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Gay Marriage: Wedge Issue in Wealthy Suburbs?
May 11, 2012

Much has been made of the political implications of President Barack Obama’s announcement this week that he personally supports gay marriage. The news had hardly broken in Washington before conversations quickly turned to what it means for the 2012 election.

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Community Blogs
January 11, 2012
Mitt Romney Closing In
Mitt Romney’s New Hampshire win was unsurprising but nevertheless significant.  Not only does he become the first Republican non-...
December 18, 2011
Is this the best we got? Reflections on the Republican Presidential Candidates
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings I almost always recoil when I hear people complain about...

ACADEMIC BLOGS
May 31, 2010
Voices from the Lecture Hall
Patchwork Nation will be part of a class being taught this fall at American University in Washington and next spring at the University of Montana...