Here's Jill Lawrence at Politics Daily: After talking to five economists, I can give you the bottom line: Spending the money differently probably wouldn't have changed our circumstances much. But the economists took diverse paths to that conclusion,...
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Is this what Glenn Beck was talking about when he said that "a lot of universities are just as dangerous with indoctrination of our children as these terror groups are in Iran or North Korea"? Harvard undergrads woke up today to an inspiring alumni column...
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Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow are smart and talented performers, no less committed in their beliefs and values than Beck, but, hypothetically, their ability to attract a similar size crowd to Beck's, doubtful.
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By Laurence Hammack
ROCKY MOUNT
Virginia's attorney general, already at legal war with the federal government on two fronts, said Thursday that more offensives are possible.
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HuffPost editor Roy Sekoff appeared on MSNBC's "The Ed Show" Thursday night to weigh in on the "my demo is bigger than your demo" war...
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It's become a tradition for labor secretaries to use Labor Day to speak on the status of the American worker. Some have made remarks from podiums. Others have testified on Capitol Hill. I want to talk directly to you -- the American worker.
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News outlets are following the politics and rhetoric surrounding the new health law. NPR reports on six myths perpetuated by some critics of the law. They include: the law helps President Barack Obama raise a private army and that those who want public...
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If you’ve never seen the movie The Women, don’t feel bad. You can get a much better lesson in girl-on-girl bitchiness by reading Gail Collins’ much nastier New York Times op-ed “Sarah’s Amazing Race.” With all the outrage over frivolous stimulus...
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Nonprofit motion-graphics studio promoting social justice, self-education and awareness about critical issues through wonderful animated shorts called Thought Bubbles.Brain Pickings takes 200+ hours a month to curate and edit. If it brings you any joy...
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John Tucker submits: The potential market for anti-obesity drugs is enormous, but no drug in this class has ever achieved blockbuster status[1]. Understanding the factors that have limited the commercial success of existing products is critical to developing...
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Democratic - United States - Politics - Ann Coulter - Andrew Sullivan...
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You all know I have a remarkable tolerance for libertarians, but here is where I really break from their “fire all the regulators” schema. Jack DeCoster, owner of Wright County Egg, which recalled millions of eggs poisoned with Salmonella in the...
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Channeling Pauline Kael, someone over at The Atlantic says movement conservatism -- a "deeply unserious and corrupt political coalition" -- is teetering at the precipice because he spoke to some other guy who says he no longer considers himself a conservative...
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Wages rose again last month. Is that because companies are cutting back on health benefits?
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But if you can look past those government job losses, then there's some reason for optimism in the report. Bureau of Labor Statistics - Business - Unemployment - Employment - Private sector...
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When President Obama made his pitch for the health care overhaul, he framed it this way: “Insurance reform; making sure that you can have choices in the marketplace for health insurance, and making it affordable for people; and reducing costs.” It...
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It seems that just about every hundred years or so, the body politic we call America swells with fever as it fights off a democracy-destroying disease. That disease is "Special Interest Government," a government captured by the economically powerful...
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The upcoming November election contains a ballot initiative that will threaten all Californians’ health and safety. But the Latino community will suffer disproportionate harm, as CAP’s Jorge Madrid explains. Proposition 23 will undo California’s...
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It is widely predicted that Democrats will lose their advantage in the midterm elections, and some conservatives have argued that it is because health care was prioritized over the economy. Jonathan Chait of The New Republic refutes this point, saying...
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NPR | Friday, September 3, 2010
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Apple is investing on its partner network, direct sales and support in an effort to take advantage of enterprise and small business interest in the iPad and iPhone.
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How various health-care costs are allotted to which categories is a subject of fierce debate with the sector, and the stakes are high for the public, an economist writes.
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by Amanda Marcotte So there’s been a dust-up between a guest blogger named Monica at Feministe and fat activists (mostly on Twitter that I’ve seen), with Ampersand actually posting on it. I’m not interested in getting in the middle of it. I...
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Pandagon | Thursday, September 2, 2010
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The unemployment rate climbed to 9.6 percent as a result of many new entrants into the labor market (about half a million workers). This increase offset the July decline in the labor force, and it indicates that the weak July report was more statistical...
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Bret Jensen submits:We continue to have a nice start to the month of September as the market continues to rally after a better than expected jobs report. Despite the nice start to the month, here are ten reasons that we believe this is just a move up...
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Two positive things can be said about today's jobs report from the Labor Department. First, it was significantly better than the one for August 2009, and June and July 2010 were not as bad as had been previously calculated. The stock market apparently...
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The Columbus Dispatch: "Gov. Ted Strickland's administration announced today that nearly $200 million in recently freed up state funds will go to Ohio hospitals, community mental health services, and a program which provides medication to low-income...
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This is a sad time to be David Brooks, the New York Times house conservative. The souring economy (along with other poor administration decisions) has caused a big drop in the popularity of his beloved Barack Obama with his party facing electoral disaster...
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With Ezra Klein reviving his campaign for mandatory paid vacation in the United States let me revive my counterpoint to this idea: In particular, in my view a lot of people are being misled by the concept of a “paid vacation.” A paid vacation is...
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What you need to know to navigate today’s most critical debates. How to End the Great Recession (NYTimes) Robert Reich writes that after the bursting of the debt bubble, the only way forward is through shared prosperity. White House considers pre-midterm...
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Out today is the latest edition of National Journal Magazine which includes a profile describing Media Matters as “the rapid-response liberal cadre of ‘misinformation’ hunters that for six years has been raising its visibility -- while also raising...
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Roche is indeed restructuring. The company is launching a cost-cutting-slash-efficiency initiative that is sure to claim some jobs; however, no numbers have been released yet. And if an internal memo about the Operational Excellence project is any indication,...
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Roche has confirmed that it plans to cut jobs, as reported by newspaper Sonntag earlier this week. Billing it as an "Operational Excellence initiative," Roche says it will review it structure over the coming months and make a formal layoff announcement...
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Encouraged by far right primary wins and a victory in removing abortion care from federal healthcare, anti-choice extremists are going even further to show their true colors and true agenda: taking away every woman's choice in all circumstances....
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TALLAHASSEE — In yet another statement harping on national policies he would have little influence over as governor, Republican nominee Rick Scott has released a statement blasting Democratic candidate Alex Sinkand “Obamacrats” for the fact that...
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Why does Barack Obama refuse to cultivate a warm, tender relationship with George W. Bush? Is it because Bush is the jackass who is largely responsible for all the problems that are making Obama’s life so miserable? Or is it because Obama is a mean...
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Much of the buzz around the American Political Science Association conference in Washington, D.C., this week has been Gallup's poll that shows Republicans with an unprecedented 10-point lead over the Democrats in the generic ballot test, which if repeated...
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Vanity URL—link to subfolder of brand site, or stand-alone "vanity" site?My client has a website for a large healthcare product—it's the leader in its highly competitive category. I'm an advertising guy who oversees the creative development of the...
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Even when it comes to Glenn Beck, clever analysis goes farther than a head-turning analogy Glenn Beck - Taliban - Abraham Lincoln - John C. Calhoun - Ulysses Grant...
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Air Force personnel mentoring medical workers at Kandahar Regional Military Hospital to help them increase skills
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We've heard a lot this week about Glenn Beck, thanks to his "Restoring Honor" rally on Saturday on the National Mall. But it was the summer of 2009 when I became truly addicted to his antics. It was the summer of the health care reform town hall meetings....
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Welcome! Lots of stuff to cover, so let's get to it.
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A new report from the Center for Reproductive Rights reviews the losses of women's rights throughout the states in the aftermath of health reform.
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[snip] ... But there are differences between 1994 and 2010. For one, this time around "the Democrats can see what's coming." They didn't see the Republican wave rising in 1994 until it was too late. "When you see something coming a mile away, you can...
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Just like some people have pervasive or seemingly illogical fears about heights or small spaces, some phobias are pregnancy-based, about becoming pregnant, being pregnant and/or giving birth....
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Currently, the "scab" workers running the plant are unfamiliar with the system they are using. This is a uranium enrichment facility from which even the slightest leak of UF6 could wipe out the entire town.
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The cost of college has risen faster than the cost of almost everything else. Here are a few possible explanations.
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NPR | Thursday, September 2, 2010
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The American Medical Association and 90 other medical groups have just come out against a proposed tax code change that would allow trial lawyers to deduct certain litigation expenses, a change that might encourage those lawyers to file additional lawsuits....
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It is less than six weeks until the start of the USA Science and Engineering Festival. The excitement is starting to build. Check this out! Host Sponsor Lockheed Martin's CTO Ray O Johnson is interviewed by EarthSky (another Festival Sponsor) about why...
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In a debate between Ezra Klein and Reihan Salam about the desirability of regulations requiring employers to give workers paid vacation, Klein writes: Broadly speaking, employees with the power to demand more paid vacation do so, and employees without...
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