Month: July 2012

Gun Deaths by State – Findings

The above map uses 2007 data from the CDC. Data on gun deaths since then may have changed since many states have since loosened their gun laws, notably states that have passed or strengthened stand your ground laws. Please note...

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Romney Must Win Florida

A new Survey USA poll of Florida shows Obama leading Romney 48%-43%. Even better, registered Republicans are significantly overrepresented in the poll. Mitt Romney must hope that these numbers are badly off, because a look at...

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Mitt Stands for Nothing

Most people probably consider former President Jimmy Carter to be some kind of liberal, but that’s not how he ran for and won the nomination of his party. He was a centrist and moderate reformer, liberal only for his home...

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The F;uff Factor: TV Journalism Today

, Will someone please buy gags for Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford? It makes no difference what the color is. Plain or polka-dotted. Painted or sequined. Scented silk, Egyptian cotton, or an auto mechanic’s oil-soaked...

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Just a bunch of dots

Good for Business; Kids Not So Much While most education reform advocates cloak their goals in the rhetoric of “putting children first,” the conceit was less evident at a conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, earlier...

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