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Pandering to the Right Fringe

…the politicians continue to preach the failed approaches of Reaganomics, in the claim that their deregulatory and corporate tax cutting agenda will “revive” manufacturing. Santorum is riding his near-miss in…

Confusion and language American Style

…serves the interest of, and may be run by, corporations and involves ties between government and business. Where corporations, conglomerates, and/or government entities with private components, control the direction and…

More than an election message

…is deep, long-term, systematic, morality-based, and conceptual) with messaging (which is shallow, short-term, ad hoc, policy-based, and linguistic). … The “evidence” comes from polls and focus groups that test the…

Tri-Committee Health Care Bill Deficit Neutral

by Bruce Webb Press release from the House Ways and Means Committee dated Saturday July 18th. CBO Scores Confirms Deficit Neutrality of Health Reform Bill Washington, D.C. — The Congressional…

Paul Volcker Feb.20

…the automatic teller machine. It’s not any high-class financial operation, it’s a technical improvement, which sure has changed banking. I have more connection with my automatic teller machine that any…

The Shrinking of Treehorn

…changes. Few shoppers notice subtle changes in product contents, says Bonnie Tandy Leblang, the syndicated supermarket columnist. “Most just toss things in the grocery cart.” Have you noticed the difference?…

Meds and blogs

…the University of Cambridge identified specific biomarkers for schizophrenia. The team looked for psychosis-associated changes in the fluid which circulates around the brain and spinal cord. Their results showed that…