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Sharp Notes Monday: ‘Seasons of Love’
A year has five hundred, twenty five thousand, six hundred minutes, but a year is more than numbers.
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Nikki Haley and ‘The Lost Cause’
A presidential scholar shares his thoughts on recent developments in the campaign for president.
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Public policy garners little attention in media coverage of presidential race
It’s not unusual for horserace issues to dominate campaign coverage, but it is intriguing to see that posts on international affairs appeared much more often than domestic issues, which have a more immediate impact on voters.
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Sharp Notes Monday: ‘Christmas Must Be Tonight’
The lyrics of ‘Christmas Must Be Tonight’ are akin to a journalist reporting the birth of Christ. The song is a third-person narrative with all the detail, color and significance of a well-written and researched news story.
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New college course will explore pop culture, the media and public policy
The lines between entertainment and politics have always been blurry, but the distinction is even less clear today.
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Sharp Notes Monday: ‘The Price You Pay’
For defamation, $148 million is the price Rudy Giuliani will pay.
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Sharp Notes Monday: ‘Dazed and Confused’
A congressional hearing is not the type of setting in which college presidents usually find themselves.
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Sharp Notes Monday: ‘The Great Pretender’
On Friday, George Santos became just the sixth member of Congress to be expelled in U.S. history. The Santos’s story is an incredible one. After he won election to New York’s Third District congressional seat in 2022, news reports surfaced… Read More ›
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Sharp Notes Monday: ‘I’m Free’
Freedom has long been a popular topic for song, but no words or music can fully capture the emotions hostages experience upon their release.
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Rush to Judgement: Then and Now
A cardinal rule of journalism provides good advice — for journalists, for elected officials and for all of us: “Get it first, but first, get it right.”
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