Paul Loeb

Paul Loeb is the author of Soul of a Citizen: Living With Conviction in a Cynical Time and he The Impossible Will Take a Little While. new anthology on political hope, www.paulloeb.org.

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29 October 2010
The Republican war on reality
Paul Loeb
Everett Dirksen is one of my heroes. The Senate Republican leader from 1959 to 1969, he pushed strongly for Vietnam escalation and took conservative stands...
12 October 2010
Stop the anonymous hit men: make shadowy campaign money the issue
Paul Loeb
I've been going door-to-door canvassing, and it's not that bad—really. It's actually kind of fun. But only because I've found a way to break through people's...
06 October 2010
Don't let the Russ Feingolds go down for the sins of the Blanche Lincolns
Paul Loeb
In trying to get one-time Obama supporters to volunteer for the November election, I often hear this refrain: “The Democrats have sold us out. I’m tired of...
10 September 2010
The election needs you, broken heart and all
Paul Loeb
"OK, so your heart's broken," as the old song goes. So's mine. But we have to get over it -- now -- and start taking action for the November election.
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18 June 2010
Ten suggestions for effective activism
Paul Loeb
Effective activism’s a long-haul process, not “save the earth in 30 days, ask me how.” But there are some principles that seem to reoccur for people addressing...
11 June 2010
Why the Arkansas primary challenge was worth it
Paul Loeb
It was a tough loss, 10,000 votes. Bill Halter might have even upset Blanche Lincoln in the primary run-off had his stronghold of Garland County not dropped...

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