Tag: culture
group name: intheloop
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October 11, 2007 02:46 PM EDT --
How do you people keep up with all of this media technology? I feel a bit like I’m behind the curve in understanding all of this. Now that I’ve hit 40 I’m having a harder time keeping . . . more
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September 06, 2006 01:58 PM EDT --
As recent events flash by, the word "security" kept passing before our faces. Global security; personal security; mental security, in a world that looks dangerous through the lens of the . . . more
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September 20, 2007 12:57 PM EDT --
In earlier days, journal entries, pictures and high school newspapers were contained in boxes in basements, only to be viewed at homecomings and family gatherings. Now, anything online with your name attached . . . more
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April 17, 2006 04:17 PM EDT --
After a little hiatus, Minnesota Public Radio's new show The Loop returns in a couple weeks. This time around, we're taking our own special approach to a truly timely issue: The current immigration . . . more
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August 21, 2006 12:30 AM EDT --
"Virginia City, NV, Sunday, April 21, 1996. Sawdust Corner Restaurant." Those words on a yellowing paper place mat and the poem scribbled below them caught my eye as they have so many times since . . . more
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July 26, 2007 03:18 PM EDT --
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January 09, 2007 01:21 PM EST --
We've been thinking about this as we prepare for our next show, tentatively called "Digital Divisions," where we're considering the ways in which modern communications and information . . . more
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May 24, 2006 12:49 PM EDT --
Greetings to our Gather friends and followers! Somewhat belatedly, I am happy to offer up to you the latest edition of "The Loop" from Minnesota Public Radio (we were so busy getting the . . . more
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April 04, 2007 12:31 PM EDT --
Hey Gather,
If you're like me, you spend a lot of your life on auto-pilot. As long as things are going well there's no reason to kick up a fuss. But what happens when we hit a snag? . . . more
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May 26, 2007 08:33 AM EDT --
George Corneliussen
It is time not only to acknowledge the thing we are doing right when it comes to honoring those who have served in our Armed Forces, but also the thing we are doing that is wrong, . . . more
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November 24, 2006 08:25 AM EST --
George Corneliussen
So does our economy now live or die based on how many people stomp, . . . more
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January 23, 2007 01:53 PM EST --
George Corneliussen
The strategy needed to win a political election really is this simple:
" When running for political office, all a candidate . . . more
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December 02, 2007 01:39 PM EST --
George Corneliussen
Imagine running into someone you used to know fairly well, but haven't seen for decades. Then imagine what it would be like if that person began reminding you of all . . . more
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December 28, 2006 06:15 PM EST --
In an article published to the Daily Gather group titled, "What is the merit behind a troop surge in Iraq?" on December 26, 2006, the . . . more
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March 04, 2008 07:40 AM EST --
A review of "Breaking News "
Author : Martin Fletcher
Publisher : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martins Press
Before I even cracked the cover of " Breaking News", I Googled . . . more
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August 22, 2007 11:46 AM EDT --
So much of the news of recent years has a religious component, for good or ill, and often involving the young. Since I interviewed Eboo Patel, I watch this unfold with a Gwendolyn Brooks poem ringing in . . . more
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May 01, 2007 03:51 PM EDT --
Right now there is a great debate on how well American schools prepare students for the modern global economy. Are we teaching enough math and science? Can students read and write well enough to succeed . . . more
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December 01, 2006 10:35 AM EST --
George Corneliussen
Every single crime-based police drama that is currently on tv can trace its roots back to the classic 50's era police drama "Dragnet". The lead character on that series,Sgt. . . . more
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December 12, 2006 11:42 AM EST --
George Corneliussen
There is no such thing as a system run by humans that is trouble-free. The reason is simple; humans are not capable of perpetual perfection. Every social, business, or political system . . . more
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December 08, 2006 09:57 AM EST --
George Corneliussen
Are we being sold a "bill of goods" politically ? Absolutely ! But, then again, when hasn't that been the case ? After all, isn't that what politics is, getting us . . . more
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