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Month: January 2007

Why Inequality Matters

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On January 30, 2007
Sam beat me to it, but I'd also like to recommend this piece by Brad Plumer: The statistics on inequality are well known and--setting aside Reynolds's dissent--present a clear picture. Between 1979 and 2004, the richest 1 percent of Americans saw their after-tax incomes triple,...

Empathy

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In animals , horses , Iraq , kentucky
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On January 29, 2007
Goldy:I suppose the crusty, cynical response would be to berate the American people for lavishing so much love and affection on a freakishly talented $30 million race horse, at the same time our nation is busy spending its blood and treasure on a brutal, dehumanizing...

Birthday

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On January 29, 2007

On Erik Loomis' 24th' birthday, Eric Rudolph bombed an abortion clinic in Alabama. Wikipedia erroneously reports that on Erik's 30th birthday, a dead sperm whale exploded in the center of.

I Don’t Like Mondays

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On January 29, 2007
On Oprah Winfrey’s 25th birthday, 29 July 1979, a 16-year-old girl named Brenda Ann Spencer shot eight children and three adults at Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego. She fired the shots from her house -- located just across the street from the school...
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