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Las Vegas Makes an End Run to Get More Colorado River Water
Hoover Dam near Las Vegas. Credit: commons.wikimedia.orgThe politics of Colorado River water rival those of Northern Ireland and Lebanon for complexity, opaqueness to outsiders, and rivalries going b ...
15 Aug, 2012
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2 min read
Social Spotlight: Rep. Jared Polis
As part of our effort to report on social media trends, tools, and technology, we will be periodically recognizing politicians, candidates, and political organizations who are utilizing social media i ...
10 Aug, 2012
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2 min read
Presidential Campaign Ads of 2012: The Score So Far
Another week of the presidential campaign cycle, another wave of campaign ads hitting airwaves. The media teams of Obama for America and Romney for President have traded barbs all summer long, with no ...
10 Aug, 2012
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4 min read
Mass Shootings in 2012
Mass Shootings in 2012: A Google Map PerspectiveFollowing the shooting attack in Wisconsin and last month's massacre in Colorado, I felt it would be interesting to show how many shootings have been de ...
09 Aug, 2012
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1 min read
New California Bill Proposes Tracking Ammunition Sales
Legislation requiring law enforcement notification of ammunition sales of more than 1,000 rounds was introduced by California state lawmakers on Wednesday.Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), Ass ...
09 Aug, 2012
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2 min read
United Under Rings
They came. They saw. They conquered. The world met in London. Athletes competed while under a flag of five rings... one for each continent (Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia/Ocea ...
09 Aug, 2012
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3 min read
Partisanship Distorts Everything, Including Equality
A candle light vigil is held following a July attack against a woman in Lincoln, Nebraska. Credit: TED KIRK/Lincoln Journal StarIn America today, we often consider ourselves to be politically divided ...
08 Aug, 2012
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9 min read
Roseanne Barr Wins Peace and Freedom Party Nomination
Photo: LA TimesOver the weekend, comedienne and award-winning television actress, Roseanne Barr sought the presidential nomination of California's socialist Peace and Freedom Party, and along with he ...
06 Aug, 2012
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2 min read
Sikh Temple Shooting: Why So Many Lone Gunmen?
Wade Michael Page has been identified as the suspected Sikh Temple shooter who killed six worshipers on Sunday before a police officer fatally shot him. Authorities say he had 9/11 tattoo on one of hi ...
06 Aug, 2012
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2 min read
"On The Mindless Menace of Violence"
With the news of the shootings at the Sikh temple outside of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and with the movie theater shooting near Denver, Colorado, I wonder what we are becoming when people can't enjoy a nig ...
05 Aug, 2012
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7 min read