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Jacob Hacker
Hometown: , CT
Interests: Health Care for All
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Newt Gingrich to GOP: Wake Up or Perish

By Katrina Vanden Heuvel
From thenation.com
May 9th, 2008
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thenation.com — It's hard to agree with Newt Gingrich—he's a predator who proffered Americans a raw deal which, to this day, afflicts our politics. But he's right: These are potentially tectonic-shifting times.

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George Soros on the Reagan "Super Bubble"

Submitted by Robert Borosage
Produced by TheStreet.Com
May 9th, 2008

Periodically wisdom breaks through the noise that passes for analysis on Wall Street. Here is George Soros on TheStreet.com making sense: the financial crisis we are suffering now can be traced directly back to Ronald Reagan and the failed conservatism that he peddled.

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Complacent Conservatism

By Terrance Heath
May 9th, 2008

A new study says conservatives are generally happier than liberals. Being happy is a cinch, if you can rationalize not caring much about injustice and inequality. more »

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The Course From Here

By Terrance Heath
May 8th, 2008

It's time to remember why so many of us were so passionate about one candidate or the other: We all want to see this country change course from the disastrous path we've been dragged along for the past 7+ years. We all know that we can't afford even four more years of the same. Not our for country, not for our communities, and not for our families. more »

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Ashamed to be American

By Mickey Z.
From smirkingchimp.com
May 7th, 2008
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smirkingchimp.com — I was reading Five Years of My Life: An Innocent Man in Guantanamo

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Court-sanctioned voter suppression in Indiana

By Michael Kwiatkowski
May 7th, 2008

Thanks to Sarah Lane at EENR for supplying the links in this entry. more »

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The Age of the "Insurance Card Marriage"

By Terrance Heath
May 6th, 2008

Some people marry for love, some for companionship, and others for status or money. Now comes another reason to get hitched: health insurance. more »

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Postcard from Buenos Aires

By Anne Thompson
May 5th, 2008

Dear Rick,

Greetings from Buenos Aires. You are always talking about how we need to invest more in our public infrastructure. How 'bout this street sign strategy from the Paris of Latin America?

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How to Talk about McCain's Age

By Bernie Horn
May 4th, 2008

If elected, John McCain would be the oldest person ever elevated to president. Voters are fully aware of McCain’s advanced age, and they generally consider advanced age to be a perfectly legitimate issue. So shouldn’t progressives talk about it? more »

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Why I don't think the Greens can do it for the Progressive Movement.

By Michael Kwiatkowski
May 4th, 2008

I've been trying, in my humble way, to help jump-start a renewed Progressive Party presence. But a question that is often asked of me is why not just join the Green Party. I could go into a long and detailed explanation, but the short of it is that I don't think they're very organized and some of their campaigning methods rub me the wrong way. more »

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