Uncommon Denominator Article Archive

    October, 2007, Vol 5, Num 13 newsletter contents:
    From the Executive Director Message from Barry Kendall
    Talking Points Reaching Young Adults
    Wit and Wisdom Reaganomics Finally Trickles Down to Area Man
    From the Blogs “Why Democracy?”
    Quoted! Rudy’s Dream
    Check It Out DOUBLETHINK, a tale of conservative dystopia
    Happenings 1 Commonweal Institute at YearlyKos Convention
    Happenings 2 Welcome Party for New Executive Director
    Endorsement Robert Reich
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    July, 2007, Vol 5, Num 12 newsletter contents:
    Talking Points: In defense of taxation
    Wit and Wisdom: Homer Simpson for President!
    From the Blogs: "Messiah-Candidate Thinking"
    Quoted!: Mitt Romney on polygamy
    Check It Out: The other global warming movie
    Featured Article: "The New Atheists"
    Happenings: Monthly round-up
    Endorsements: Peter Coyote
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    May, 2007, Vol 5, Num 11 newsletter contents:
    Happenings: CI’s new Executive Director
    Talking Points: The Chinese connection
    Wit and Wisdom: On the presidential candidates 
    From the Blogs: “Third Way Is the Wrong Way”
    Quoted: Jerry Falwell on his fellow man
    Check It Out: Oral histories of the Iraq War
    Featured Article: “Voyeurismo”
    Endorsements: Jim Hightower
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    April, 2007, Vol 5, Num 10 newsletter contents:
    Talking Points: Four years on….
    Wit and Wisdom: A new job for the sacked U.S. attorneys
    From the Blogs: “The Internet and Politics”
    Check It Out: The wisdom of Murray Edelman
    Featured Article: “A History of Violence”
    Happenings: TV Interview; new CI Director; new CI Fellow; car donations
    Endorsements: L. Hunter Lovins
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    February, 2007, Vol 5, Num 09 newsletter contents:
    Talking Points: From freedom to justice (An article about the importance of those concepts in Arab culture)
    Wit and Wisdom: Top 10 Features of Bush’s New Iraq Plan
    Eye On The Right: Exposing the global warming deniers
    Featured Article: Newspapers…and After?”

    December, 2006, Vol 5, Num 08 newsletter contents:
    Talking Points I: Iraq and Thomas Hobbes
    Wit and Wisdom: Denying the deniers
    Talking Points II: Back to the G-7!
    Featured Article: “The Tourist Who Influenced the Terrorists”

    November 2006, Vol 5, Num 07 newsletter contents:
    Talking Points I: Consolidate, consolidate, consolidate
    Talking Points II: “Framing a Progressive Agenda: What’s Missing”
    Wit and Wisdom: Comics on the 2008 election
    Check It Out: The Iraq War on YouTube
    Featured Article: “How People See Themselves”

    October 2006, Vol 5, Num 06 newsletter contents:
    Election Notice: Tips and cautions
    Talking Points: Mother and child, and NBC
    Wit and Wisdom: Jerry Bruckheimer’s Iraq
    Eye on the Right: Exposing the Intercollegiate Studies Institute
    Featured Article: “Shop Class as Soulcraft”

    September 2006, Vol 5, Num 05 newsletter contents:
    Talking Points: Great Awakenings
    Wit and Wisdom:Condi and the Lions of Monotheism
    Check It Out:“The Denial Industry”
    Featured Article: “Empires with Expiration Dates”

    August 2006, Vol 5, Num 04 newsletter contents:
    Talking Points: A snapshot of American colleges
    Wit and Wisdom: Letterman and Stewart
    Quoted: An Army sergeant on the Iraq war
    Eye on the Right: Racist publishing
    Featured Article: "The Jerusalem Syndrome"

    July 2006, Vol 5, Num 03 newsletter contents:
    Talking Points: Ghosts of Mount Misery
    Wit and Wisdom: Two choice quips
    Quoted: George Bush on global geography
    Check It Out: Environmental websites
    Eye on the Right: American authoritarianism
    Featured Article: "Why Conservatives Can’t Govern"

    June 2006, Vol 5, Num 02 newsletter contents:
    Talking Points: Notes for a global warming survival guide
    Talking Points II: Be part of the solution
    Wit and Wisdom: Two tasteless environmental jokes
    Quoted! Zalmay Khalilzad and Ann Coulter
    Check It Out: "An Inconvenient Truth"
    Eye on the Right: Frank Luntz's 2006 playbook
    Featured Article: "Hawking, We Have a Problem"

    May 2006, Vol 5, Num 01 newsletter contents:
    Talking Points: The monster under the bed
    Wit and Wisdom: Global warming and the White House
    Quoted! Condoleeza Rice on Iraq
    Check It Out: A history of political ads
    Featured Article: "Chain Reaction: Do Bookstores Have a Future?"
    Happenings: Monthly round-up
    Endorsements: Congresswoman Anna Eshoo
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    April 2006, Vol 4, Num 12 newsletter contents:
    Talking Points: On the manual recount
    Wit and Wisdom: Fox News-White House merger
    Quoted! Tony Snow on fiscal responsibility
    Check It Out: R.I.P. S.U.V.s
    Featured Article: "Facing Down Iran"
    Happenings: Progressive Roundtable developments
    Endorsements: Ted Lempert
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    March 2006, Vol 4, Num 11

    February 2006, Vol 4, Num 10

      Accrediting the Accreditors in Higher Education, Ian Finseth [PDF] (May be revised)
      Original in the newsletter

    January 2006, Vol 4, Num 9
    December 2005, Vol 4, Num 8

    November 2005, Vol 4, Num 7
      Against Originalism, Ian Finseth [PDF] (May be revised)
      Original in the newsletter

    October 2005, Vol 4, Num 6

    September 2005, Vol 4, Num 5
      Conservative Sentimentalism, Ian Finseth [PDF] (May be revised)
      Original in the newsletter

    August 2005, Vol 4, Num 4
    July 2005, Vol 4, Num 3
    June 2005, Vol 4, Num 2
    May 2005, Vol 4, Num 1

    April 2005, Vol 3, Num 12
      Conservative Judicial Activism, Ian Finseth [PDF] (May be revised)
      Original in the newsletter

    March 2005, Vol 3, Num 11
    February 2005, Vol 3, Num 10
    January 2005, Vol 3, Num 9
    December 2004, Vol 3, Num 8
    November 2004, Vol 3, Num 7

    October 2004, Vol 3, Num 6
      Canada's Version of the Patriot Act, J. Lindsay Kellock [PDF] (May be revised)
      Original in the newsletter

    September 2004, Vol 3, Num 5

    August 2004, Vol 3, Num 4
      Bilingualism in Canada, J. Lindsay Kellock [PDF] (May be revised)
      Original in the newsletter

    July 2004, Vol 3, Num 3
    June 2004, Vol 3, Num 2

    May 2004, Vol 3, Num 1
      America’s Fascination with Personality, Ian Finseth [PDF] (May be revised)
      Original in the newsletter

    April 2004, Vol 2, Num 12
      Critical Thinking – Critical Indeed!, Ian Finseth [PDF] (May be revised)
      Original in the newsletter

    March 2004, Vol 2, Num 11
    February 2004, Vol 2, Num 10
    January 2004, Vol 2, Num 9
    December 2003, Vol 2, Num 8
    November 2003, Vol 2, Num 7
    October 2003, Vol 2, Num 6
    September 2003, Vol 2, Num 5
    August 2003, Vol 2, Num 4

    July 2003, Vol 2, Num 3
      Anti-Populist Right Wing Centralizes Power, Ian Finseth [PDF] (May be revised)
      Original in the newsletter

    June 2003, Vol 2, Num 2
    May 2003, Vol 2, Num 1
    April 2003, Vol 1, Num 12

    March 2003, Vol 1, Num 11
      Criminal Disenfranchisement, Alec Ewald [PDF] (May be revised)
      Original in the newsletter

    February 2003, Vol 1, Num 10
      Computerized Voting Machines Vulnerable to Tampering, Ian Finseth [PDF] (May be revised)
      Original in the newsletter

    January 2003, Vol 1, Num 9
      Data Collection and Analysis Technology, Philip Leggiere [PDF] (May be revised)
      Original in the newsletter

    December 2002, Vol 1, Num 8
    November 2002, Vol 1, Num 7

    October 2002, Vol 1, Num 6
      Ballot Initiatives, Ian Finseth [PDF] (May be revised)
      Original in the newsletter

    September 2002, Vol 1, Num 5
      Culture War Battleground -- Film, Ian Finseth [PDF] (May be revised)
      Original in the newsletter

    August 2002, Vol 1, Num 4
    July 2002, Vol 1, Num 3
    June 2002, Vol 1, Num 2
    May 2002, Vol 1, Num 1