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Anne Segal

Anne Sorock Segal is a market researcher and president of The Frontier Lab, a nonprofit organization that seeks to increase demand for freedom and revive a unifying American character using cutting-edge behavioral science methodologies.

While the Democrats battle extremes within their party in tomorrow's recall primary in Wisconsin, Governor Scott Walker faces his own challenge in the Republican primary. Arthur Kohl-Riggs, a 23-year-old self-described "progressive Republican" who dresses like Abraham Lincoln and frequently appears at rallies around the state, is...

This Tuesday, democrats in Wisconsin will cast their votes to determine who will be the democratic challenger to Republican Governor Scott Walker in the upcoming June recall election. The democratic candidates, Kathleen Falk and Tom Barrett, display two ends of the Democratic party. Falk, the far-left...

In case you missed the weekend I locked out the Professor from his own blog, here are some highlights: Yet another Obama campaign hashtag attempt: #Readytogo No longer feeling sorry for Dick Lugar Heartland Institute unveils marketing campaign on global warming Berkshire Hathway's Munger: civilized people don't buy gold France...

A graphic entitled "The Illusion of Choice" has been circulating among those keen to expose the interconnectedness of many of the brands available to consumers: "Interconnectedness" might be a nice way of putting it, for some. That's because this graphic plays into the misplaced alarm that has...

Twitchy.com reports that James O'Keefe has been subpoenaed by the New Hampshire Attorney General in connection with his New Hampshire voter-fraud investigation. James O'Keefe tweeted early Sunday evening that New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney "attempted to serve a criminal grand jury subpoena on me at event...

Today challenger Francois Hollande unseated incumbent French President Nicolas Sarkozy with 52 percent of the vote, in doing so becoming the second Socialist president in France's history. Sarkozy, who conceded defeat late Sunday, thanked the French people for his five years as leader of the country, adding: From...

This Friday Charles Munger of Berkshire Hathaway addressed the growing interest by Americans in investing in gold. Munger, Warren Buffett's "right-hand man," and the vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway made his comments on CNBC: Gold is a great thing to sew into your garments if you’re...

Yesterday, 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM) was arraigned at Gitmo along with his four co-conspirators. The team at This Ain't Hell was there, in person, and liveblogged the entire trial beginning with this photo taken from the parking lot full of media: This Ain't Hell reports...

At the risk of beating a dead horse, I'm letting you know that the Obama campaign has unveiled yet another hashtag: #readytogo. Now they're just making it too easy. The campaign, which officially kicked off Saturday in Ohio, even got some some college students (a la 2008)...

Politico reports that Liz Cheney's increased presence in Wyoming has caused some to wonder about her future political future plans there: With little fanfare, Cheney, a former State Department official and the eldest daughter of the former vice president, has spoken at six events in different corners of the...

GreenFestival, a project of Green America and Global Exchange, purports to be an experience for young and old alike to celebrate "in sustainable style" the food and philosophy of the green movement. The festivals are taking place across the country; this past April in New York,...

Free-market think tank The Heartland Institute has taken their policy insights one step further by securing a high-profile billboard on global warming: According to Joe Bast, the Heartland Institute's president: The most prominent advocates of global warming aren’t scientists...

In the days since the unveiling of the Obama campaign's cartoon Julia, critics on both the left and the right have laughed off the cradle-to-grave depiction of life with Big Brother handling everything for "its women": MSNBC's Willie Geist: "They did lob this up as a softball...

Now the Obama marketing team is enticing donors with the opportunity to name put your name on a stock car: Congressman G.K. Butterfield of North Carolina writes: Regardless of whether you have had an opportunity to see a race on TV or experience the roar of a stock...

Today the Obama campaign unveiled "Forward," a seven-minute video highlighting his campaign strategy for the election: Similar to the 2008 concept, "Change," this one-word slogan captures a vague sense of movement without articulating a strategy, end, or principle. The movement this terms evokes is no more than...

Today some on the Right conceded that Obama's the one with the "cool" factor. Does that mean the Republicans need to cede all marketing savvy, though? Compare the RNC and DNC convention websites and ask yourself what caption you'd write under the images. The splash page...

Yesterday we learned that Representative Allen West (R-FL) was disinvited from an NAACP fundraiser in his home state of Florida. Last week, West had commented that "I believe there's about 78 to 81 members of the Democratic Party that are members of the Communist Party." West,...