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...election was rather nerve-racking. I had already sent in my absentee ballot two weeks ago, but I was worried whether the rest of the state would follow my lead and select the intelligent choice. Missouri after all is arguably divided into two states when it comes to politics??two large enclaves of blue in St. Louis and Kansas City surrounded by a sea of rural red extending from the northern plains down into my dear Ozark Mountains. Sure there would be large turnout, but no one could be sure of the outcome with all the variables...
...right not to vote represents our freedom not to define ourselves around politics??the freedom, in fact, not to follow politics at all. It is the choice to govern one’s own life directly—not by way of Washington—as well as the ability to refrain from interfering in the lives of others. It is the freedom to withhold our approval from government...
...Obama, Norris said, was “not the political junkie type that was definitely going into politics??—making his present position just enough of a surprise to arouse some good-natured rivalry among former colleagues...
...examination of Warhol would be really interesting to undergraduates.” The hope is that an increased understanding of Warhol will lead to a greater understanding of the larger complexities of contemporary art and culture. Citing his own topic of interest—Warhol, film, and sexual politics??keynote lecturer Douglas Crimp of the University of Rochester emphasizes this point as well. “Anyone interested in culture and in American culture in the second half of the 20th century and into the present would be interested because Warhol continues to have an enormous influence...
...political director of New Hampshire Institute of Politics. She has appeared frequently on MSNBC, C-SPAN AND CNN. But her most delicious credential is teaching a class called “Pizza and Politics?? at Saint Anselm College...