Hilzoy points at a recent health care poll:

The poll also found that in the past year, 23% of U.S. residents said they or a member of their household had either decided to stay with a current employer, instead of accepting a new job, or had switched jobs because of health insurance coverage.

This is how our [...]

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In the face of so many people claiming Wright’s recent media appearances are a tour of vanity by a deranged, self-serving individual, Sara Robinson provides some much needed context on liberal Christianity and
Liberation Theology vs. the Prosperity Gospel.

And here’s where Jeremiah Wright comes into the story. According to Posner, Wright has been a [...]

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Jerimiah Wright
goes on the Bill Moyers show to explain himself more fully and with full context, then gives a few more interviews. The result: he gets accused by some on the left of being
vain and publicity-grasping. Meanwhile, others say Wright believes there are neurological differences between black people and white people because [...]

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Obama recently said something about autism and vaccinations:

We’ve seen just a skyrocketing autism rate. Some people are suspicious that it’s connected to the vaccines. This person included. The science right now is inconclusive, but we have to research it. [
Washington Post ]

According to the Obama campaign, “this person” refers to someone in the crowd [...]

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Just throwing this out there.
Obama’s come off a rather long stretch of having people call him elitist and Hillary Clinton trying to prove both that she’s a regular joe and qualified to handle a 3 AM emergency phone call.
Then we have a content free debate where we talk about flag pins, and [...]

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