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Born the son of a nightclub singer, Mikel Weisser watched anti-war hippies getting beaten on TV during the Vietnam War and decided to devote his life to protest against unreasoning authority, but not to getting beaten. Though he spent almost two years traveling the country as a hitchhiker, Weisser has gone on to receive a Masters in Literature and a Masters in Secondary Education, publish hundreds of freelance magazine and newspaper articles and political commentary columns along with 7 books of poetry and short fiction. A former homeless shelter administrator, contestant on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,and survivor of his first wife's suicide, Weisser teaches middle school US History and Constitution, is a member of the NORAZ poets and host of the Mohave Community College Documentary series, "A Liberal Education." He and his wife Beth were married at their home in So-Hi, Arizona and live with their daughter Victoria, numerous pets and have turned their property into a themepark for "peace and love and stuff." "When in AZ, visit the So-Hi Themepark!"

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Saturday, October 4, 2008
How Dems Can Alienate McCain From the GOP Base in Four Easy Steps
Shameless tricks that date back to the Nixon days

Friday, October 3, 2008
When Fact-Checks Have a Quota--FAIR on the debate
Almost as useless as not fact-checking politicians' statements at all is to insist on presenting fact-checks as though both sides are equally guilty--a classic form of false balance that gives a big advantage to whomever happens to be the biggest liar.

Friday, October 3, 2008
In debate, Palin and Biden stretched the truth
Palin, the Republican vice presidential candidate, met her Democratic counterpart, Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, for a 90-minute debate in St. Louis. Biden appeared to commit fewer factual twists than Palin, but he also resorted to stretches of truth at times.