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"Health-"Care" USA: Part II (The Art of the Deal)"
Would you be surprised to hear that we can all haggle about our hospital bills as if we were dealing with an amiable rug-merchant in a Moroccan souk?
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The Clueless Cup
- In an upset worthy of Marin Day School covering the spread against the Green Bay Packers through the first three quarters of a spirited scrimmage at Lambeau Field, the coveted Clueless Cup appears to
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Holocaust Denial, American Style
- Recently, after a presentation to teachers about racial bias in high school curricula, I got into a tiny spat with an instructor who objected to my using the word "holocaust" to describe the
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What I don't like
- I thought I'd take a trip through a few things I dislike in novels.
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This is one with a rant in front of it
- I've started seeing this in the media recently, and it's driving me nuts.
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Are Words (and History) That Hard to Understand? A Final Response to the More-Radical-Than-Thou Critique of Obama Supporters
- Maybe it's my fault. I think I write pretty clearly, but perhaps I don't.
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Some Cyanide to Go With That Whine? Obama's Victory and the Rage of the Barbiturate Left
- My political entry into the left (and by this I mean the real left, beyond the Democratic Party) came a little more than twenty years ago in New Orleans, when, as a college student I became involved i
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Racial Color-Blindness: Just As Bad As Regular Blindness
- There is a common hypothesis, becoming increasingly popular on the eve of Obama's election (an important step forward in the history of race relations and a major change from the last eight years of R
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What a Difference Seven Years Makes: Fear vs. Hope
- Hey everyone, I thought I should share this with you.
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- Hey everyone, I thought I should share this with you.
Good, and Now Back to Work: Avoiding Cynicism and Overconfidence in the Age of Obama
- Tonight, after Barack Obama was confirmed as the nation's president-elect, I looked in on my children, as they lay sleeping.
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