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The Risks and Rewards of Party PurityGwen's Take If you want to sum up the challenges facing mainstream Democrats and Republicans this campaign season, hop a plane to Kentucky. That’s what I did this week, and when I got there I discovered the political world must be a pretty lonely place for Barack Obama and Mitch McConnell this year. |
Recalculating: News and Politics in the Age of GPSGwen's Take Like many of you, I have become slightly addicted to the voice embedded in my dashboard that tells me where and how to drive my car. If I miss an exit, it grows silent for a moment before calmly advising me that it is “recalculating.” If only there were a global positioning app for the news and politics. |
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Translating HistoryGwen's Take I have a little hobby as a journalist. I love to listen to how people use words. That sounds simpler than it is. It requires the listener to be skeptical rather than cynical, yet to cheerfully expose the meaning behind the meaning. While I was deciding what to write here this week, a perfect example practically reached out and grabbed me by the throat. And I was sitting at the desk in the NewsHour studio at the time. |
