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    Forget Boxing, the 2012 Election is More Like Pro Wrestling

    OCTOBER 12, 2012 1:24PM

    By Chauncey DeVega


    Topics: professional wrestling, popular culture, boxing, sports, democrats, republicans, barack obama, mitt romney, media, politics, elections

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 3187 Views
    • 43 Comments
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    That Was No Rope-a-Dope: Obama Got His Butt Kicked by Romney

    OCTOBER 4, 2012 12:29PM

    By Chauncey DeVega


    Topics: popular culture, boxing, sports, democrats, republicans, barack obama, mitt romney, media, politics, elections

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 1618 Views
    • 13 Comments
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    Could "October Surprise" Be a One-Ton Pumpkin?

    OCTOBER 2, 2012 11:39AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, capitalism, bill gates, topsfield fair, pumpkin record, internet, open sourcing, thomas friedman, microsoft, economic equality, joseph stiglitz, austerity, supply side economics, republicans, democrats, economic crisis, 2012 election, we are all in this together, farmers, great pumpkin, globalization, fox news, rush limbaugh, inflation, redistribution, rent-seeking, oil companies, open salon, blogging, sound barrier

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 13731 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Economy Worse Under Obama?

    SEPTEMBER 4, 2012 10:50AM

    By Brian Carter


    Topics: voters, unemployment, romney, republicans, politics, opinion, obama, jobs, job creation, grassley, fact check, economy, democrats, americans, 2012 election

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 2541 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Health Care vs. Politics: Who Wins?

    JULY 9, 2012 6:01PM

    By Brian Carter


    Topics: 2012 election, affordable care act, americans, community, democrats, economy, fact check, family planning, health care, health care reform, health insurance, obama, obamacare, obesity, politics, republicans, romney, supreme court

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 2568 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Seriously, Is Mitt Really Qualified?

    MAY 16, 2012 10:28AM

    By The Flylooper


    Topics: politics, election of 2012, republcans, democrats, romney, obama, flylooper

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 4642 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    Empathy Wars: Mitt Romney and the GOP's Bully Politics

    MAY 15, 2012 1:24PM

    By Chauncey DeVega


    Topics: bullying, politics, 2012 campaign, republicans, democrats, obama, romney, authoritarianism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 3801 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    History Repeats Itself in New Gilded Age

    APRIL 20, 2012 3:29PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: occupy wall street, robber barons, 14th amendment, declaration of independence, constitution, new deal, conservative movement, alliance for justice, women's rights, health care reform, socialism, paul krugman, michael lind, corporations are people, mitt romney, progressive movement, john marshal harlan, plessy v. ferguson, kevin phillips, jeff rosen, george will, constitution in exile, capitalism, right wing, democrats, republicans, federal income tax, bush v. gore, citizens united, judicial activism, founding fathers, civil war, pollock v. farmer's loan and trust, supreme court, conservatism, liberalism, democracy, plutocracy, gilded age, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 4938 Views
    • 45 Comments
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    Obamacare: Unconstitutional, but Necessary

    APRIL 13, 2012 9:24AM

    By blucey


    Topics: healthcare, law, legislation, obamacare, republicans, democrats

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 1462 Views
    • -8 Comments
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    Wisconsin's Recall: Time for New Thinking

    APRIL 7, 2012 11:45PM

    By Annie C


    Topics: democratic primary, scott walker, unions, doug la follette, kathleen vinehout, kathleen falk, tom barrett, wisconsin, democrats, primary elections, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 39 Ratings
    • 3873 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    We Told You So, Democrats

    MARCH 6, 2012 9:54AM

    By fingerlakeswanderer


    Topics: reproduction, democrats, contraception, abortion, family, feminism, health, news, politics, science

    • Editor's Pick
    • 38 Ratings
    • 6291 Views
    • 71 Comments
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    Hate speech at my US Post Office

    MARCH 2, 2012 1:08PM

    By David Satterlee


    Topics: values, us post office, threat, social anxieties, slavery, salami, review, republicans, public decency, psychology, post office, post, ocean, obama, neighbor, name, march, liberalism is a mental disorder, liberal ideas, iowa, interview notes, information board, hate speech, hate, faith, evangelical, democrats, dayton iowa, dayton, courage, convenience, conservative, civil rights, christian, chicken, bottom of the ocean

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 5655 Views
    • 46 Comments
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    Are We Too Dumb for Democracy?

    MARCH 2, 2012 8:52AM

    By blucey


    Topics: republicans, tea party, politics, obama, democrats, mass media, media, technology, journalism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 8822 Views
    • 32 Comments
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    Obama Continues to Box In His Opposition

    FEBRUARY 14, 2012 1:06PM

    By The Flylooper


    Topics: election of 2012, gop, republican, democrats, obama, flylooper, birth control, catholic, democrats, obama, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 23569 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    The 3 Reasons All Young Adults Are Liberal

    JANUARY 17, 2012 9:06AM

    By blucey


    Topics: elections, government, democrats, republicans, liberals, tea party, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 4833 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    GOP Economics: Failure Is Not An Option. It's a Requirement.

    JANUARY 16, 2012 5:13PM

    By Bob Simpson


    Topics: unions, labor, democrats, republicans, politics, economy, business

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 5872 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Shattering the class warfare taboo

    JANUARY 13, 2012 12:49AM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: politics, rush limbaugh, election, class conflict, president obama, mitt romney, middle class, jimmy zuma, republicans, independents, democrats, wealthy, citizens united, class warfare, occupy wall street, pew research center

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 4478 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    Journalism School No Longer Will Teach Ethics

    DECEMBER 22, 2011 1:59PM

    By Arthur Louis


    Topics: republicans, democrats, politics, ethics, journalism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 3767 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    John Boehner Operating on Borrowed Time?

    DECEMBER 21, 2011 12:39PM

    By The Flylooper


    Topics: election of 2012, flylooper, senate, house, obama, democrats, gop, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 954 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    The Democrats' Worst Nightmare.

    DECEMBER 2, 2011 1:34AM

    By Farleftside


    Topics: cartoon saturday, hermain cain, democrats, politics

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