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The Eye-Rolling Debate
By David Knowles - Politics DailyWhen it comes to presidential debates, I'm normally not a big fan of body-language analysis. You know, that staple of cable television news, when "experts" in the field slice and dice each cough or sigh for symbolic import. Most of the time, you see, our presidential candidates act well within the bounds of commonly acceptable physical comportment, so what we end up with are a bunch of hack pseudo-psychologists telling us why a flip of the hair or a pursing of the lips belied a deep-seated anxiety in candidate x or y. There have been a few notable exceptions along the way: Nixon Vs. Kennedy, ...
That 'Overhead Projector'
By David Knowles - Politics DailyIn last night's debate, John McCain repeatedly decried that Barack Obama had obtained a $3 million dollar earmark for "an overhead projector" at a planetarium. "My friends, do we need to spend that kind of money?" he asked.Well, it turns out that that money was to help rebuild Chicago's famous Adler Planetarium, the nation's first and oldest institution devoted to teaching children and the general public about space. Here's Discover magazine's blog:A planetarium is hardly foolishness. They excite tens of thousands of children about science every year. They teach science, and the wondrous joy ...
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