Analysis
The man behind D.C. football team’s outrageous name
April 11, 2013Many people, myself included, wonder how, in 2013, a multimillion-dollar professional football team can continue to be named after a racial slur.
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Literature in crisis
April 10, 2013The USSR was one of the most literate societies, and it was this focus on education that allowed the Soviets to delve into the works of Tolstoy and Pushkin.
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Keep hope alive, build a transformative movement
April 10, 2013The election of Obama in 2008 and his reelection in 2012 gave millions hope that this awful situation would change for the better. But that hope hasn't been fully realized.
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Why “Game of Thrones” reigns supreme
April 9, 2013"Game of Thrones" has obtained an exceptionally large fanbase and piqued the interest of critics who usually give fantasy the cold shoulder.
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Two tales of jackpots and taxes
April 8, 2013Our nation's tax experts no longer think about taxes as a tool for combating our "undue concentration of wealth." They see taxes as a matter of raising revenue.
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