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    • 8 Ratings
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    Losing GOP in denial over own failures

    SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 12:36PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: conspiracy theories, bailout, taxes, naill ferguson, cia, intelligence community, new york times, daily caller, navy seals, liberalism, conservatism, tea party, right wing, ideology, denial, right wing noise machine, wall street, economic crisis, george will, rush limbaugh, fox news, ross douthat, afghanistan, iraq, daily intelligence briefings, terrorism, september 11 attacks, osama bin ladin, dick cheney, george w. bush, president obama, mitt romney, democratic party, republican party, neo-conservatism, supply-side economics, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 1345 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Is Democracy “Nearly Moot?”

    MAY 24, 2012 8:34AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: tax increases, deficits, national debt, tea party, “10 tax questions the candidates don’t want you to ask”, john o. fox, tax reform, democracy nearly moot, political gridlock, common cause, super pacs, money in politics, campaign finance, citizen’s united, “sunday dialogue: making taxation fairer”, new york times, david berman, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 2528 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    A Symbolic Marriage

    MAY 17, 2012 3:57PM

    By David Nova


    Topics: new york times, obama, same-sex marriage

    • Editor's Pick
    • 33 Ratings
    • 19968 Views
    • 58 Comments
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    Is Facebook Evil? Yes!

    MAY 10, 2012 8:28AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: facebook, google, spokeo, online privacy, online data aggregators, online privacy, sale of private information on the web, mark zuckerberg, lori andrews, new york times, max schrems, ashley payne, “facebook is using you”, somini sengupta, should personal data be personal?, do not track status, online privacy reform, data harvesters, facebook ipo

    • Editor's Pick
    • 30 Ratings
    • 11440 Views
    • 80 Comments
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    Why Some Conservatives Vote Against Their Interests

    APRIL 5, 2012 8:32AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: social psychology and voting, “why won’t they listen?” someone’s wrong on the internet, new york times, william saletan, “even critics of safety net increasingly depend on it”, binyamin applebaum, “the righteous mind: why good people are divided by politics”, jonathan haidt, ki gulbranson, conservative contradictions, social psychology, voting, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 4529 Views
    • 71 Comments
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    Fake chicken (and Mark Bittman) to the rescue?

    MARCH 9, 2012 4:44PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: food, new york times, mark bittman, sam sifton, frank bruni, food news, veganism, vegetarianism, less-meatatarianism, chicken, fake chicken, vegan chicken, food politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 9401 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    A (nother) Yoga Sex Scandal

    MARCH 9, 2012 7:12AM

    By LKWalker


    Topics: yoga sex scandal, william broad, new york times, john friend, anusara yoga, rodney yee, tantra, tantra yoga, rush limbaugh, sexuality, feminine power

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 2733 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    Foxconn Raises Wages. Why?

    FEBRUARY 23, 2012 8:59AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: working conditions in china, foxconn raises wages, david barboza, iphone, manufacturing in china apple, foxconn technology, ipads, ipods, new york times, “how u.s. lost out on iphone work, charles duhigg, keith bradsher, repatriating jobs, onshoring jobs, jobs, manufacturing, economics, business

    • Editor's Pick
    • 34 Ratings
    • 6936 Views
    • 52 Comments
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    Let’s Not Kid Ourselves About Manufacturing Jobs

    JANUARY 25, 2012 11:54AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: think different, hoover dam, keith bradsher, charles duhigg, ”, “how u.s. lost out on iphone work, new york times, jared bernstein, androids, kindles, ipods, ipads, auto industry, gm, steve jobs, foxconn city, manufacturing in china, apple, iphone, president barack obama, offshoring, state of the union address, repatriating jobs, jobs, manufacturing, finance, economy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 2827 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Disinvesting the Mitt Romney Way

    DECEMBER 15, 2011 8:29AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: mitt romney is cheap, american pad & paper company, boston globe, cutting government, marc wolpow, geoffrey rehnert, thrifty habits”, “two romneys: wealthy man, new york times, romney as ceo, takeover artists, corporate raider, dain capital, herman cain, newt gingrich, michele bachmann, ann romney, mitt romney, 2012 republican primary contest, business, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 3148 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    Does The New York Times Scorn Women?

    NOVEMBER 18, 2011 1:32PM

    By joanpgage


    Topics: vows, vogue, other waters, open call, new york times, liminal stage, kin work, hers column, eleni gage, devan sipher

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 4167 Views
    • 79 Comments
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    Herman Cain, Lackey to Big Tobacco

    OCTOBER 27, 2011 8:31AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: mark block, cain smoking ad, herman cain, 2011 republican primary race, big tobacco, cain and tobacco, anti-regulation, cain, now running as a political insider, went to washington as a lobbyist, new york times, thinkprogress.org, university of california at san francisco legacy tobacco documents library, legacy tobacco documents library, conservatism, r.j. reynolds, national restaurant association, nra, rob meyne, former senior director of public affairs, rob meyne, matt myers, president of the campaign for tobacco-free kids, big tobacco, nabisco, save american free enterprise, 9-9-9, republican politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 2289 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    Politics and the Pulpit

    OCTOBER 6, 2011 8:28AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: politics, religion, alliance defense fund, internal revenue service, irs, charities, free speech, political speech on the part of churches, pulpit freedom sunday, irs revenue ruling 2007-14, the rev. james garlow, senior pastor at skyline church in lamesa, california, marcus owens, sandy huffaker, new york times, the restriction of political campaign intervention by section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations, free speech, religious electioneering, charitable tax exemption, politics and religion, separation of church and state

    • Editor's Pick
    • 25 Ratings
    • 4129 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    Employers debunk Republican “job creator” myth

    SEPTEMBER 16, 2011 6:34AM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: unpatriotic, apple, g;em greenwald, jay goltz, nvidia, jen-hsun huang, jimmy zuma, chesapeake energy, michael kehs, nutsonline, jeffery braverman, smart v. stupid, new york times, politics, business, republican, certainty, myth, job creation

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 1900 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    My Losing Entry in the David Brooks Parody Contest

    SEPTEMBER 9, 2011 4:11PM

    By Con Chapman


    Topics: david brooks, new york times, parody, satire, comedy, spoof, humor

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 7029 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Barack Obama & The Case of the Insurance Claim

    JULY 15, 2011 12:47PM

    By Heather Michon


    Topics: health reform, cigna, cancer, new york times, janny scott, a singular woman, media, health insurance, ann dunham, barack obama

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 3958 Views
    • 39 Comments
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    Is lower immigration from Mexico a good thing?

    JULY 7, 2011 3:03PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: immigration, mexican emigration, u.s. immigration, new york times, news, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 32 Ratings
    • 3188 Views
    • 31 Comments
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    D: The Scarlet Letter

    JUNE 21, 2011 7:58PM

    By divorcedpauline


    Topics: high-conflict divorce, divorce, adoption, huffington post divorce section, nora ephron, new york times, trends, molly monet, peaceful divorce, ice storm, personal fulfillment, children of divorce

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 1947 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    It's Time for 501(c)4 Reform

    MAY 19, 2011 8:33AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: expert opinion, citizens united, david h. koch, americans for prosperity, nonprofit groups in politics, abuse of nonprofit status, 501(c)3s, exempt organizations, internal revenue service, irs, new york times, “i.r.s. moves to tax gifts to groups active in politics”, 501(c)(4), 501(c)4s, 501(c)4 organizations, tax exemption, nonprofit organizations, tax law, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 2195 Views
    • 48 Comments
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    California May Require Teaching of American History

    APRIL 16, 2011 2:53AM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: california, california gay history, new york times, gay rights, lgbt rights, glbt rights, schools, curriculum, jerry brown, politics

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