Let Them Eat States’ Rights

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I have more on the abominable GOP alternative to the Affordable Care Act: The Medicaid expansion of the ACA is perhaps the most important achievement of the ACA, greatly expanding health coverage to the working poor. The Republican plan would undo most of this progress, eliminating...

A Good Question Without A Good Answer

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The salutary executive order on the minimum wage does indeed make this failure more glaring: White House press secretary Jay Carney’s abrupt response Monday to a question about protections for LGBT workers reflects the unusual position the White House finds itself in — and the unanswered...

Curiosity

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I do confess some curiosity over what would happen if the entire government went down due to some alien disease or poisoned ketchup mishap during the State of the Union.

Sexism is Dead

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Worth remembering 10 years later how the wardrobe incident at the Super Bowl halftime show effectively ended Janet Jackson's career with zero repercussions for Justin Timberlake.

Syllabus

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This spring, I am teaching a graduate seminar on the Environmental History of the Americas. Since I know how much extra time everyone has, I thought I'd post the readings so that people can read along if they wish. I hope it is enough reading for...

A Good Start

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Obama will announce a minimum wage of $10.10 for all federal contractors. Obviously, it would be better if he would use the bully pulpit to force the Republican House to.

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