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Thursday, March 5, 2020

A Compromise Health Care Proposal Between Bernie and Biden

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Bernie supports a singly  payer system resembling that of Canada's. Biden supports an extension of ACA(Obamacare) tp add a public option...
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Wednesday, March 4, 2020

A "Wild and Dangerous" Scheme!

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"...a scheme at once wild and dangerous." "...a trick, too, of the clumsiest description..." I was hunting for the ex...
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An Unsolicited Speech for Sanders

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Friends, there are two parts to what I have to say to you today.  The first is humanitarian, the second is political—but also humanitarian. ...
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Some Instant Thoughts on Super Tuesday

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1. Biden benefitted from a wave of (orchestrated) last minute endorsements.  One effect of this wave was to divert attention from Biden the ...
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Monday, March 2, 2020

Protecting Healthcare Workers from Infected Patients, United States vs South Korea

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Seattle: Korea: Those bedsheets will do a great job preventing the virus from spreading.
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Friday, February 28, 2020

psst... the fundamentals are strong

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Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Who Wins Prairie du Chien Wins the White House

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That would be Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, whose French name means "prairie dog," and which is located where the Wisconsin River e...
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Thursday, February 20, 2020

What Is "Democratic Socialism"?

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Probably the best answer is whatever Bernie Sanders says it is as he is by far the most famous person ever to adopt this term as a label for...
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Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Who "Got" Iraqi Oil?

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Not the US. Dick Cheney collaborated with US major oil companies in a plot to at least take over operating the oil production in Iraq, OPE...
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The Debate within Unions over Health Care is about the Nature of Unionism Itself

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Casual observers of the political scene got an insight into union politics when a small storm erupted over a flyer distributed by Nevada’s C...
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Bloomberg’s Plan for Reskilling America: The Quid without the Pro Quo

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The Intercept usefully preports Michael Bloomberg’s proposals for higher education, focusing on plans to upgrade workforce skills along the...
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Sunday, February 16, 2020

Standing on the shoulders of cranks

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I use the term "crank" affectionately. The figure below is a valiant effort by Arthur O. Dahlberg to depict the "socio-econo...
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Saturday, February 15, 2020

Engel Criticizes Trump On Soleimani Assassination

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Juan Cole reports that House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair, Eliot Engel (D-NY) has criticized the administration for its assassination of ...
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Wednesday, February 12, 2020

What to Do about Amazon

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I think Farhad Manjoo gets it right about Amazon: while the company's sheer size, not to mention its often shady business practices, ca...
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Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Do Dirty Tricks Make 2020 Like 1972?

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The dirty tricks in 1972 were sustained attacks based on faleshoods by the Nixon CREEP against the most popular possible Dem opponent, Sen. ...
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