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Op-Ed
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A Wall Street Devil Gets Religion … and an Apt Epitaph
Hallelujah and Holy Smokes! Wall Street has had a
Nuclear Strategy of Mutual Assured Destruction Ignores Human Fallibility, Accident Risk
A prominent proponent of MAD puts his faith in nuclear deterrence, justifying his position in historical terms.
Good Riddance to the Air Force’s Religious Intolerance Enabler in Chief
On soon-to-retire Gen. Norty Schwartz's watch, we saw the coverup of an unlawful epidemic in which thousands of USAF men and women have been subject to religious persecution.
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Education’s Biggest Design Flaw
I live on the west bank of the Indian River Lagoon on Floridau2019s East Coast. Across the Lagoon, in the distance, is Kennedy Space Center. For years, I walked …
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Expecting the Worst
Paul Krugman: So when does the full-blown crisis start? Hard to say.
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Obama’s and Romney’s Opposing Views on What the American Public Provides
America is divided about its future. Should it keep and expand the system that brought past opportunity, prosperity and freedom? Or should it dismantle that system?
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The Terrible Economy and the Anti-Election of 2012
The worst economy since the Great Depression and you might think at least one of the candidates would come up with a few big ideas for how to get …
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Meet Cannibalistic Capitalism: Globalization’s Evil Twin
No matter what you think of globalization and economic growth, I believe we'll soon discover that capitalism without them is much, much worse
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The Ballot or the Bullet
The arc of America's long decline tracks step for step with the decline in voter participation.
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The Ruling Elite and the Perversion of Scholarship
There is probably no more inhospitable place to be an intellectual, a person of color or a member of the LGBT community than at the Big Ten Conference colleges.