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    Apr 3, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. Rosenthal: Food fights that can color an entire industry

    Kraft Foods Group, you may have heard, is engaged in a dust-up with more than 275,000 online petitioners unconvinced by the food giant's assertion that dyes used to produce the distinctive orange hue in one version of its Macaroni & Cheese pose no...

    Tags: Media Industry, Same-Sex Marriage, Consumer Goods Industries, Beverage Industry, Consumers

    2. Dec 30, 2012 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  2. Before we sail into Ponce land, let's salute some milestones of 2012

    We're about to plunge into a mega-anniversary year, marking 500 years since Ponce de León named Florida in 1513. But before we leave 2012, let's tip our Flashback bonnet to a couple of milestones noted this year.
    We're about to plunge into a mega-anniversary year, marking 500 years since Ponce de León named Florida in 1513. But before we leave 2012, let's tip our Flashback bonnet to a couple of milestones noted this year. A century of 'leavening the loaf' Like...

    Tags: Elections, Politics, Orlando Health, White House, William Howard Taft

    3. Dec 7, 2012 |Column| Tribune Media Services

  3. Tea party down but not out

    Mary Sanchez
    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: POLITICO LLC, Elections, Barack Obama, The Wall Street Journal, Fiscal Cliff

    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: Elections, Barack Obama, Charles F. Bass, Fiscal Cliff, Demographics

    5. Oct 12, 2011 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  5. On the Media: Tea party, Occupy Wall Street share a moment

    You likely saw the quirky signs and heard some protesters talk about how they would just as soon disband the government. Then a reporter dutifully informed you that these people had gathered en masse but didn't really know what they wanted. Some in the crowd sure looked silly, even a little crazy.
    You likely saw the quirky signs and heard some protesters talk about how they would just as soon disband the government. Then a reporter dutifully informed you that these people had gathered en masse but didn't really know what they wanted. Some in the...

    Tags: Journalism, Television Industry, Satellite and Cable Service, MSNBC (tv network), Republican Party

    6. Oct 12, 2011 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  6. Occupy Wall Street shifts from protest to policy phase

    How do you know when a protest movement is starting to scare the pants off the establishment?
    How do you know when a protest movement is starting to scare the pants off the establishment? One clue is when the protesters are casually dismissed as hippies or rabble, or their principles redefined as class envy or as (that all-purpose insult) "un-...

    Tags: Financial Markets, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Financial and Business Services, Consumers, Jamie Dimon

    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. Nov 19, 2012 | Chicago Tribune

  8. 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......
    9. Oct 12, 2011 | Orlando Sentinel

  9. Occupy Wall Street

    Orlando Opinionators - Orlando Sentinel
    As of this writing (October 12, 2011), it has been 26 days since the Occupy Wall Street movement has been going on. A while back, I wrote a blog about campaign finance reform and the proliferation of money in politics. At the time, I talked about money...
    10. May 17, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  10. Wendell Teacher Receives Grant to Study in South Africa

    The Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho
    Troy Hamilton, an adjunct history professor at the College of Southern Idaho and history and government teacher at Wendell High School, received a national award to study in South Africa. He is one of 25 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)...

    Tags: University of Arkansas at Monticello, Geography, Nelson Mandela, Colleges and Universities, Education

    11. May 14, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  11. Senate race winners proclaimed tonight

    The Manila Times, Philippines
    THE 12 winners in the senatorial race will be known today and proclaimed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) tonight, according to the poll body. Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. said in a press briefing that they would be able to pronounce...

    Tags: Elections, Voting, Politics, Indigenous People, Social Sciences

    12. May 4, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. Essay: Collins' coming out could accelerate gay acceptance

    There was a time, in 1947 and before, when the mere presence of an African-American on a Major League Baseball team was enough to shake the game and the nation alike.
    There was a time, in 1947 and before, when the mere presence of an African-American on a Major League Baseball team was enough to shake the game and the nation alike. Six years after Jackie Robinson smashed the sport's color barrier that year, still...

    Tags: Literature, Same-Sex Marriage, Major League Baseball, Magic Johnson, University of Chicago

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