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Watching the debate this afternoon it was apparent they loved term limits in the House – as Brutus loved Caesar.

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Here is the crisis of the times as I see it: We talk about problems, issues, policies, but we don’t talk about what democracy means – what it bestows on us.
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When ideology and theology couple, their offspring are not always bad but they are always blind.
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Professionals give advice; pilgrims share wisdom.
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Always Blind Fact Ideology Politicians
The quality of democracy and the quality of journalism are deeply entwined.
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Democracy Media Quality
I’m the front man, I’m the man on camera, but there’s a whole team beyond me.
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This “degenerate and unlovely age,” as one historian calls it, exists in the mind of Karl Rove the reputed brain of George W. Bush as the seminal age of inspiration for politics and governance of America today.
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I report the assault on nature evidenced in coal mining that tears the tops off mountains and dumps them into rivers, sacrificing the health and lives of those in the river valleys to short-term profit.
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The delusional is no longer marginal.
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Unless you’re willing to fight and refight the same battles until you go blue in the face, drive the people you work with nuts going over every detail to make certain you’ve got it right, and then take hit after unfair hit accusing you of bias, there’s no use even trying.
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