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Blog Entries by Jonathan Weiler from 04/2011

Suck on This

| Posted 04.05.2011 | Politics
Read More: Joe Barton, Alan Greenspan, Impunity, Transocean, Wall Street Fraud, Tim Geithner, Connck vs. Thompson, Politics News

Here are some notes from a nation in which the wealthy and powerful increasingly act with near impunity and the lesser off just have to "suck on this" -- in the immortal and unwittingly apt phrase of one of our elite pundits.

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There He Goes Again

| Posted 04.11.2011 | Politics
Read More: Comparative Effectiveness Research, Medicare, Vouchers, Paul Ryan, Private Insurance, David Brooks, Extremism, Politics News

In his most recent New York Times column, David Brooks did what he does best -- attempted to dress up extremism in the guise of respectable, measured language.

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America's Personality-Based Political Divide

| Posted 04.15.2011 | Politics
Read More: Authoritarian Personality, Authoritarianism, Personality, Brain, Birtherism, Donald Trump, Republicans, Polarization, Democrats, Politics News

Many factors are conspiring to reinforce and intensify a fundamental rift in Americans' political self-identification based on deep-seated personality characteristics.

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