Tag / Steven Perlberg
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Hotdogs, Cold Nights
BY STEVEN PERLBERG It’s 10:30 p.m., the cart is out, grill fired up, but Adam Stoker forgot the tongs. Which is a problem. It’s the one thing he really can’t forget – “other than the hotdogs.” But Adam sets up anyway. Apron on, he lines up the buns, stirs the cheese, and marshals the mustards.…
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Not Newt
We dedicated almost half of Thursday’s WUPRadio to the Newt Gingrich surge. Jonathan Bernstein warns about taking the boomlet too seriously: “Just as was the case with Bachmann and Cain, [Gingrich] is surging in the polls without winning over politicians, GOP-aligned organized groups, or other conservative opinion leaders. That rank-and-file Republicans, who are generally not…
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Has the Cain Train Derailed?
The Herman Cain campaign enters this week facing a veritable, fully-fledged political catastrophe. And no, I’m not referring to Chief of Staff (and cigarette connoisseur) Mark Block’s bizarre smoking web ad. I’m talking about Sunday night’s POLITICO report revealing that two female employees received financial settlements after accusing Cain of inappropriate behavior when he was…
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Welcome to WUPRadio!
Hey Listeners! We are so excited to bring you the new WUPRadio blog. After we get off the air every week, we spend the next 6 days emailing news clippings, various op-eds, and our own erudite opinions (not to mention catty insults and witty banter) back and forth to recap the show and get ready…
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Drawing the Line: An Interview with Jeff Smith
When Jeff Smith walks briskly into my classroom, his charisma immediately lights up the room. It’s the same charm that once enlivened many students when Smith was a political science professor at Washington University just a few years ago. I immediately recognize his most famous characteristic: short stature (which never kept Jeff, a great point…
