Henry Waxman retires.Â
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Our Enormous Retirement Subsidies for the Rich
The federal government pays a lot of money for the rich to retire.
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Daily Meme: Countdown to Sochi
The winter Olympics start a week from today, and the projected temperature for first day of competition is a not-particularly-wintry 45 degrees. Nobody could have predicted this would happen when you hold the games in a beach resort town, huh? Russia was awarded the games in part due to the efforts of Gafur Rakhimov to […]
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Remembering What Matters About the Affordable Care Act
Politics are important, but what really counts is the effect it’s having on people’s lives. And there, the news is pretty good.
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American Know-How Fails
You’d think if there’s anything we’d be good at, it’s executions. So why can’t we come up with a reliable and painless way to kill a man?
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What Can Obama Actually Do to Solve Campus Sexual Assault?
A new White House task force is a good start—but only if it listens to students.
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Why Alt-Labor Groups Are Making Employers Mighty Nervous
A growing minimum wage movement indicates that despite low union membership statistics, labor’s future isn’t as dire as some in the business world might hope.Â
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Daily Meme: Monday Morning Quarterbacking the State of the Union
It turns out that in the wake of last night’s State of the Union speech, Obama has finally completed his transformation into an imperial socialist monarch. (The obvious response:Sue him!) But most liberals think he didn’t go far enough. This morning, the Internet resounded with the grievances of disappointed advocates who had hoped that their […]
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Is Barack Obama a Tyrant?
We try to take a serious look at the Republicans’ charge. Spoiler alert: the answer is no.
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Obama Punts on Immigration
Fixing our rickety, 20-year-old system is key to cementing the president’s legacy, which is why he downplayed the issue in his State of the Union address.
