Can taking the vitriol down a notch really prevent another tragedy like Tucson? Jon Cummings explores the state of our discourse – and his own culpability.
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Jon Cummings
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A couple of extraordinary things happened this past week. One was a big f’ing deal indeed, but the other was a bit more personal. As Sunday night’s Democratic victory on…
Jon Cummings
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We’re supposedly just three days away from the final House votes on health care, and still nobody’s sure how it’s going to go. If you listen to Fox News, there’s…
Jon Cummings
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Just in time for last weekend’s National Tea Party convention — an event which will be remembered mostly for the way Sarah Palin had her devotees eating (and the rest…
Jon Cummings
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Whether or not Democrats manage to salvage health care legislation, losing Ted Kennedy’s seat is just desserts for their substantive and strategic failures.
Dw. Dunphy
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It was the middle of the night in the middle of August. I was lying in my bed in the dark while imaginary ironworkers slammed steel hammers against my chest…
Jon Cummings
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Here’s the thing about reading Ayn Rand: She forces you to think the way she does. Once you’ve immersed yourself in her black-and-white worldview — and once you’ve adjusted your…
Jon Cummings
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Ever since Al Franken parked his rear end in the Democrats’ 60th U.S. Senate seat, the conventional wisdom has held that no matter how much of a fuss the Republicans…
Jon Cummings
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It’s baseball playoff time, which has Jon Cummings venting his annual Yankees rage — and, oddly enough, thinking about public healthcare.
Jon Cummings
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Can liberals and conservatives still see the best in one another, or is intelligent political discourse a thing of the past? Jon Cummings combs through his inbox in search of an answer.
Jon Cummings
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The words were spoken in London, casually, almost flippantly, and were directed at an audience that was sure to treat them in the spirit they were intended. It was not…
Ann Logue
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I hate corporate jargon at least as much as the next person, and Á¢€Å“Think Win-Win!Á¢€ is one of many good reasons to be self-employed. Still, it represents an interesting idea:…
Ann Logue
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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/d6vjrzUplWU” width=”600″ height=”344″ allowfullscreen=”true” fvars=”fs=1″ /] The health-care crisis and the financial crisis have a problem in common, which is how the government can regulate those markets to make…
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