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It’s the GOP, Stupid.
Kai Ryssdal Kai Ryssdal, host of Marketplace on National Public Radio, was interviewing James Patterson Monday evening when I tuned in,...
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Jul 5, 20174 min read
American Health Care Mess
Pundits like Mona Charen are not writing on behalf of their readers or their country. Their dissertations are guided by partisan...
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Jan 22, 20173 min read
Rhymy Ryan-y Valentine Irony
Someone suggested sending a Valentine card to the Wisconsin home of Rep. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the Republican-controlled House, calling...
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Jan 14, 20171 min read
Excuse me?
About a week ago, a letter-to-the-editor in the Palm Beach Post made me laugh out loud. “GOP’s shell game with Obamacare” was the title...
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Dec 19, 20167 min read
Christmas Chronicle 2016
December 2016 Dear Friends and Family, Leonard Pitts This will be the most un-Christmas-like letter you will ever receive. Because, sorry...
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Nov 5, 20165 min read
Black Votes Matter
Hillary Clinton A big factor in whether, or by how much, Hillary Clinton wins the presidential election Tuesday is black voter turnout....
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Aug 23, 20164 min read
Privatization Prologues
Pat Beall Last week, two events that will alter the social landscape in America made newspaper (there are some left) headlines. One was...
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Jun 7, 20153 min read
Done deal: Florida Republicans reject $78 billion for Medicaid
Fellow Floridians, have you read the newspapers today? Tax cuts that you would have received aren’t going to happen. Florida Gov. Rick...
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May 31, 20153 min read
Florida Leaders Play Politics, Sacrifice People
It looks like the bad guys in the Florida Legislature and the governor are going to win the battle over whether to grant health care to...
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May 25, 20153 min read
Scott’s politicking fleeces Floridians
Florida Gov. Rick Scott and House Speaker Steve Crisafulli are hell-bent on plunging the state into a fiscal and environmental morass....
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Feb 8, 20153 min read
Rabid GOP Attacks ACA Again
The fanatical anti-Obama faction of the GOP – which is almost the entire Republican Party – is at it again. They voted once more, in the...
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