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Gutting Health Care in Darkness
Jun 16, 2017 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the GOP are trying to eviscerate the Affordable Care Act using methods totally at odds with how it was brought to life seven years ago.
Can the Pope Save Trump?
May 22, 2017 If anyone ever needed a conversion experience -- and fast -- it is President Trump.
Jimmy Kimmel’s Philosophy Lesson
May 6, 2017 The comedian uses his personal experience to ask the philosophical questions that need to animate every debate about health care.
The Art of the Con
Mar 30, 2017 The interests of the working class were supposed to be the focus of the Trump administration, but the president has no coherent approach for lifting up blue-collar Americans.
Gorsuch’s Convenient Untruth
Mar 23, 2017 Judge Neil Gorsuch made a statement Tuesday at his Supreme Court confirmation hearing that even he couldn't have believed.
The Disempowered Majority
Dec 9, 2016 For the next two—and probably four—years, Americans will be governed by Republican politicians largely elected by a minority of voters. These circumstances call for compromise, but that is unlikely to happen.
America Needs Determined, Thoughtful and Creative Opposition Now
Nov 10, 2016 Many U.S. citizens embraced a man who threatens our standing in the world and basic rights. But we cannot allow fear or anger to prevent us from pushing back against Donald Trump.
The Mysterious Ways of Outsiderism in American Politics
Nov 8, 2016 There's a deep well of resentment around the idea that "government is run for the benefit of the people who run the government and not for the good of the country." Both major parties need to face this reality, no matter how the presidential election turns out.
Catholic Controversy Sparked by WikiLeaks Will Continue Long After 2016 Election
Oct 18, 2016 To hear the many howls of protest from conservatives, you'd think that a handful of emails demonstrates that Hillary Clinton's campaign is a nest of anti-Catholics.
Donald Trump Is More Dangerous to the GOP Now Than He Was Before the Second Debate
Oct 10, 2016 Everything Trump did to turn off swing voters complicated the efforts of Republicans who want to drive him out of the race or cut him loose from the rest of the party's ticket.
