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Things I dont understand about activism, the short list: Sleeping in a park if you have an actual bed somewhere to sleep in; Willingly being in a place where you increase your risk of arrested…

IN JANUARY 2008, James Bopp got laughed out of courtliterally. The white-haired lawyer from Terre Haute, Indiana, was appearing before a federal three-judge panel in Washington, DC, to argue that his…

Last May, US Representative Newt Gingrich stood in the well of the House to rebut charges made by Speaker Tip O'Neill. For months, Gingrich had been harassing the Democrats in evening speeches broadcast over C-Span, the cable channel that carries House sessions.

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Mon Apr. 18, 2011 3:00 AM PDTA MAN WITH A CONVICTION is a hard man to change. Tell him you disagree and he turns away. Show him facts or figures and he questions your sources. Appeal to logic and he…

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Neither Cuban nor his executives vet story ideas or scripts. Cuban just writes the checks and watches Rather's show when it airs. This independence comes at a price, however. During his 44 years with CBS News, Rather became perhaps the nation's best-known newsman, reaching 18 million viewers a night at his peak. HDNet is only available in about 20 million households—top 25 outlets like USA or the Discovery Channel boast more than 100 million. And since Cuban won't pay for Nielsen ratings, Rather has little idea how many people are watching. HDNet's mainstays are mixed martial arts, pro wrestling, a travel show hosted by women in bikinis, and "Girls Gone Wild Presents: Search for the Hottest Girl in America."