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Can a Law End Economic Inequality?

A high-ranking British Labor Party leader has just opened a bold new campaign for legislation that would obligate government, at all levels, to close the "class divide." The British Labor Party came to power a dozen years ago with a commitment to attack...

Beware Bright Shiny Things

My friend and fellow Huffington Post contributor Logan Nakyanzi Pollard recently expressed her concern that I was too forgiving of internal dissent in my recent post criticizing overblown assessments

Redefining "Moral Clarity"

They keep using those words. It turns out that they don't mean what we think they mean. On Thursday night, for the first time since 9/11, I actually sat down and watched George Bush speak. (At this late date, I figured there was absolutely nothing the man could say...

The Used-Junk-On-eBay Stimulus Plan

Conservative leaders in the House have promised "innovative solutions" to help the Obama administration revive the economy, but what they actually offered on Thursday on Capitol Hill was the intellectual equivalent of well-used stuff put up for bid on eBay in a...

Recovery Plan Needs Overwhelming Force

A new compelling argument for why the Obama administration, and progressives, should argue for a bold recovery program, and should not fear large deficits in the near term, was released this week in a paper by Center for American Progress senior fellow Scott Lilly....

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