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1970 All Over Again
APRIL 27, 2012 3:53PM
Topics: holy roman catholic church, king henry viii, borgias, bishops, priests, vouchers, conscience exemptions, wall of separation, church and state, justice alito, justice kagan, university of notre dame, south bend, rick garnett, ministerial exemption, 1st amendment, u.s. constitution, religious freedom, religious missions, lay teachers, called teachers, cheryl perich, hosanna tabor evangelical lutheran church v. e.e.o.c., supreme court, vatican, sexual misconduct, bishop fenwick high school, father james kiffermeyer, christa dias, jesus, st. lawrence, holy family, cincinnati, ohio, americans with disability act, civil rights act, monsignor john kuzmich, st. vincent de paul, fort wayne, indians, emily herx, pregnancy, discrimination, catechism, artificial contraception, artificial procreation, artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, contracts, teachers, public policy, schools, religion, our lady of lourdes, 1970
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- 1650 Views
- 12 Comments
ALEC a Charity? No Way!
APRIL 26, 2012 8:27AM
Topics: abuse of charity status, partisan shenanigans, corporate tax breaks, charitable capture, legislature capture, public policy, att, ups, johnson & johnson, intuit, glaxosmithkling, “nonprofit acts as a stealth business lobbyist”, common cause, alec, american legislative exchange council, 501(c)3 organizations, irs regulations, irs, charity, business, politics
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- Editor's Pick
- 6090 Views
- 109 Comments
ObamaCare’s Day in Court: Reductio ad absurdum
MARCH 28, 2012 2:10PM
Topics: chief justice roberts, roger pilon, cato institute, free market solutions to health care costs, ayn rand, rand paul, national public radio, nina totenberg, emtala, the emergency medical treatment and active labor act, supreme court review of the affordable care act, individual mandate, obamacare, affordable care act, health care reform, health care, public policy, law, justice alito, : justice scalia
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- Editor's Pick
- 3086 Views
- 17 Comments
The Bible is not a public policy manual!
FEBRUARY 22, 2012 7:27PM
Topics: leviticus, jeremiah, politics, ministry, talking tom, jubilee, love your enemies, turn the other cheek, rush limbaugh, abortion, gay marriage, evangelical, public policy, jesus, bible
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- 369 Views
- 0 Comments
Regulators Ain't Angels
DECEMBER 23, 2011 8:08AM
Topics: public policy, regulation
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- 706 Views
- 28 Comments
Homosexuals As Lepers--Gay Men & Blood Donation
SEPTEMBER 10, 2011 8:47AM
Topics: crackpot non-science, science, family life, gay men, blood donations, public policy, usa, canada, japan, new zealand, south africa, sweden
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- 373 Views
- 0 Comments
Is Our Congress living a Wagner Opera?
SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 6:41PM
Topics: congress, titans, conflict, politics, republicans, democrats, public policy, open+call
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- 1100 Views
- 3 Comments
What Are Matthew Effects?
SEPTEMBER 5, 2011 8:30PM
Topics: expert opinion, cultural compound interests, social compound interest, positive feedback loops+ social, not-chicago school of economics, hyper-rich, hyper-wealth, circular causation, but what about oprah?, social compound interest, social compound debt, matthew cycle, social escalator, matthew effect, matthew effects, matthew cycle, matthew cycles, robert k. merton, harriet zuckerman, jonathan and stephen cole, margaret rossiter, matilda effect, matthew effect + education, matthew effect + bandwagon, matthew effect + economics, self-amplifying cycle, positive feedback loop + social, piu ricchi sempre piu poveri, matthew effect + policy, matthew effect + sociology, social darwinism, everyone for himself society, paul krugman + inequalities, gunnar myrdal + inequalities, daniel rigney, danagram, advantage begets advantage, disadvantage begets disadvantage, advantage begets further advantage, natural law vs. social construction, general process + compound interest, basic model + compound interest, compound debt, pounding and compounding, compounded to death, compound puns, matthew hypereffects, social spirals, economy, politics, public policy, gerrymandering, advantages of incumbency, books, business, social circuitry, matthew cycle, hyperconnected, hypercomplex, feminism, gladwell+matthew effects, open+call, countervailing forces, ountervailing factors, compound invention, compound knowledge, science, technology
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- 96 Views
- 1 Comments
My Own Theory of Everything and Way Forward
AUGUST 17, 2011 8:23PM
Topics: government, public policy, history, tom friedman, economy
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- 972 Views
- 17 Comments
New Jersey’s Public Employees Must Pay Their Fair Share
JUNE 26, 2011 1:10PM
Topics: taxes, legislation, unions, public policy, health benefits, public pensions, education, new jersey, chris christie
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- 847 Views
- 48 Comments
Abortion: Parental Consent When Your Uncle is Your Rapist?
JUNE 23, 2011 7:36AM
Topics: girls, rapists, abortion, new hampshire, vermont, parental rights, abuse, rape, public policy, health of minors, doctors, patients
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- Editor's Pick
- 1931 Views
- 14 Comments
An oasis of brilliance in Arizona’s desert full of crazy
JUNE 17, 2011 7:52AM
Topics: jimmy zuma, public policy, government, maricopa, pima county, sb1070, baja, save our state, arizona
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- 1000 Views
- 7 Comments
A marijuana policy that will blow your mind
MARCH 18, 2011 8:39AM
Topics: jimmy zuma, stoned, blazed, pot, ganja, drugs, workplace, research, car wash, public policy, employment, worker, jobs, wal-mart, government, policy, marijuana
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- 307 Views
- 0 Comments
The All-American Puppy
MARCH 11, 2011 11:11PM
Topics: animals, language, usage, pejoratives, environment, feminism, gay/lesbian, public policy, politics
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- 226 Views
- 0 Comments
Please Help Protect Children and Jobs!
MARCH 5, 2011 3:54PM
Topics: economy, gay/lesbian, politics, anti bullying, children’s health, children’s safety, child abuse, politics, bullying, public policy, budget cuts
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- 472 Views
- 0 Comments
Book Review: Last Call by Daniel Okrent
JANUARY 25, 2011 9:32AM
Topics: public policy, u.s. history, prohibition, book review
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- 440 Views
- 0 Comments
Serving the Public Interest in the Digital Era
OCTOBER 9, 2010 7:54PM
Topics: television, tv, broadcasting, public policy, media, public interest
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- 725 Views
- 65 Comments
OPEN SALON WRITERS: HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND JUSTICE?
AUGUST 4, 2010 4:29AM
Topics: writers and justice, law, economy, public policy, belief/religion
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- 413 Views
- 0 Comments
It's not a Gap in Knowledge; It's a Difference in Values
JUNE 8, 2010 1:21PM
Topics: economics, wall street, public policy, news, politics
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- Editor's Pick
- 3881 Views
- 28 Comments
Why We Lurch from Disaster to Disaster & How to Fix It
MAY 20, 2010 8:53AM
Topics: epic fail, public policy, business, e. coli. politics, usda, upper big branch mine disaster, war in iraq, george w. bush, massey energy chairman don blankenship, drill baby drill, rush limbaugh, exxon valdez, brian b. o’neill, mississippi governor haley barbour, citizens united decision, 501(c)4s, richard shelby, market talk blog, paul vigna, joyce appleby, government regulation, charlie savage, luke mitchell, transocean, halliburton, bp america, three mile island, bp deepwater horizon oil disaster, ideological rigidity, technology will fix it, short-term perspectives, short memories, political capture, regulatory capture, reactive government, man-made disaster, 911, gulf oil spill, economic meltdown, hurricane katrina, war on terror, disasters
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