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Las Vegas: It’s Not About “guns”

After every mass shooting, the NRA says it’s not about guns. They’re right.It’s about military style assault weapons.The Supreme Court, in Heller v. Read more

Paperblog Pick in Society

The Minimum Wage Won't Buy Decent Housing In Any State

The national minimum wage in the United States is $7.25 an hour ($15,080 a year). The Republicans will tell you that is enough, and the minimum wage does not need to be raised,... Read more

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Boeing PT-17 Stearman

@ Livermore Municipal Airport, CA October 2017 Vicky Benzing brings her 1940 Stearman down low for a pass down the airshow line. Read more

4 hours, 43 minutes ago by Htam
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Telling the Truth in a Post-Truth World: a Symposium

“The press is not the enemy of the people. It’s the enemy of liars.” — Frank S. RobinsonThis was a program of the New York State Writers Institute, founded by... Read more

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“Media in the Age of New Technology: Fake News, Information Overload & Media...

Schieffer(Panelists Tim Wu (originator of “net neutrality”); Franklin Foer; Maria Hinojosa; David Goodman. Moderator: news legend Bob Schieffer)“Satan has come... Read more

6 hours, 21 minutes ago by Fsrcoin
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“Presidents and the Press: Trump, Nixon & More”

(Schieffer; Amy Goodman; Historian Douglas Brinkley; Harry Rosenfeld (who was Woodward- -Bernstein’s editor); and Shane Goldmacher)Rosenfeld: in the Watergate... Read more

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Dirty Deeds: Election Mischief, Cybercrimes & Civil Liberties

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“The First Amendment & Free Speech Under Attack”

(Panelists Floyd Abrams, Anthony Paul Farley, Kristina Findikyan, Richard Honen; moderator Ashleigh Banfield)Abrams is the nation’s premier First Amendment... Read more

6 hours, 24 minutes ago by Fsrcoin
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(Panelists Bill Keller (former NY Times Executive Editor); Jim Rich (Executive Editor of Huffpost and formerly of the NY Daily News); Richard Tofel (President o... Read more

6 hours, 24 minutes ago by Fsrcoin
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Vote No November 1

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Colleagues

The death of a colleague is a shocking grief. Although my teaching career was cut short at Nashotah House, the faculty there was always small, and often... Read more

7 hours, 14 minutes ago by Steveawiggins
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