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Commentary: Obamacare Helps Millions, but Per Capita Cost of Care Still Higher Than in Other Nations
While the law apparently is helping to keep medical costs in check, it doesn't go far enough.
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It’s the Stupid, Stupid
Less than a month before Election Day, there doesn't seem to be much direction and passion among the liberal-progressive left.
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Student Denounces University of California as Part of Military Industrial Complex
I cannot get the thought out of my mind that every assignment I turn in feels like a ‘yes’ vote for military action in the Middle East.
If Only the Washington Post Could Get Its Hand on the Social Security Trustees Report
To those in the real world, people losing their jobs and losing their homes, would be the big story.
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Being Wrong About Islam Is Not Progressive
White privilege allows whites to never associate with radical acts, let alone need to disassociate.
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“Hands Up! Don’t Shoot!”: Gesture, Choreography and Protest in Ferguson
By raising their hands in the air, the protesters remind us over and over and over again that all the bodily proof we need of Michael Brown's innocence is …
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A Trip to Kuwait (on the Prairie): Life Inside the Boom
This summer, driven partially by North Dakota's boom, the United States surpassed Saudi Arabia in total oil and gas production.
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Investing in Junk Armies: Why US Efforts to Create Foreign Armies Fail
The foreign armies that the US invests so much money, time, and effort in training and equipping don't act as if the US' enemies are their enemies.
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The Case Against Raising Rates Too Early
“I find it very hard to understand why anyone thinks rates should rise even in 2015.”
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Is This “American Exceptionalism”?
The US will only be “exceptional” when all Americans have an equal shot at success.