Posts Tagged GOP
Translating Anecdote into Data
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging on February 20th, 2012
There’s an old academic adage that reminds researchers “the plural of anecdote is not data.” It’s a worthwhile caution against drawing too broad a conclusion from one or two examples. This caution came to mind last night at my grandson’s tenth birthday party . (This was the one for family–I am very grateful that my [...]
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Irony-Challenged Santorum
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Religious Liberty on February 17th, 2012
In the dust-up over contraceptive coverage, Rick Santorum–along with a number of other GOP (male) elected officials–has condemned the Obama administration’s “assault” on “religious liberty.” This charge has produced some truly ludicrous moments; yesterday, for example, the news was filled with photos depicting the witnesses at a trumped-up congressional hearing into the pernicious effects on [...]
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Remembrance of Things Past
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging on February 9th, 2012
The Republican candidates for President continue to appeal to the current GOP base with what passes for policy in the party these days: Romney has just promised to cut funding for the arts by half; Santorum promises not just a constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage, but also to retroactively “annul” those marriages that have already [...]
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I Couldn’t Have Said It Better
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Random Blogging on January 26th, 2012
Every so often, someone will come across my first book–”What’s a Nice Republican Girl Like Me Doing at the ACLU?”–and will express surprise that I was once a Republican. That happened the other day, and I tried to explain how different the party I belonged to for so long–35 years!–was from the party they see [...]
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What He Said
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Public Policy and Governance on January 25th, 2012
A relatively simple statement from the President’s State of the Union speech last night deserves emphasis. After reminding Americans of the economic situation when he assumed office, when the country was bleeding jobs and reeling from the collapse of the housing bubble, Obama reported “In the last 22 months, businesses have created more than three [...]
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