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Tuesday in November: A Nation Elects A Government

Every four years, Americans cast their ballots for president.  Today is a “midterm” election but, as this film from 1945 shows, it is just as important because we are electing members of congress…part of the “checks and balances” system that makes our republic so successful as a governing system.

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Thursday Theatrics: Public Opinion in Our Democracy

According to the venerable Pew Research Center, an “examination of the 13 cable and radio talk shows in [their] News Coverage Index found that 59% of their airtime last week was devoted to the health care debate.”  As Pew points out, talk shows “include the debate-oriented programming that hammers away on polarizing issues.”  What this . . . → Read More: Thursday Theatrics: Public Opinion in Our Democracy