Let Them Eat Cake

Improving the Health Care Bill After It Passes Will Not Be Easy

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lincoln Mitchell

Progressives who oppose this bill are not being obstructionist. Rather, they are taking the position that when real opportunities to reform health care arise, it is essential to get it right.

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Damn Yankees and Their Pricey New Stadium

Dave Astor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dave Astor

What's not to like about a sickeningly posh edifice partly funded by massive subsidies from taxpayers who can't afford its ultra-expensive tickets and food?

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"Fuck The Guests": How I Learned to Have my Cake and Eat it Too

Leeat Granek, PhD | Posted 11.17.2011

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Leeat Granek, PhD

I recently sat in on a therapy workshop. We were asked to talk about our family motto's. This was meant to demonstrate how clients often bring their family baggage onto "the couch" with them.

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The Palin Spending Spree -- "Let Them Eat Cake."

Susie Hoeller | Posted 05.25.2011

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Susie Hoeller

This lack of moral, and even political judgment, reveals once again that Senator McCain did not put "country first" when he selected Governor Palin as his running mate.

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Friday Talking Points [42] -- Get Up, Stand Up, Barack

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

I have to assume if you're reading this that you're sick of the Olympics already. Wow, that was fast. Is NBC's coverage going to be twice as bad as ...

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Friday Talking Points [39] -- Republican Elitism Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

For only the fourth (or fifth, depending on how you count) time in his presidency, George W. Bush had a veto overridden by both houses of Congress thi...

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