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Bob Franken | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Economy, Cynicism, Corporate Greed, Politicians, Politics News
Bob Franken

It's probably not altogether fair, but there are certain words, when we see them together, that automatically inspire scorn and/or ridicule in just ab...

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Give Optimism a Chance

Myles Brand | Posted 11.20.2008 | Media

Read More: College Sports, Sports, Cynicism, Optimism, China Optimism, Ncaa, College Sports Cynicism, China, Barack Obama, Media News
Myles Brand

I do not blame the cynics in college sports. They caught the virus from the rest of American culture. Americans these days permit and, indeed, encourage cynicism to pervade their lives.

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Gutless Americans: Religion-Baiting Ascendant Heading into Election Day

Evan Derkacz | Posted 11.04.2008 | Home

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Evan Derkacz

The following originally appeared on Religion Dispatches which is honoring Election Day with short posts from numerous contributors. *** The proble...

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Post-Obama Cyncism Sets in Early: "Why Wait?"

William Klein | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cynicism, Humor, Political Humor, 2008 Presidential Race, Political Satire, Cable News, Keith Olbermann, Barack Obama, John Stewart, American Idol, Politics News
William Klein

In what observers say is the shortest "honeymoon" between the public and a new Administration, dissatisfaction with the Obama Administration began before it was even elected.

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Can Voters and Nonvoters Battling Against Despair Respect Each Other?

Bruce E. Levine | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Florida, Sarah Silverman Video, Cynicism, Voting, Gore Vidal, Election 2008, Barack Obama, Helen Keller, Politics News
Bruce E. Levine

I had to chuckle at Silverman's video pitch "The Great Schlep"... her video is so clever, adorable, and so silly that it energized me.

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How to Win a Culture War

Susan Neiman | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Shameless Moral Values, Religion, Culture Wars, Cynicism, Sarah Palin Vp Pick, Barack Obama, Religious Values, Sarah Palin, Moral Clarity, Moral Values Democrats, John McCain, Religion in the Election, Politics News
Susan Neiman

The culture wars are not distractions from real political business: John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin may be cynical, but conservative enthusiasm for her is not.

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A Choice, Then the Echoes

Paula Gordon | Posted 09.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Feminists, John McCain, Cynicism, Formerly GOP, Politics News
Paula Gordon

It seems that the Republican Party is struggling to inflict as much damage on itself as it has on America. As primary season rolled through my home s...

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The Rovian Politics of Choosing Sarah Palin

Paul Loeb | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics

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Paul Loeb

Karl Rove's minions may be smiling at the brazen gamesmanship of this pick: but if Americans fall for it, they should know all too well what to expect.

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Obama: The Change Candidate Abroad, Too

Paul Hunt | Posted 08.13.2008 | Home

Read More: Europe, Obama Foreign Policy, Berlin Speech, Berlin, Obama Berlin Speech, Obama, Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Non-American, Cynicism, Home News
Paul Hunt

Obama's candidacy has generated effective grassroots initiatives in the States and it might well do the same on this side of the Atlantic, which would be a major change in many European states.

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