldine Ferraro, Democracy
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Palin report a sting for McCain
The SwampBy Jim Tankersley and Andrew Zajac News analysis It wasn't technically an October surprise -- because it should not have been, by any definition, a surprise to the GOP presidential ticket -- but an Alaska investigator's declaration that Gov. Sarah......Tags: Polls, Employees, Alaska, Executive Branch, Politics
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Anti-Obama viral email: Impact tested
The Swampby Mark Silva This election campaign has seen no shortage of scurrilous and "viral'' chain email - you know, like the ones that suggest that Barack Obama is a radical Muslim or that he is unpatriotic, eschewing the flag pin......Tags: National Government, Howard Dean, Science and Technology, Primaries, State Budgets
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Taylor Hicks joins 'Grease' tour
Reality CheckAnd yet another American Idol alumnus heads to the stage. Season Five winner Taylor Hicks will be at the Hippodrome Theatre for the national tour of Grease (*Reader Alisa says he'll only be in the Feb 3-8 shows, though the......Tags: Popular Music (genre), Hippodrome Theatre
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