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Stephen Reader

Sports owners split among Democrats, Republicans; among players, less division

Global Politics

Sports owners and pro athletes make big money. Many of them also give away some of that money to political causes. In some cities, there’s a split among owners. Take Los Angeles, where the Angels’ owner backs the Republicans, while the Dodgers ownership backs Democrats. Among players, at least in the NBA, there’s no such split.

Recent gas price rise causes a stir in the Presidential Race

Global Politics

Catching Up With Herman Cain

Catching Up With Herman Cain

How That Santorum Sweater Vest Feeds Jobs, Manufacturing, and Cottage Industries

Rising Gas Prices and President Obama’s Re-Election

How do gas prices effect presidential elections? In A Free Country blogger Stephen Reader joins The Takeaway to look at how rising prices at the pump can translate into falling numbers at the polls.

The World

Aha Moment: John Darnielle and Black Sabbath

Arts, Culture & Media

Twenty years ago, just as indie rock started to be called indie rock, John Darnielle founded The Mountain Goats. Darnielle’s biggest influence isn’t Leonard Cohen or Nick Drake. He was, and is, a metalhead. Produced by Stephen Reader.