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Jess Ainscough finally admits her condition is deteriorating

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Trump's Syria Withdrawal Does Nothing to Restore Constitutional Limits on Presidential War Powers

But we should not fool ourselves into thinking that he's making the situation any better ... For the reasons summarized by David French (who also recognizes the conflict is unconstitutional) here and ... read more

How to treat conservative delusion?

Perhaps the only difference is that this way of thinking is chosen, whereas full insanity appears to be more involuntary. Along with this pattern, is an aversion to comparing different abstract groupi... read more

What Actual Climate Progress Looks Like

The analogy strikes me as wishful thinking. In 2010, Leigh Ewbank laid out why: Unlike the civil rights movement, climate change has a complex causation. Its effects are indirect, systemic, difficult ... read more

Climate change isn't just a Leftist cause

While Klein rejects the notion that the free market can usher in a new paradigm of renewable energy, I believe that the role of any thinking Liberal should be to explore how best to use government pol... read more

Once Again, Get the Hell Out!

Into this dismal void steps a crucial and accessible text by David Wildman and Phyllis Bennis titled Ending the US War in Afghanistan: A Primer. As up-to-date as a printed text could possibly be, this ... read more

Reiki invades an operating room

I've always thought that writers may use the supernatural as an easy plot twist- that it is as if it's already written- and can just be inserted when they run out of ideas. Let's say a character moves ... read more

Is It Time to Start Dismissing 'Economics Deniers'?

On Monday, the paper's David Leonhardt praised Seattle's tax on sugary soft drinks, asserting that such taxes "work as intended ... people in those places are ... drinking less soda." Yet supporters o... read more

NYT/CNN: Hillary Clinton Actively Seeking Elizabeth Warren's Counsel on Economic Policy

Your conjecture, btw, is based on how her life went after she met Bill Clinton, which doesn't provide a very sound basis for thinking about what she would have done if she'd never met Bill Clinton. Sh... read more

Friends in high places

This sounds less like a reasonable empirical discovery or logical argument, and more like wishful thinking. It is the fantasy of a scared or covetous child. Put another way, the most obvious reason fo... read more