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Economic theory and reality keep colliding as the Great Recession unfolds, and Wall Street keeps pretending that the theory is winning.
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Indiana governor Mitch Daniels teaches a master class in mindless, empty, hostile zealotry and stringing together supposedly fear-inducing buzzwords.
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Science is the first thing politicians cut and the last thing they fund. They're trading short term cash for long term growth.
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Fundamentalist Christian zealots are holding prayer meetings to block... uh... expanded healthcare for their fellow Americans?
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Theologian Stephen Prothero would be happy to engage atheists. He'd just like them to be attractive ladies his age and type...
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The Rhodes Trust is concerned that the financial industry is effectively bribing top notch talent away from politics, science, and technology, and parasitizing our future in the process.
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Ayn Rand claimed to defend capitalism. So why were her heroes such terrible businesspeople with no idea how companies actually work and make money?
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Bill Donohue, a fire and brimstone polemicist with morals considered barbaric by 15th century standards, mouths off on Christians' duty to outbreed the secular and educated.
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Quacks and cranks are using libel laws to silence critics and skeptics into submission and keep money flowing into their pockets.
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How do you cover a schism that doesn't actually exist? You whip one up from cherry-picked quotes and use them to stir up a tempest in a teacup.