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You’ve Got to Have (150) Friends
Facebook has provided a way to maintain real-life relationships in a fractured, dynamic world. -
The Big (Military) Taboo
When the U.S. spends almost as much on arms as every other country in the world combined, we’re overinvesting in our military.
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Obama to Enact End-of-Life Planning for Medicare
Advance care planning, which touched off a political storm over “death panels,” will be covered under Medicare — a “quiet victory” for supporters. -
Banks and WikiLeaks
A bank’s ability to block payments to a legal entity, as Bank of America has done with WikiLeaks, raises troubling questions. -
Who Killed the Disneyland Dream?
For all the inequities of America in 1956, economic equality seemed within reach, at least for the vast middle class. -
Income Inequality and the 'Superstar Effect'
The “superstar effect” drives up pay for athletes, entertainers and Wall Street executives, concentrating wealth with only a few Americans and limiting others’ chances of moving up. -
Renata Avila
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WikiLeaks Archive - Cables Show D.E.A.’s Global Reach
“WikiLeaks Archive - Cables Show D.E.A.’s Global Reach - http://nyti.ms/eM7rHn”Impressive and all waste. Drugs should be legal, cheap and deeply unfashionable. Remove the money and remove the corruption.
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paulbeeblebrox
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In ‘Radioactive,’ Lauren Redniss Presents the Curies
“In ‘Radioactive,’ Lauren Redniss Presents the Curies - http://nyti.ms/elfScr” Two things. one small, one big. The small is Marie Curie was a chemist. The big was they were there at the discovery. They did not know what they were dealing with. We still use radium "seeds" to treat cancers. There should be no shocked tone in any of this. All the work was done with "natural" isotopes.
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Cut Here. Invest There.
Who has been leaning on Thomas Friedman is immaterial. He is still pushing bipartisanship which is not useful as long as the Republicans are intransigent.
Atlanta must have decided to collect its taxes.
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