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Was Rahm Right About Progressives?

Steven Hill | Posted 07.07.2011

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In 2009, then-White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel infamously said that progressives are "fucking retarded." Lately I've begun to think he was corr...

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Reconsidering Japan, Reconsidering Paul Krugman

Steven Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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During and before the current economic crisis, few countries have been vilified as an economic basket case as much as the Land of the Rising Sun. Paul Krugman has been influential in defining this narrative.

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Don't Cut Social Security, Double It

Steven Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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Doubling Social Security's individual payout would cost about $650 billion annually for the 51 million Americans who receive benefits. Here are some commonsense ways to pay for it.

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Sword-Wielding Porn Actor Wanted For Murder Falls Off Cliff In Stand-Off

AP | CHRISTOPHER WEBER | Posted 05.25.2011

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(AP) LOS ANGELES - A porn actor suspected of killing a colleague died Saturday after falling some 40 feet from a rocky hillside after a standoff with ...

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Sword-Wielding Porn Actor Kills One, Hurts Two

AP | JACOB ADELMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Police searched Wednesday for a porn actor suspected of killing one colleague and injuring two others with a sword that was used a...

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Obama's Pro-Union Nominations to Labor Relations Board Stalled

Steven Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Dmitri Iglitzin and Steven Hill A pitched battle is taking place behind closed doors over the Obama administration's appointments to the National...

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The Problem Is Minority Rule

Steven Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senator Snowe may wield a pivotal vote on health care, but it is in a body that is unrepresentative and anti-majoritarian by design. How long are we Americans going to ignore this constitutional defect?

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China and the Long Road Ahead

Steven Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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Now that its coming-out party is over, it's time for China to demonstrate that it embraces the goal of improving the plight of its countryside.

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