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LETTER: Objects To Article Referencing Obscure, Unimportant Case Of Bush v. Gore
I would like to express my fervent gratitude to The Courant for dedicating a full two-thirds of a page of its Opinion space to yet another hand-wringing article about the 2000 Bush v. Gore Supreme Court decision [May 14, "What Gives With Sandra Day O'...Tags: Sandra Day O'Connor, Politics, Elections
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EDITORIAL: Work now, politics later
The Santa Fe New MexicanPlease, spare us. 2016 is a world away. It does no good to spend hours of time and gallons of ink discussing whether Hillary Clinton is going to run for president as the Democratic nominee in 2016. In fact, discussions and focus on the horse race of...Tags: Bill Clinton, Executive Branch, Politics, Susana Martinez, Government
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Commanders-in-chief?
He concludes, "Two heads really are better than one." Printers Row Journal spoke with Orentlicher recently. Here's an edited version of the conversation. Q: Make sure I understand your proposed process: Every state has a primary, Democratic and...Tags: U.S. Senate, Politics, White House, New York University, Republican Party
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Math teacher hopes new method adds up to success
The Citizens' Voice, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.Wyoming Area Secondary Center math teacher Mike Romanowski is flipping his classroom. Thanks to an ex-hedge fund analyst's new method of teaching and huge donations from entities such as Google and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, students in...Tags: Science and Technology, Google Inc., Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Mathematics
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David Orentlicher thinks 'Two Presidents are Better Than One'
He's a doctor, a lawyer, a university professor and a one-time politician (in the Indiana House). With all that education and real-life experience, it might be surprising that David Orentlicher would propose such an unlikely — some would say...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Politics, Colleges and Universities, White House, New York University
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Oval Office may be Floridian's home
With each passing day, Jeb Bush looks more and more like a presidential candidate. At this stage, he's striking the obligatory, non-committal tone, but he's just come out with a book on immigration reform, is showing up on radio and TV talk shows, and...Tags: Executive Branch, Politics, Rick Santorum, Government, Donald Trump
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For GOP substance, deregulate
WASHINGTON -- Because of the grotesquely swollen place the presidency now occupies in the nation's governance and consciousness, we are never not preoccupied with presidential campaigning. The Constitution's Framers would be appalled. The nation reveres...
Tags: Politics, Elections, Republican Party, Political Fundraising, U.S. Congress
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Republicans Should Change The Way They Pick Candidates
The Hartford CourantBecause of the grotesquely swollen place the presidency now occupies in the nation's governance and consciousness, we are never not preoccupied with presidential campaigning. The Constitution's Framers would be appalled. The nation reveres the Framers,...Tags: Politics, Republican Party, Elections, Political Fundraising, U.S. Congress
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Column: Deregulation needed for Republican substance
WASHINGTON — Because of the grotesquely swollen place the presidency now occupies in the nation’s governance and consciousness, we are never not preoccupied with presidential campaigning. The Constitution’s Framers would be appalled....Tags: Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, Elections, Finance, U.S. Congress
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Can anybody save the Republican Party?
The year 2012 was a disaster for the Republican Party. They failed to regain control of the U.S. Senate. They lost eight seats in the House of Representatives. They didn't just lose the White House to Barack Obama, they got clobbered: losing the Electoral...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Politics, Mitt Romney, Parties and Movements, Barack Obama
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Ignore the haters: NIU belongs in BCS
Of all the insulting misconceptions spread since Northern Illinois qualified for the Orange Bowl, the most uninformed suggests the Huskies will use the unfair opinions of the Kirk Herbstreits of the college football world for motivation. None needed. To...
Tags: Politics, Wisconsin Badgers, Louisville Cardinals, Bowl Championship Series, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Blue states' fiscal woes test Obama
The electoral map, the demographics behind President Barack Obama's re-election and the high-end tax increases that were just wrung from the Republicans give Democrats reason to believe that long-term political trends are on their side in budget...
Tags: Politics, Ratings, Public Finance, White House, Government
May 15, 2013
|Story| Hartford Courant
May 9, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
Apr 26, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Apr 28, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
Apr 26, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Mar 24, 2013
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Mar 25, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Mar 24, 2013
|Column| Hartford Courant
Mar 24, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Mar 22, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Dec 3, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Jan 11, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
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