Mosque At Ground Zero

By Steffen Schmidt

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Steffen Schmidt is a University Professor of political science at Iowa State University and lead author of the country's most widely adopted introductory college textbook, "American Government and Politics Today." He provides weekly political analysis for Iowa Public Radio, and periodically in Spanish for CNN en Español. He is chief political and foreign correspondent for InsiderIowa.com.

The Mything American Economic Brain    

By Dave Swenson 

We Americans can convince ourselves of just about anything, given just the right amount of spin, innuendo, and encouragement.   Otherwise reasonable people can conclude, for example, that our president is a Muslim, a socialist, and an alien.  They know this because their niece forwarded them an email to that effect. MORE

2nd Amendment: Personal Right or Group Right?   

Arnie Arnesen and Michael Krull

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D. Arnie Arnesen is a radio and TV commentator based in New Hampshire. She has lectured at Harvard, Dartmouth, UNH, SNHU, Vermont Law School, St. Olaf, and other colleges. She is a former NH Legislator and a former democratic nominee for Governor and Congress. Arnie has been a Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government's Institute of Politics at Harvard and has trainied women who want to run for office throughout the United States and future NH Leaders. You can hear Arnie every Wednesday on Talk of Iowa on IowaPublicRadio.org and every Friday on the Dan Mitchell Show on WKBKam.com.