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Heads Up: 1.9.08
Posted By: Zach Patton | January 9, 2008
Psst! Wanna buy a new $2,500 car? NYT GR8IDEA? South Dakota bill would dump vanity plates. AP The Onion's take on cities' drinking water problems. ...
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All Hail Partisanship
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | January 9, 2008
"The punditocracy has been humbled once again. (But it won't work--you won't see much humility from them, now or ever!)" -- Bob Kaiser, ...
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What Obama Says About Race
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | January 8, 2008
Assuming Barack Obama wins the Democratic nomination -- not such a risky bet at this point -- we will have at least nine months of conversation and coverage about what his candidacy means.
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Heads Up: 1.8.08
Posted By: Zach Patton | January 8, 2008
Paper names "the illegal immigrant" as "Texan of the Year." Sparks fly. AP Katrina claims add up to quadrillions. Times-Picayune Another ...
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No Love for Tennis Courts
Posted By: Josh Goodman | January 8, 2008
This might say something about the status of tennis in the United States. When the Minneapolis Star Tribune ran an interesting article headlined, "Cities ...
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The Origins of Lethal Injection
Posted By: Josh Goodman | January 7, 2008
Today's Supreme Court hearing on Kentucky's death penalty may be a prelude to the end of lethal injection nationally -- or perhaps the end of ...
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Thoughts on Iowa: Dems
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | January 4, 2008
Obama looks like a winner. His big Iowa victory will remove lingering doubts from many minds about whether he is for real, whether people will ...
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Thoughts on Iowa: GOP
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | January 4, 2008
There hasn't been a Republican primary season like this in my memory. Even when Republicans haven't started with a clear frontrunner, as in 2000, they quickly ...
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Two Peas in a Pod
Posted By: Josh Goodman | January 3, 2008
Iowa and New Hampshire have a lot in common: They get to vote first in the presidential nominating process, both are racially homogenous and both ...
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Governor, Tell Us How You Really Feel
Posted By: Josh Goodman | January 3, 2008
Ohio Governor Ted Strickland must REALLY not want to be vice president. Either that or he suffers from a political Achilles Heel: uncontrollable honesty. Strickland, ...
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