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American Rhetoric: The Power of Oratory in the United States

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Past Debates | Intelligence Squared US

While liberal Christians argue the Bible should be interpreted as society changes, conservatives argue for a more literal reading, leading to differences in belief about God and homosexuality.

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C. Peter Wagner, A Leading Figure In The New Apostolic Reformation : NPR

Courtesy of C. Peter Wagner A new charismatic Christian movement that seeks to take dominion over politics, business and culture in preparation for the end times and Jesus' return is becoming more of a presence in American politics. The leaders are considered apostles and prophets, gifted by God for this role. Several apostles affiliated with the movement helped organize or spoke at Rick Perry's August prayer rally, The Response. The international "apostolic and prophetic" movement has been dubbed the New Apostolic Reformation by C.

http://www.npr.org/2011/10/03/140946482/apostolic-leader-weighs-religions-role-in-politics

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Since Rush Limbaugh caved in to reality and hired a crisis management team , media coverage has suggested a campaign against his talk show has failed . Others involved in contacting advertisers ...

Wages fell among every entry-level group of workers regardless of education from 2000 to 2011 according to data from the upcoming edition of The State of Working America .

Economic Policy Institute

“Hardships in America: The Real Story of Working Families,”

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Provocative, up-to-the-minute, alive and witty, KCRW's weekly confrontation over politics, policy and popular culture proves those with impeccable credentials needn't lack personality. This weekly "love-hate relationship of the air" features three of the most insightful news analysts anywhere.

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Commonwealth Club

Watch: On-demand video of the Bank of America/Walter E. Hoadley Economic Forecast from January 20, via our premium video partners at Fora.tv. Or download MP3 audio of the program from our online store.

If your diary covers an election or elected official, use election tags, which are generally the state abbreviation followed by the office. CA-01 is the first district House seat. CA-Sen covers both senate races.

Daily Kos: Shorter Tom Coburn: Obama got unfair advantages from being black

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/08/18/1008223/-Shorter-Tom-Coburn-Obama-got-unfair-advantages-from-being-black

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Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines

A 0.2 percent dip in GDP at the end of 2011, which followed a drastic decline in the third quarter, has thrown Ireland back into recession, alongside Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal and Greece, and begs the question of whether austerity is the answer to Europe’s economic woes.

Nation Institute

The Robert Masur Fellowship applications, open to law students for their summer internship between their first and second years, are due this Friday, March 23.

TomDispatch

Posted by Chip Ward at 9:25AM, March 27, 2012. [ Note for TomDispatch Readers: Don’t be fooled by Tom’s introduction this morning (pre-prepared). He remains on the road and off the grid until Thursday, but a signed, personalized copy of his book The United States of Fear will wing its way toward you on his return for a contribution of $75 (or more).

Tomgram: Barbara Ehrenreich, On Americans (Not) Getting By (Again) | TomDispatch

It was at lunch with the editor of Harper’s Magazine that the subject came up: How does anyone actually live “on the wages available to the unskilled”? And then Barbara Ehrenreich said something that altered her life and resulted, improbably enough, in a bestselling book with almost two million copies in print. “Someone,” she commented, “ought to do the old-fashioned kind of journalism -- you know go out there and try it for themselves.” She meant, she hastened to point out on that book’s first page, “someone much younger than myself, some hungry neophyte journalist with time on her hands.” That was 1998 and, somewhat to her surprise, Ehrenreich soon found herself beginning the first of a whirl of unskilled “careers” as a waitress at a “family restaurant” attached to a big discount chain hotel in Key West, Florida, at $2.43 an hour plus tips.