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What is the proper role of the Vice-President ?

by Kim Pearson at 1:01am Wed, 8 Oct 2008 under Law, Election 2008, DEBATES, DEMOCRATS, Barack Obama, REPUBLICANS, John McCain, Sarah Palin, Joe Biden, Dick Cheney, unitary executive theory, US Constitution

Of all the differences between the two major party tickets for the US presidency, one of the most profound may be their disagreement on the limits on the authority that the Constitution grants to the Vice President. That difference emerged in bold relief during last week's vice-presidential debate when Gov. Sarah Palin said:

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DonorsChoose Challenge: Help kids become historians

by Kim Pearson at 7:33pm Sun, 5 Oct 2008 under Social change, Non-profits & NGOs, Research, Academia & Education, K-12, history, BlogHers Act, Donorschoose, Blogger Challenge, creative teaching, kinesthetic learning, culturally responsive teaching

A popular African proverb counsels, "Until lions have historians, hunters will always be heroes." Today, I am asking BlogHer readers to help two groups of young lions get excited about studying history by experiencing it first-hand.

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What the media are missing about the financial crisis; Out of the spotlight, Haiti still suffers

by Kim Pearson at 10:17pm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 under Media & Journalism, Politics & News, Race, Ethnicity & Culture, Latin America & Caribbean, United States, Michelle Malkin, subprime mortgage crisis, Ann Coulter, Wall Street Bailout

Last year during a C-SPAN hearing on the subprime mortgage crisis, Sen. Charles Schumer said that he wished that the news media would report that a significant percentage of the black and Hispanic borrowers who got stuck with subprime mortgages actually qualified for conventional mortgages. I never found a link to the tape, so I didn't blog it.

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After Palin interview, Katie Couric gets some respect -- sort of

by Kim Pearson at 8:20pm Sun, 28 Sep 2008 under Feminism & Gender, Media & Journalism, sexism, Election 2008, REPUBLICANS, ratings, John McCain, Saturday Night Live, CBS Evening News

CBS News anchor Katie Couric's interview with Gov. Sarah Palin is the best interview with the Republican vice-presidential nominee that has taken place so far: substantive, specific and with great follow-up questions.

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