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I am amazed that I have heard so little as to why the purely private option no longer works for medical insurance and never will again.  The reason lies in the very logic of capitalism and the market.  While right wingers have made the national debate pretty mindless over health care, as over everything else,…

From an Iranian student on her blog.  Look for 3:09 PM. “I will participate in the demonstrations tomorrow. Maybe they will turn violent. Maybe I will be one of the people who is going to get killed. I’m listening to all my favorite music. I even want to dance to a few songs. I always…

We now have quite strong statistical evidence that conservative Republicans are way out of step with the rest of the country with regard to how they see empathy as a virtue.  Daily Kos commissioned two polls, with fascinating findings, here  and here.  Because the Republican base is disproportionately in the South, and committed to “Biblical”…

Politics is a free-for-all of men and women made crazy by their love of power, and  even the best of politicians often find what seemed possible before winning was impossible once in power.  America’s system favors the status quo, even when the opposition is principled and sane, which today it is not.  So I give…
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