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April 18, 2017

How to Leave a Mark on People

Some organizations are thick, and some are thin. Some leave a mark on you, and some you pass through with scarcely a memory.
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Published on April 18, 2017 00:59

April 14, 2017

The Cuomo College Fiasco

New York’s “free” tuition program is a truly bad attempt at improving higher ed.
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Published on April 14, 2017 01:00

April 11, 2017

This Age of Wonkery

The life of the mind, then and now.
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Published on April 11, 2017 01:21

April 7, 2017

The Coming Incompetence Crisis

What if the Trump administration runs out of errors?
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Published on April 07, 2017 00:58

April 4, 2017

Let’s Go for a Win on Opioids

This is the moment for a war on a problem that is getting worse.
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Published on April 04, 2017 00:58

March 31, 2017

The Strange Persistence of Guilt

American life has secularized and grand political ideologies have fallen away, but moral conflict has only intensified.
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Published on March 31, 2017 00:59

March 28, 2017

Can Elephants Learn From Failure?

After the health care debacle, Republicans desperately need a win. Moreover, they are massively underestimating how hard tax reform is going to be.
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Published on March 28, 2017 01:05

March 24, 2017

The Trump Elite. Like the Old Elite, but Worse!

Republicans behind a health care bill found a new way to ignore regular people.
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Published on March 24, 2017 00:55

March 21, 2017

The Unifying American Story

The Exodus tale as a national creed.
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Published on March 21, 2017 01:04

March 17, 2017

Let Bannon Be Bannon!

President Trump has abandoned Steve Bannon’s governing philosophy, and with it, the benefits the working class counted on.
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Published on March 17, 2017 00:59

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