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Down 7-3 in the eighth inning of the American League Wild Card game, it seemed inevitable, even fitting, really. The Kansas City Royals waited 29 years to…
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At the first major league baseball game I ever saw, as a Cub Scout in old Sportsmans Park in north St. Louis, Stan Musial got his 2500th hit, a home run.…
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Time to check my election predictions. Even though they were a group project – three good and knowledgeable friends helped – I take full responsibility.I…
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You may have heard of the Electoral College. If certain unlikely but theoretically possible election scenarios play out tonight, then in the near future…
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Here’s a political quiz: Which of the following is more annoying?Non-stop attack ads on your TVPublic opinion pollsters calling your phoneBoth of the…
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I need to clarify a point I made in my last commentary. When I said contributions to campaigns can be limited I was referring to federal campaigns --…
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Why is so much money spent on campaign advertising? Why can’t it be restricted? Why can’t the U.S. have elections like Britain or Canada, where campaigns…
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Two small items in the New York Times from the Democratic Convention caught my eye. The first was that Rahm Emanuel, the Mayor of Chicago, is now leading…
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I again asked students in my American Political Parties class at Columbia College if President Obama’s acceptance speech was a success and if it changed…
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Okay. What’s the deal with Clint Eastwood at the Republican Convention? Dirty Harry said, at the end of one of those movies: “A man’s got know his…