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May 7, 2013
Should There Be a Guaranteed Minimum Income?
There's a core of a true idea in Dennis Prager's National Review Online column today urging an end to the Los Angeles school district's free-breakfast program. Pause to tally how many nutrition programs there are in the United States:
The Heritage Immigration Study, Ctd.
I'm going to run a useful critique of David's examination of the Heritage Immigration study, and offer a few thoughts of my own along the way.
Eli Lake Shuts Down Anti-Israel Conspiracy Theorist
On C-SPAN this morning,Daily Beast reporter Eli Lake shut down an anti-Israel conspiracy nutter, who said "Lindsey Graham and John McCain, these are all, pretty much talking heads for the Dick Cheney neocon wing of let’s go to war for the greater glory and good of Israel."
Michael Bloomberg's Plan to Help Republicans Take Back the Senate
Former Republican Michael Bloomberg must have decided the best way to help Republicans take back the Senate is by creating a Democratic Tea Party.
Heritage Immigration Study Gets the Big Things Right
In a modern social insurance state, all of us are both contributors and beneficiaries.
Some Words Stay the Same
The Washington Post reports on an intriguing new study on "ultra-conserved words," holdovers from our common ancestral tongue:
Where Do You Bury a Terrorist?
Mother Jones' Timothy Murphy, in an article wondering where the Boston terrorist will be buried, recounts how cities have historically dealth with society's least beloved:
Good for Chris Christie
Chris Christie, the most popular Republican in the United States, finally decided being morbidly obese was unacceptable. Good.
May 6, 2013
Why Does the Tea Party Want to Let Democrats Run Ohio?
Will the Tea Party - the reactionary anti-spending movement that spawned figures like Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, and Rand Paul - be willing to accept blue and purple state Republicans who have a shot at winning elections?
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