The press assumes people are stupid, thereby making them no less stupid.
Health & Social Policy
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Mississippi’s Threat to Roe v. Wade
Will the case against the state’s only abortion clinic make it to the Supreme Court?
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Can We Take John Roberts’s Word at Face Value?
Conservatives don’t seem to be able to.
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Not the Issue?
The obsessive-compulsive tendencies of modern Republicans
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Our Strange Ideological Divide
When Democrats pursue centrist solutions to problems, Republicans react as though we were all just herded onto collective farms.
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Failures of Spin
What Republicans can’t say about the uninsured.
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Roberts’s Switch in Time
CBS News confirms what we were all thinking—the chief justice changed his mind about the Affordable Care Act decision.
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Maggie Gallagher and I Agree to Agree
So my three-part series last week on whether or not marriage equality is radical (in brief: who cares?; yes; and no) drew the attention of Maggie Gallagher, longtime opponent of same-sex marriage. It was kinda fun to be called “always interesting and honest.” I’ve known for a long time that she and I agree about […]
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Reading the Tea Leaves in the Supreme Court Opinions
Did Chief Justice Roberts change his mind about the Affordable Care Act at the last minute? Whatever happened, it’s going to be a long time before we find out.
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Court Stays Clear of Tinkering with the First Amendment
Xavier Alvarez may or may not qualify for mental-health care under the ACA, but the Court at least decides he won’t be going to jail.