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Saturday, February 15, 2014

CBO SAYS: REALLY, GOP, WE DIDN’T SAY OBAMACARE WOULD KILL 2.5M JOBS

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In a reflection of just how committed Republicans are to lying about that Congressional Budget Office report on how many people might end u...

THOUSANDS WILL DIE FROM MEDICAID OPT-OUT

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As many as 17,000 Americans may die as a result of the refusal of 25 states to accept federal funds to expand Medicaid to cover families wh...
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GOP BLOCKS MEDICAID FOR NEARLY 6M

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Approximately 5.8 mln of the poorest Americans who would have been eligible for Medicaid had their states expanded the program under the A...

Food Fight Fizzles

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The $956 billion farm bill that President Obama signed into law on Feb. 7, after three years of wrangling and brinksmanship between the H...

Selections from the March 1, 2014 issue

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COVER/CJ Werleman GOP civil war is only going to get uglier EDITORIAL Food fight fizzles; Pete Seeger R.I.P. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR  ...
Friday, February 14, 2014

Conservatives play Limbo Rock with proposals to lower minimum wage

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By Marc Jampole You can almost hear Chubby Checker intoning “How low can you go?” in the lowest register he could hit. What made me...
Thursday, February 13, 2014

Mattel buys cover of Sports Illustrated in campaign to congratulate itself for the image of women it sells

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By Marc Jampole Sports Illustrated and Mattel have entered into a relationship based on the exchange of money and sex. For those who hav...
Tuesday, February 11, 2014

More proof that adults are maintaining habits of childhood: adult fans of My Little Pony & Lego

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By Marc Jampole For 30 years, children, primarily girls before their teen years, have played with plastic dolls called My Little Pony. Th...
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Monday, February 10, 2014

Joe Queenan’s narcissistic verbal selfie symbolizes what’s wrong with contemporary feature writing

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By Marc Jampole How soon would you get bored if every other song on the radio station included the exact same guitar riff, usually at the...
Friday, February 7, 2014

Republicans are right when they say ACA will ruin their economy, but it will improve the economy of the 99%

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By Marc Jampole If a business owner has three job openings and 10 people apply, she can pay less than if only two apply. It’s one of the ...
Tuesday, February 4, 2014

New book by G. William Domhoff traces control of country by corporate elite since 1930’s

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By Marc Jampole Here is an abridged version of my review of G. William Domhoff’s new book, The Myth of Liberal Acendancy: Corporate Domin...
Monday, February 3, 2014

This year, Super Bowl ads went to the dogs, like much of the rest of the country

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By Marc Jampole Most media critics are calling the Super Bowl ads tame and sweet compared to past years, then declare unofficial commerci...

The future of eating out: microwaved frozen food served by robots

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By Marc Jampole The dining experience of most Americans is beginning to resemble how the agricultural industry prefers to raise cattle an...
Thursday, January 30, 2014

Seeds of a movement: A 21st century Populist renewal is flourishing at America's grassroots

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Jim Hightower writes: WHAT POPULISM IS NOT:  An empty word for lazy reporters to attach to any angry spasm of popular discontent. (And it...
Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Grading Obama’s State of the Union address: was it well-written?

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By Marc Jampole Obama was Obama in his 2014 State of the Union address. He set an agenda that will help staunch the bleeding from m...