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  • POLITICS & MEDIA

    Aug 21, 2008, 11:03AM

    States Ditching Touch-Screen Voting

    After the immense controversy over ballots  in the 2000 election (remember how stupid hanging chads were?), many states ditched paper voting in favor of trendy new electronic machines. But now many of them are giving up on the touch-screen technology, after concerns about security and reliability proved too risky for the upcoming elections. Basically banks can figure out a way to make ATMs secure, but the government can't figure out how to do the same thing with voting.

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  • POLITICS & MEDIA

    Aug 21, 2008, 10:31AM

    Media Zeroing In On Young Voters

    Cable news outlets are reaching out to politically aware youth, yet that demographic is far less likely to actually watch cable news. Their efforts to connect with Generation Y mirror what the campaigns themselves are doing to break a "vicious cycle" of political disillusionment and disconnect among the young.

  • POLITICS & MEDIA

    Aug 20, 2008, 02:57PM

    "Voluntary Deportation" A Smokescreen For Harsher Tactics

    Earlier this month U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, also known as ICE so that they pretend they're in an action moive, started a voluntary deportation program. The idea is that undocumented residents will take a cushy flight home instead of waiting to get caught by tough law enforcement. It seems like no immigrant would be dumb enough to actually do this, but that's beside the point. By offering this voluntary program, ICE gains thin justification for home raids that tear apart families and take away workers.

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  • POLITICS & MEDIA

    Aug 20, 2008, 10:05AM

    This New Guy Wants To Become Textually Active With Me

    It seems like everyone college-aged is textually active, but for the first time a presidential candidate wants access to our in-box. Are you ready for that kind of relationship, even for something as intimate as a vice-president announcement? One student weighs the pros and cons before giving in to the pressure.

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  • POLITICS & MEDIA

    Aug 20, 2008, 09:30AM

    To Be A Young McCainiac

    It's not an easy time to be a McCain campaign coordinator on a college campus, but one student at the University of Wisconsin is having a fun time. Despite the fact that she lives in a very liberal town, she still feels optimistic because she can still find people receptive to McCain's moderate conservatism.

  • POLITICS & MEDIA

    Aug 18, 2008, 12:32PM

    The Oprah Bump

    Two grad students took time over the summer to apply their consumer-behavior economic analysis to a slightly different topic: Oprah's endorsement of Barack Obama. What they found is kind of shocking and sheds new light on the poorly understood dynamics of political endoresements. The media diva's recommendation resulted in an additional million votes for Obama during the primaries, according to the study.

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  • POLITICS & MEDIA

    Aug 18, 2008, 10:31AM

    A Convention Of Egos

    15,000 media credentials will be issued between the Republican and Democratic conventions this fall. That's 15,000 reporters covering an event where the outcome is already known, most of what actually goes on is nothing more than cheap bones thrown to the sundry party constituencies, and everything carried live on CSPAN. So why do news organizations flock to these indulgent events? Because they're chasing bylines and ego.

  • POLITICS & MEDIA

    Aug 15, 2008, 05:12PM

    Old Ideas Can't Fight A New War

    The conflict between Russia and Georgia, a far more complicated historical and political narrative than what's been said in the mainstream Western media, has exposed the alarming weakness of U.S. foreign policy. Almost two decades of unilateral assertions of hard power has left us with no moral authority when the military tables have turned. Will the next President be able to repair our reputation, the best weapon we've ever had?

  • POLITICS & MEDIA

    Aug 15, 2008, 04:27PM

    A Magical Land Where Newspapers Make Money

    German print newsrooms are a stark contrast to their depressing American counterparts. Editors are happy, publishers are making money, and reporters aren't constantly shopping for new  careers. The diffference, according to this writer, is a more competative business environment that encouraged risk taking and adaptation before the Internet got a chance to ruin anything.

  • POLITICS & MEDIA

    Aug 15, 2008, 11:53AM

    Getting Over Our Summer Of Discontent

    From the perspective of a Brit travelling through the U.S. this summer, America is in a state of summer malaise. We're questioning our power, our direction, and our place in the world. We're about to go through a transformative election that may radically change our role in world affairs. This author wants to remind everyone, before we declare a post-American era, that "America not exercising power is the only thing the world dislikes as much as her exercising it."

  • POLITICS & MEDIA

    Aug 15, 2008, 10:30AM

    ...Republican's Oil Solution Is Hollow

    Congressional Republicans are clamoring for offshore oil drilling as a solution to America's energy crisis, but the actual impact on gas prices would be neglible. Nevertheless they're using the issue as a political ploy, hoping it will help them score points with voters for the upcoming election. Instead of offshore drilling we should create the incentives we need to move past oil.

  • POLITICS & MEDIA

    Aug 15, 2008, 10:30AM

    Obama's Oil Solution Is Ignorant...

    Obama's new solution to high oil prices will effectively be another tax on oil, only driving up the price more. Blaming big companies for high gas prices may be the easy thing to do, but we should all realize that making a profit isn't a crime. Messing with those incentives will only make our problems worse. Instead we should be making the most of the resources we already have.

  • POLITICS & MEDIA

    Aug 14, 2008, 03:10PM

    Russia's War In Pictures

    The war between Russia and Georgia is at a standstill, with Russian troops having boxed in the Georgians around their capital. Many accusations and stories have flown about, but nothing tells a better story than a picture. Here's a photo essay from the Russian lines.

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  • POLITICS & MEDIA

    Aug 14, 2008, 12:08PM

    Abused Justice

    Elliot Spitzer was widely reviled for his dubious prosecutorial tactics as Attorney General of New York, including leaks and smears that damaged his targets without any charges being filed. Spitzer's own life as governor was ruined when his patronage of prostitutes leaked, but Spitzer has yet to be charged with a crime. While there's a certain amount of irony in this fact, our country's founders tried very hard to prevent the government from accusing people without taking them to court. Just don't exepct the mainstream media to talk about this kind of prosecutorial misconduct, because that's a goldmine of information.

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