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    A Dark Incident

    MAY 16, 2012 9:26PM

    By takingadvice


    Topics: gay marriage, religion, public, private, politics, bullying open call

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    Private Property

    DECEMBER 22, 2011 11:00AM

    By James Heaney


    Topics: photography, occupy, percent, 99, property, private, flag, america

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    Savoring Meditation #182: Occupiers, reform what we have!

    OCTOBER 20, 2011 10:53PM

    By Grannypower


    Topics: belief/religion, business, economy, news, meditation, usa, occupy movements, new york, san francisco, us constitution, declaration of independence, government, pursuit of happiness, of, by and for the people, gettysburg address, abraham lincoln, public, private, corporations, personhood, free speech, campaign finance reformopen+call, photography, politics

    • 1 Ratings
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    Weekly Audit: We Welcome Our New Plutocratic Overlords

    JANUARY 11, 2011 11:13AM

    By The Media Consortium


    Topics: working in these times, wages, unemployment, tim fernholtz, the nation, retirement, republican, recovery, recession, public sector, public, private, pension, paul ryan, mother jones, laura flanders, kari lydersen, jobs, inequality, grittv, gop, eric alterman, elite, devin nunes, darrell issa, congress, class warfare, class, chrystia freeland, build america bonds, bond, atlantic monthly, andy kroll, american prospect

    • 0 Ratings
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    Diary Entry June 1, 2008 12:21 a.m.

    SEPTEMBER 18, 2010 10:14PM

    By Butterfly Lele


    Topics: summer, private, jounal, diary, freshman, freshman year

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    Loch In Kop (part nine)

    JULY 13, 2010 2:12PM

    By Johnny Noir


    Topics: eastern european gangsters, private, detective, noir, fiction, pulp, yiddish

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    • 234 Views
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    RAND'S PRIVATE OPPRESSION

    MAY 26, 2010 6:38PM

    By AMLICAR CABRAL


    Topics: oppression, poor white america, private, rand paul, republican party, ron paul, teabag

    • 19 Ratings
    • 393 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Mysterious Bus Sadness

    JANUARY 13, 2010 9:35PM

    By Eva T. Made Vaudeville


    Topics: prostitution; sadness, private, public, crying, children, buses, adults

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    • 40 Ratings
    • 1879 Views
    • 66 Comments
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    A Line in the Shifting Sands of Health Insurance

    DECEMBER 16, 2009 5:11AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: filibuster, universal health care, private, public, public option, price pressure, price control, competition, howard dean, dean, joseph lieberman, joe lieberman, lieberman, insurance companies, health insurance, health care, republicans, democrats, we need this to pass, rcredibility, failure is not an option, failure, lame duck, presidency, president, politics

    • 18 Ratings
    • 2683 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    Settled Law on Abortion, and Why Stare Decisis Matters

    NOVEMBER 22, 2009 2:28PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: strict constructionist, strict constructionism, strict construction, originalism, originalist, prohibition, pro-abortion, anti-choice, pro-life, pro-choice, choice, personal, private, from the bench, legislating from the bench, judicial activism, judicial overstepping, makes laws, making laws, legislating, legislature, civil law, law, doctrine, tempting of america, the tempting of america, justice scalia, justice antonin scalia, antonin scalia, scalia, judge robert bork, judge bork, robert bork, bork, roe vs. wade, roe v. wade, roe, legal opinion, legal case, legal strategy, analysis, strategy, alternative, alternate, reformulation, reformulate, formulation, formulate, penumbra of the ninth amendment, penumbra of the 9th amendment, penumbra, 9th amendment, ninth amendment, 1st amendment, first amendment, constitution, bill of rights, supreme court, court, liability, stare decisis, clash of absolutes, government meddling, government intrusion, coathanger, coat hanger, safe and legal, unfair, fair, legal, right, abortion, politics

    • 0 Ratings
    • 234 Views
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    Don't Paint Me Red

    OCTOBER 1, 2009 12:58PM

    By T.J. Kirby


    Topics: opinion, red, education, obama, capitalism, law, politics, economics, keynesian, neoliberal, private, public, public option, health-care, socialism

    • 14 Ratings
    • 1410 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    Health Insurance: A Modest Proposal

    SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 9:06AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: motivation, libertarian, constitutional amendment, term limits, private coverage, additional coverage, coverage, responsibility, catastrophe, incentive, privatized, privatize, private, government, regulation, society, universal care, universal, lobbying, for-profit, profit, risk pooling, risk pools, pooling, pool, insurance, business, capitalism, capitalist, socialism, socialist, single payer, same boat, afflict the comfortable, every man for himself, one for all, all for one, equality, health insurance, medical insurance, health care, medical care, care, medical, medicine, politics

    • 8 Ratings
    • 1422 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Medical Transparency: The Siren’s Call

    AUGUST 26, 2009 9:37AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: actuarial, insured, insure, catastrophic, catastrophe, incentivize, incentive, privatized, privatize, private, tom coburn, coburn, meet the press, religious, religion, personal responsibility, responsibility, medical savings account, medical savings, savings, government intervention, government regulation, government, intervention, regulation, free market, market, universal coverage, coverage, universal care, care, single payer, public option, socialism, socialist, capitalism, capitalist, for-profit, profit, risk pooling, risk pools, pooling, pool, insurance, business, r&d, research, technology, science, health care, health, medical care, medicine, politics, kennedy, edward m. kennedy, ted kennedy

    • 15 Ratings
    • 2758 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    Medical Care and the Free-Market Catch-22

    AUGUST 22, 2009 4:43PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: incentivize, incentive, privatized, privatize, private, government intervention, government regulation, government, intervention, regulation, free market, market, unseen hand, eligibility, existing condition, pre-existing condition, exclusion, exclude, universal coverage, coverage, universal care, care, single payer, public option, socialism, socialist, capitalism, capitalist, for-profit, profit, risk pooling, risk pools, pooling, pool, insurance, business, health care, health, medical care, medicine, irresolvable, conflicting, unhelpful, hypocrite, hypocrisy, overconstrained, paradoxical, paradox, conundrum, impossible bind, double bind, catch-22, politics

    • 1 Ratings
    • 303 Views
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    The Lucky & The Damned

    JULY 7, 2009 12:50AM

    By Johnny Noir


    Topics: fiction, kennedy, heiress, abduction, mystery, supernatural, grifters, beautiful, exotic, fortune tellers, gypsies, detective, private, brady, duke

    • 10 Ratings
    • 1677 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    “Bank Interest”

    APRIL 11, 2009 3:57PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: risk, voluntary, regulated, regulation, capitalism, socialized, socialism, public, private, fdic, non-profit, profit, earnings, motivation, incentive, price-fixing, monopoly, antitrust, competition, free and fair market, fair market, free market, bank interest, banks, is bailout one word or two?, bail-out, bailout, economy, politics, schwab, other people's money, credit card, atm card

    • 19 Ratings
    • 1475 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    My 25 (as assigned by O'Steph)

    JANUARY 28, 2009 1:39PM

    By Debra Victoroff


    Topics: my 25, things about me, admissions, life, love, private, open call, os

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 1867 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    CAUGHT ON TAPE: OBAMA & BUSH

    DECEMBER 1, 2008 9:15PM

    By Mortimer Hayden Smyth


    Topics: audio, politics, recording, private, book, elect, barack, george, obama, bush, president

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