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Not just Bill Moyers and Cokie Roberts — Subsidies for political media come in many shapes
October 14, 2012
Last Monday, you may recall, I went on WHYY-FM to conduct a mock interview with Big Bird. Don't worry, I'm not going to reprise my sad falsetto impression of the famous, yellow-feathered fow... More »
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Pew study shows younger Americans steer clear of faiths that act like fortresses
October 10, 2012
By their fruits you shall know them. As you sow, so shall you reap. Those were a couple of Bible verses that ran through my mind as I skimmed a new report from the Pew Research Center. More »
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Crying fowl — Big Bird counts on his friends to see him through
October 8, 2012
A co-worker just stopped by my cubicle, with brow furrowed, feathers ruffled. "Yo, Bird," I said as two, big, orange, three-toed feet wiggled on my desktop. More »
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Voting should be done in the flesh, not online
October 7, 2012
As the voter ID flap in Pennsylvania shows, many Americans get emotional about the right to vote – in theory, anyway. Yet, on this coming Election Day, as on many past, actual voter turnout will be ..... More »
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National feuds a poor filter for viewing local issues
September 17, 2012
The recently concluded political conventions were much mocked. Think of Clint Eastwood's doddering dialogue with an empty chair. Or Jennifer Grantholm's gesticulating impersonation of an ai... More »
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Can the fast-forward button rescue our electoral process?
September 2, 2012
So here's my question: Could TiVo save American democracy? Could the digital video recorder rescue this presidential election from the clutches of the billionaires who, cheered on by the Supreme... More »
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Impact of Philly test cheating will be felt for years
August 26, 2012
One story I've worked on this year at WHYY and NewsWorks ranks as the most personally depressing. The odd thing is, no one died. Well, there was one fatality: my illusions. More »
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Recall this, Ayn Rand fans - America was born through a vow of mutual trust
August 19, 2012
It was a steamy July in Philadelphia. A hundred miles away, a British fleet anchored off of Sandy Hook, full of menace. In a hot building on Chestnut Street, Benjamin Franklin rose to survey a qua... More »
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Jack Bogle - A lion in winter, but his roar should be heeded
August 13, 2012
Over the course of a life, you make a host of financial decisions, some less dumb than the others. I've only made one unequivocally smart one: While still young, I started investing what dollars... More »
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Road to White House is paved with phony outrage
July 29, 2012
It's only July and I don't know how much more of this I can take. America's a big country, and someone's got to govern it. But right now presidential politics make me wish this c... More »
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