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In four presidential and vice-presidential debates, you could say they were as telling in what was not said as in what was.
There was plenty of talk of energy and drilling, but little about the environment or global warming.
There was plenty of talk of anger and fear, but little about compassion.
There was plenty of talk of […]

A Google search may have found it for me, but it would have taken longer and more weeding, partly because I didn’t know what to call it: “what does the electoral college landscape look like?” is what I was thinking. Because as surprisingly close as the popular vote polls seemed to show it to be, […]

The nominees are set, so Bill Moyers can’t be president this time around, but it seems like he should be put in the running for vice president, or cabinet position or some place where he can have the influence he deserves. Or perhaps he should just be left alone to do what he does best: […]

As the mid-term elections this year were heating up, I came across Michael Lewis‘ book Trail Fever and started reading it. In it he is traveling the presidential campaign circuit of 1996, from the Republican primaries on through, describing campaign processes from the inside (or as close to it as a journalist gets). The effect […]

First it was Studs Terkel suggesting it during a keynote introduction two years ago; now it’s Molly Ivins in an op-ed column, and John Nichols suggesting it’s not a silly notion: let’s get Bill Moyers to run for president.
When I first heard Studs Terkel mention it at the 2003 National Conference on Media Reform, it […]

Eunice Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics, turned 85 last week, and as it should, it made the news. The centerpiece of the coverage was a White House dinner in her honor. Not surprisingly, she gave a very eloquent invitation and challenge to us all. (excerpt from PBS):

Let us not forget that we have miles […]

George Lakoff, eminent linguist, will apparently be talking politics on Alternet this election year. The first entry in the series starts out making it sound as though he might apply some of his deep insights into linguistics to the issues of the campaign for both parties - what devices are they using to get their […]