Category: Politics
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Shorenstein Report: Election News Coverage Failed the Voters
A Harvard report suggests to Anita M. Harris that the structure of media and the definition of “news” allowed Trump to hornswoggle the press–even as he badmouthed reporters and editors strugglng to make sense of him.
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Guest Post: Election Results-The Next Ten Years
Guest commentator Mark Orton presents a dark view of the future following the 2016 presidential election.
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Hillary Clinton’s Concession Speech
Having made calls and canvassed for Hillary Clinton, author Anita M. Harris is saddened, confused and shocked by Clinton’s loss to Donald Trump. Here is Clinton’s concession speech, which Harris finds eloquent and inspirational.
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Guest Post: Could Trump Be Even Worse Than You Think?
In this independent commentary, author Steven Cushing draws parallels between 1933 Germany and the present, and lays out similarities between presidential candidate Donald Trump and Hitler, Caligulia, Mussolini, Whitey Bulger and others. He asks those considering voting for Trump: Would you entrust Bernie Madoff with the password to your bank account? Would you entrust Bill…
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Gov. Deval Patrick Addresses Venture Cafe
New Cambridge Observer’s Anita Harris offers a brief report on Gov. Deval Patrick’s 5/15/14 visit to the Venture Cafe at the Cambridge Innovation Center in Kendall Square.
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Got a question for Cambridge Councillor Cheung?
Cambridge author and consultant Anita Harris invites New Cambridge Observer readers to submit questions to City Council Leland Cheung –and introduces a Web startup called “Six Questions.”
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Cambridge municipal election: Peoples’ Republic or Too Much Democracy?
Cambridge writer Anita Harris wonders if proportional voting, with 25 candidates on the ballot, makes sense.