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- John Boehner’s F-Bomb at Harry Reid Plunges D.C. Civility to New Low (The Daily Beast, Jan. 3, 2013)
- Do super PACS have a right to lie? (Columbia Journalism Review, Dec. 17, 2012)
- Closer look at a cash cow (Columbia Journalism Review, Nov. 26, 2012)
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- 20 Educational Web Tools For Young Voters (Edudemic, Nov. 4, 2012)
Lincoln Campaign & Anti-McClellan Super PAC
- Just Words
- Own words
- Unfit
- Battle Hymn
- Leading from the rear?
- McPoleon
- Pro-Lincoln super PAC ‘Steam Boat Veterans for Truth’ attacks McClellan’s Military Service Record.
McClellan Campaign & Anti-Lincoln Super PAC
Attacks on Biography
- Where’s the birth certificate, Mr. President?
- Seen Enough?
- How Poor is He Really?
- The Union Needs a Winner!
- Advocate of Women’s Rights?
Attacks on Character
Consistency
Corrupt
Patriotism & Judgment
- A Thousand Cuts
- Abraham Lincoln: Mosquito Hunter
- Mrs. Lincoln: Is this What We’re Fighting For?
- What’s Really Guiding Abe?
- Lincoln the Traitor
- Who Stands Behind the Woman Behind the President?
- Honestly Abe
Religious Belief
Temperament
Trustworthiness and Honesty
Attacks on Issue Positions & Record
Conduct of War
- War Widows for Peace
- An Open Letter to President Lincoln
- Lincoln’s house of horrors
- Why Hasn’t Lincoln Avenged the Deaths of Our Massacred Soldiers?
- A Thousand Cuts
- Abraham Lincoln: Mosquito Hunter
Indictment of Past Action
- Lincoln’s Unconstitutional Thanksgiving Decree
- ‘Mortgaging Our Future’ and ‘Too Big to Fail?’
- Two Appeals to President Lincoln
- Believe In The Union
- Unconstitutional Abe
- Lincoln’s Homestead Act: A Redistribution of America’s Wealth
- Four More Years?
- Repeal Land-Grant College Act. Oust Abe.
- The Cost of Lincoln’s War
- Lincoln the Lobbyist for Special Interests?
Inferences about Future Action
- We need less regulation, not more
- Picking Winners and Losers
- Tree Hugger Abe’s Yosemite Land Grab
- Mr. Lincoln’s War on Men
- Lincoln, a Tax and Spend Socialist
Military Record
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