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Fear, Deception and Pavlovian Voting - The Effects of 911 on Elections - part one; The Latest In Election News; Terror, Security, and The Effect on Capitol Hill's Campaigning; Interviews with Professor and Author George Lakoff; Democracy in the Middle East, and U.S. Foreign Policy; The State of Afghanistan; The Mexican Presidential Election Results;

2006-09-16

Fear, Deception and Pavlovian Voting - The Effects of 911 on Elections - part one

The first of four programs from this week's Informed Dissent

The Latest In Election News

Last week 11 states held primaries. In the Rhode Island Primaries, Republican Lincoln Chaffey defeated challenger Steve Laffey. In New York, Hillary Clinton defeated Jonathan Tasini in the New York De...

Terror, Security, and The Effect on Capitol Hill's Campaigning

Its been five years since Bush introduced his new war on terrorism. Since then, his support for this war has slipped. Leigh Ann Caldwell reports from Washington DC on how the Republicans and Democrats...

Interviews with Professor and Author George Lakoff

Mitch Jeserich interviews George Lakoff, professor of Linguistics at the University of California Berkeley, and author of "Don't Think of An Elephant! Know Your Values, Frame the Debate". Lakoff discu...

Democracy in the Middle East, and U.S. Foreign Policy

Yanmei Xie on Capitol Hill questions lawmakers on how democracies are doing abroad, with regards to U.S. foreign policy.

The State of Afghanistan

Sonali Kohatkar on Afghanistan's state of violence, fear, and troop redeployment. Emmanuel Reinhart, Executive Director of the Senlis Council, who repor...

The Mexican Presidential Election Results

Shannon Young on what happened in the recent Mexican elections. Center left candidate Lopez Obrador, who held a double digit lead 1 year ago and had an 80 percent approval rate as mayor of Mexico City...

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