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Via Daily Kos: A Google Doc of income inequality by Congressional District and a link to the Census Bureau's most recent American Community Survey. And, from the Columbia Journalism Review, a good takedown of a fraudulent American … [Read more...]

Much of the commentary about budget expenditures for Fiscal Year 2012 are in a vacuum: both tax cut and program protection advocates seem to presume revenue streams not supported by the facts. In the interest of an honest conversation about … [Read more...]

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From Gallup's ongoing State of the States survey: … [Read more...]

Megan McArdle, a conservative blogger at The Atlantic Monthly notes an analysis: Kevin Kinsella, the founder of VC firm Avalon Ventures, says that big pharmaceutical firms are essentially eating their seed corn--letting greed drive them … [Read more...]

One of the highlights of my misspent life is reading the Columbia Journalism Review.  Submitted for your consideration are two articles that remind the reader that good journalism exists (not in Boston, alas, least not at the Globe). … [Read more...]

This is what makes America great:      Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill Protest from Matt Wisniewski on Vimeo. Thanks to Matt Wisniewski, via DemConWatch Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill Protest from Matt Wisniewski on Vimeo. … [Read more...]

One of the reasons that Paul Krugman is a hero of mine is that he has the guts to look unpleasant facts in the face: ...The Europeans have shown us that peace and unity can be brought to a region with a history of violence, and in the … [Read more...]