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Author: Erik Loomis

Why this story isn't getting more attention, I don't know. But Republicans are openly seeking to rig the 2016 elections. RNC Chair Reince Priebus is encouraging Republicans who control the government in Democratic-leaning states--PA, OH, WI, MI especially--to overhaul their electoral systems and end winner-take-all...

Centralia

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On January 16, 2013

If you live a city named Centralia, I recommend moving with all due speed before something terrible happens. Exhibit A: Centralia, Washington, home of the Centralia Massacre of 1919. Exhibit.

Oshima

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On January 16, 2013
Nagisa Oshima, legendary Japanese director, RIP. Sorry that comments were closed for this post earlier, I actually just had to delete that post and start again. Or maybe I am can't handle people talking about "In the Realm of the Senses."

Job Growth

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On January 16, 2013

Who says that right-to-work laws doesn't create new jobs? Look at Michigan for instance: Gov. Rick Snyder's administration is hiring an attorney to enforce the new right-to-work law who will.

Gun Control

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On January 16, 2013

President Obama is proposing quite an expansive set of gun control legislation. It's very impressive and it'll be interesting to see whether it can past. In a sense, this will.

Finger

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On January 15, 2013
The first known photograph of someone flipping off a camera in history. None other than legendary baseball pitcher and general rounder, Old Hoss Radbourn, Opening Day, 1886. @oldhossradbourn could not be reached for comment at this time.

Paraguay

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On January 15, 2013

Colin with a good run-down of recent news about the quasi-coup that forced Fernando Lugo from power in Paraguay last year. It sounds like a combination of gratuitous police violence.

Humility

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On January 15, 2013

If you haven't seen David Brooks' syllabus for the class he's teaching at Yale this semester, entitled "The Humility Course," well, you are in for a treat. Here's a few.

Standing Up To Rheeism

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On January 15, 2013
Much credit to Seattle teachers at Garfield and Ballard High Schools for refusing to give a flawed standardized test to their students. Laura Clawson: The MAP appears to be a perfect storm of the problems with standardized testing: put in place through a corrupt, profit-driven...
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