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How Betty Ford's Death Illustrates What Has Been Lost in Our Political Culture

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by Carole Joffe, University of California

July 10, 2011 - 6:47am (Print)

Betty Ford’s tenure as First Lady was the last time in American politics someone in that role could inspire bi-partisan admiration—even while expressing her own political views. Her passing reminds us of what has been lost in our political culture.

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Tempest in a Teapot: The Non-Controversy of Obama's Notre Dame Commencement Speech

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by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

May 13, 2009 - 3:20pm (Print)

Protesters at Notre Dame fear that President Obama will use his commencement speech to "co-opt" the Catholic vote and promote his "extreme views on abortion." No need for either: the vast majority of Catholics already agree with him.

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