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Wall Street: The Candidate’s Friend
President Barack Obama greets guests after speaking at an event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, on January 23, 2012. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski / The …
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Energy Innovation: Obama’s State of the Union a Frothy Mix of Promise and Prattle
It’s an election year, another presidential campaign is upon us, and since it is going to be so very much upon us every day from now until November, it …
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The Libertarian and the Lobbyists
Washington, DC - In the three years since the global financial crisis erupted, two dominant views of what went wrong have emerged. It is crucial that we understand each, …
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Anti-Union “Right-to-Work” Laws Really a Tax on Unions
Indiana is about to pass what is called a “right-to-work” law. These laws prohibit union contracts from requiring workers to be in the union and paying dues to the …
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Occupying Libido: Negotiating a Landscape of Hypocrisy and Hungry Ghosts
When Bill Clinton and his scary, scary libido stalked the public realm, Republicans warned his presence was so anathema to all things holy that his hot breath served to …
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The Power to Break Up the Big Banks
The idea that behemoth banks should be broken up is widespread and bipartisan, embraced by regulators and politicians alike. Regulators—past and present—including Simon Johnson, Richard Fisher and …
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Why Do Conservatives Vote Against Their Own Interests?
Michigan Congressman John Conyers, Dean of the Congressional Black Caucus, raised a compelling question in a conversation the other day: “Why do conservatives vote against their own interests?” If …
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Romney’s Anti-Obama Rhetoric: A Demonstration of Moral Cowardice
(Photo: GRAFF, Norway / CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) "In the general election, I’ll be pointing out that the president took the reins of …
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Education Reform: An Order-of-Magnitude Improvement
Imagine the present corporately promoted education reform effort as a truck, its tires nearly flat from the weight of the many unexamined assumptions it carries. On board: …
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The Plow and the iPhone: Conservative Fantasies About the Miracles of the Market
A central doctrine of evangelicals for the “free market” is its capacity for innovation: New ideas, new technologies, new gadgets — all flow not from governments but from individuals …