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When it gets close, politics gets rough

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Learning standard:
Comprehending and evaluating the content and artistic aspects of oral and visual presentations.
Responding to a variety of written, visual and electronic texts by making connections to students' personal lives and the lives of others; posing social science questions
Grade Level: Middle grades and up.

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01/30/12


When it gets close, politics gets rough

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01/16/12


Super PACs are political superpowers

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01/02/12


World talks with a Hollywood accent

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12/12/11


The GOP frontrunner draws the fire

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11/28/11


Super committee is a super failure

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11/14/11


Changing the definition of poverty

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10/31/11


Troops leaving Iraq after 9 years

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10/17/11


Economy makes Halloween scary

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10/03/11


Trading shots over 'class warfare'

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09/19/11


Using a common literary reference

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09/05/11


Standing up for a colleague

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08/08/11


Addicted to spending

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07/25/11


Cut, Cap, Cliché!

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07/11/11


Mixed metaphor: A Sisyphean golfer

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06/20/11


Corporate profits vs. jobs

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06/06/11


Grinding to a halt, again

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05/23/11


Dinosaur Metaphors

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05/09/11


Graduating to a different problem

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04/25/11


2011 Pulitzer Prize: Mike Keefe

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04/11/11


Unemployment that just won't quit

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03/28/11


Safety vs. energy

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