Archive for July, 2014
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America’s “Friends Door”
Posted on July 31, 2014
Published in the Christian Science Monitor Decoder Voices I have a friend who likes to say that his friends door is closed, meaning that he is too old to meet...
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Some Incomplete Thoughts on Solving the Persistent Poverty Problems In This Country
Posted on July 30, 2014
Published in the Christian Science Monitor Decoder Voices Who (or what) is to blame for persistent poverty in this country? Is it inequities in the marketplace? Is it the inefficiency...
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What If Medicare Spending Slowed Because Of Part D?
Posted on July 29, 2014
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank.) In about 16 years, both the Medicare and Social Security trust funds will basically be out of money, according to the report released Monday...
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Ebola!
Posted on July 29, 2014
Oh Great. First, it was global warming. Then, it was the financial crisis....
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Republican Rubik’s Cube
Posted on July 29, 2014
(This originally appeared in The Hill) Putting together a governing political coalition is like figuring out a Rubik’s Cube: To win, you have to get all the pieces to fit...
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