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    Dec 11, 2012 |Story| Aberdeen News

  1. Column: Tea party down but not out

    Reports of the death of the tea party are greatly exaggerated.  For about two years now, certain observers have been declaring the demise of this insurgent tendency within the Republican Party. However, despite recent headlines, we should expect to hear...

    Tags: U.S. Senate, Heritage Foundation, Jim DeMint, Barack Obama, Republican Party

    2. Dec 11, 2012 |Story| WTXX-LTV

  2. Yale Students Push For Divesting in Fossil Fuels

    Back in the 1980s, “divestment” was a term for a student-driven campaign to force colleges and universities to end their financial connections to companies doing business with South Africa’s brutal white apartheid regime.
    Back in the 1980s, “divestment” was a term for a student-driven campaign to force colleges and universities to end their financial connections to companies doing business with South Africa’s brutal white apartheid regime. Today, the...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, Economy, Business and Finance, Elections, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Weather

    3. Nov 19, 2012 | Chicago Tribune

  3. Weak tea

    Change of Subject
    The Southtown Star reports: Steve Balich said the Will County Tea Party movement he helped organize is disbanding in name, but not spirit, after gains by Democrats in the Nov. 6 election.... Balich, of Homer Glen, blamed the movement’s demise......
    4. Nov 18, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  4. McManus: The death of the moderate Republican

    Republicans just lost eight seats in the House. But if you'd wandered into the House of Representatives last week without reading the election returns, you might have concluded that the GOP won big on Nov. 6.
    Republicans just lost eight seats in the House. But if you'd wandered into the House of Representatives last week without reading the election returns, you might have concluded that the GOP won big on Nov. 6. "We have the second-largest Republican House...

    Tags: Richard Hanna, Tom McClintock, Wildlife, Barack Obama, Endangered Species

    5. Oct 27, 2012 |Story| South Bend Tribune

  5. Facebook, politics: Mix with caution

    <span style="font-size: small;">Emily Ransom, 29, described political sentiment during the presidential elections of her college days as somewhat hidden &mdash; the discourse was there for those who sought it out, yet it wasn&rsquo;t in your face.</span>
    South Bend Tribune
    Emily Ransom, 29, described political sentiment during the presidential elections of her college days as somewhat hidden — the discourse was there for those who sought it out, yet it wasn’t in your face. But Facebook was just emerging when...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Social Media, Christianity, Elections

    6. Aug 23, 2012 |Story| KTLA-LTV

  6. Police, FBI Investigate Reported Threat Against Rep. Akin

    WASHINGTON -- U.S. Capitol Police are investigating a reported threat against Rep. Todd Akin, the Missouri congressman who has been criticized for comments he made recently about rape.
    CNN
    WASHINGTON -- U.S. Capitol Police are investigating a reported threat against Rep. Todd Akin, the Missouri congressman who has been criticized for comments he made recently about rape. There is "an active, open investigation, Lt. Kimberly Schneider said,...

    Tags: Sex Crimes, John Ashcroft , Radio, Scott Walker, Abortion

    7. Aug 14, 2012 | Chicago Tribune

  7. For once if not for all, election will offer a real choice

    Change of Subject
    Supporters of the tea party movement and I find ourselves in a rare moment of agreement: This is shaping up as the election we want. By asking wonky, far-right Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin to be his running mate, presumptive......
    8. Aug 9, 2012 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  8. The 'F' Word

    In 1998, a Time magazine article asked the question, "Is Feminism Dead?" Today, the belief that we are living in a post-feminist era is widespread. Because of the gains in legal and institutional equality that were made over the past 40-plus years,...

    Tags: Sex Crimes, Justice and Rights, Eating Disorders, Gay Rights, Gays and Lesbians

    9. Aug 7, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. A conservative case against Mitt Romney

    The time for conservatives to compromise has come and gone. The time for decisive and prudential judgments in our votes has arrived, and that means abandoning Mitt Romney this election.
    The time for conservatives to compromise has come and gone. The time for decisive and prudential judgments in our votes has arrived, and that means abandoning Mitt Romney this election. One of the great mistakes conservatives make when voting today is...

    Tags: Abortion, Elections, Ron Paul, Barack Obama, Religion and Belief

    10. Jul 30, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. On Facebook, the revolution is a lot less demanding

    There was a time when any protest worth its salt meant time and sweat, with picketing in inclement weather, massing in Washington and possibly even the risk of violence or getting arrested. People went to jail to support the Montgomery bus boycott during the civil rights movement. People died during the United Farm Workers boycott of grapes and lettuce during the 1970s.
    There was a time when any protest worth its salt meant time and sweat, with picketing in inclement weather, massing in Washington and possibly even the risk of violence or getting arrested. People went to jail to support the Montgomery bus boycott...

    Tags: Vincent Gray, Gays and Lesbians, Planned Parenthood, Social Issues, Washington, DC

    11. Jul 24, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. GOP freshman challenges Maryland power structure

    By any standard measure, Neil Parrott's place in Maryland politics ought to be toward the very bottom. He's a freshman Republican delegate in a very blue state,<strong> </strong>without pedigree or government connections.
    By any standard measure, Neil Parrott's place in Maryland politics ought to be toward the very bottom. He's a freshman Republican delegate in a very blue state, without pedigree or government connections. Yet through dogged organizing and clever use of...

    Tags: Justice and Rights, Gays and Lesbians, Social Issues, Career and Workplace, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)

    12. Jul 20, 2012 |Story| WDBJ7

  12. Justin McLeod's Blog

    <strong>August 15</strong>
    August 15 Goodbye They say all good things must come to an end.  With that, I'm leaving WDBJ and the news business.  I've accepted a position as the community relations coordinator for Roanoke City Schools.  There are several reasons why I'm switching...

    Tags: Public Relations, Barbara Lee, Patton Oswalt, Common, Barack Obama

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