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Saturday Links

Nov 17, 2012

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mwkruse

in Capitalism and Markets, Christian Life, Culture, Current Affairs, Demography, Ecclesia, Economics, Generations, Health and Medicine, Kansas City, Links – Saturday, Politics, Public Policy, Science, Social Media, South America, Sports and Entertainment, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Technology (Food & Water), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Theology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

Here are the links for this week. Lots of interesting finds this week, and not nearly enough time to blog. 1. Google Fiber offers super-fast broadband to Kansas City. If all goes well, we will get connected in late spring of 2013. 2. Two Thirds of Ocean Life Remains Undiscovered. If they haven't found them,…
David Brooks is right about the GOP

Nov 14, 2012

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mwkruse

in Politics, Public Policy, Race, Trends: Social

New York Times: The Party of Work – David Brooks David Brooks wrote a column last week that I think offers considerable insight into the history and future of the Republican Party. Brooks writes: … Starting in the mid-20th century, there was a Southern and Western version of it, formed by ranching Republicans like Barry…
Grand Racist Party?

Aug 22, 2012

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mwkruse

in Politics, Race, Sociology

Economist: Grand Racist Party? W. W. Houston CHRIS HAYES, host of MSNBC's "Up with Chris Hayes", said on air this past weekend, "It is undeniably the case that racist Americans are almost entirely in one political coalition and not the other", by which he means most American racists lean right, not left. This has since…
Black Hopefuls Pick This Year in G.O.P. Races

May 6, 2010

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mwkruse

in Demography, Politics, Race, Trends: Social

New York Times: Black Hopefuls Pick This Year in G.O.P. Races Among the many reverberations of President Obama’s election, here is one he probably never anticipated: at least 32 African-Americans are running for Congress this year as Republicans, the biggest surge since Reconstruction, according to party officials. The House has not had a black Republican…
Young evangelicals diverge from GOP

Oct 3, 2007

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mwkruse

in Ecclesia, Emerging Church, Politics, Religion, Trends: Social

Washington Times: Young evangelicals diverge from GOP Young evangelical Protestants continue to cling closely to their bedrock conservative values. Yet they are abandoning trust in the White House and straying from the Republican Party, according to an analysis that tracked waning sentiments from 2001 to 2007. "An examination of the younger generation [those ages 18…
The Green Old Party

Sep 22, 2006

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mwkruse

in Environment

From the Acton PowerBlog: The Green Old Party The old saws that ecology must come at a price (jobs, taxes, etc) aren’t overcome by ignoring them, but rather by confronting them with green business models and reasonable legislation that balance environmental, human and economic needs. If the GOP wants to survive in the 21st century,…

Tag: gop

Saturday Links

David Brooks is right about the GOP

Grand Racist Party?

Black Hopefuls Pick This Year in G.O.P. Races

Young evangelicals diverge from GOP

The Green Old Party