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Death by demographics
It’s always worthwhile to read work done by Nate Silver, and today it’s especially so. The graphic above illustrates his detailed consideration of American demographics and the implications of...
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Daily Roundup
Today on BaddiesBoogie I pondered whether or not US schools should abandon the current grading system for a more holistic approach to education, ridiculed and lambasted the GOP’s seemingly endless war...
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Belgium, France and Spain have 100 percent of their kids in pre-K. We have 51...
Well really according to this awesome interactive map, Belgium and Spain stand at 99 percent, but you get the idea. One of the more bold ideas to come out of President Obama’s last State of the Union...
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Daily Roundup
Today on BaddiesBoogie I began by considering the ridiculous and upsetting story out of Florida that a young high school student has been expelled and charged with two felonies simply for attempting a...
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Can we just admit that the Republicans are the problem?
I get a lot of flack for attacking the right but I like to think I’ve shelled out my fair share of balanced criticism, especially at the President for Gitmo and drones and at the Democrats for...
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Why the 37th attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act matters
The esteemed House of Representatives is set to try – for a 37th time – to repeal the Affordable Care Act, more affectionately known as Obamacare. After say, the 30th attempt, it becomes easy to write...
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Senators from Oklahoma who voted against Sandy aid ask for some tornado aid
Senator Tom Coburn (cc photo by Senate Democrats) Natural disasters can happen in any state, at any given time. That’s why federal agencies like FEMA exist, to provide disaster relief at a moments...
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American households have rebuilt only 45 percent of their wealth since 2007,...
American house of dollar bills (cc photo by Images Money) The St. Louis Federal Reserve’s latest report brings with it what many would deem good news, but with a huge caveat. Basically, before the...
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Ted Cruz’s Call to Abolish the IRS Actually Reinforces Why We Need the IRS
Senator Ted Cruz has a plan for how to deal with the IRS: abolish the agency. We ought to abolish the IRS and instead move to a simple flat tax, where the average American can fill out our taxes on …...
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Financialization And It’s Discontents
For all intents and purposes, the United States economy is in a relatively slow period of growth, leaving economists perplexed in finding out why it’s taken so long for a full, sweeping recovery to...
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