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Podcast: This American Life #391: More is Less

Matthew Gipp — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:36:56 +0000

Why are healthcare costs going to bankrupt most American families by the year 2020? Listen and find out!

Well, shucks. It WAS Astroturf.

Matthew Gipp — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:38:05 +0000

In honor of the resurgence of the public option, here’s a recent piece by Tim Dickinson for Rolling Stone in which he proves that all that town-hall bullying in August was astroturf after all.

The United States of America—where even the revolutions are run by corporations.™

The Decline of Rugged Individualism

Matthew Gipp — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:25:34 +0000

In his column today the ever-excellent Roger Cohen argues that the argument surrounding Healthcare Dustup ’09 has nothing to do with economics—it’s about how healthcare reform would discredit the American narrative of rugged individualism.

An Allegory

Matthew Gipp — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:49:32 +0000

What if airlines were run by the same schmucks who run American healthcare?

Let’s find out!

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