If Democrats say they agree with one of the opposite party’s health-care ideas, Republicans will probably decide it’s a satanic plot. But so what?
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Polyamory, the Right to Privacy, and Religious Freedom
A federal District Court judge in Utah sides with the right to privacy and religious freedom.
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The Fed Transformed
Ben Bernanke rescued the economy. Now Janet Yellen needs to remake the financial system.
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The Year in Preview: Pot’s Uncertain Future
Will 2014 be the next big year for marijuana reform, or a bust for pot supporters?
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NYT Mag Offers Inexplicable 2006 John McCain Cover Profile in 2013
Did we need 6,600 words about the utterly irrelevant John McCain? Somebody thought we did.
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Daily Meme: Good Night and Good Luck, Longterm Unemployed
Unless Congress passes a last-minute extension, an unemployment benefits program created in 2008 will expire for 1.3 million Americans at the end of the month. That number includes 12,700 South Carolinians… … 80,000 Pennsylvanians… … 25,000 people in Washington state… … 58,000 Massachusetts residents… … 90,000 New Jerseyeans… … 17,8000 people in Oregon… … and […]
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New Documentary Threatens to Make You Like Mitt Romney
He was, after all, just a human being.
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The Year in Preview: Labor’s Outlook
2014 doesn’t look like it’s going to be all bad for unions, but it won’t be all good, either.
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Daily Meme: Diners and the Politicians Who Love Them
Esquire asked House Speaker John Boehner to advise its readers on what to do in January 2014. He endorsed breakfast at a diner, an act nearly as entwined with an American politician’s electoral fate as legislating and making fundraising calls. “What is it about politicians and diners?“ Who knows when, but somewhere along the line, […]
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White Like Me
Why the debate about Santa’s whiteness actually matters for politics.
