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Daily Archives: February 4th, 2016

Yet another post on social security

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Dean Baker once again takes on the folks who are calling for means testing Social Security: Eduardo Porter had a piece this morning about how a group of academics on the left and right came together around a common agenda. It is worth briefly commenting on two of the items on which the “left” made […]

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McKesson running for Baltimore mayor

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Bowdoin alum DeRay McKesson (of whom we left thinking Bowdoinites are very proud) is running for mayor of Baltimore. It’s a job I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy, but he apparently wants it. You can donate here.

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Grifter’s goodbye

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Back in August I drafted a post that I guess I never put up, since I can’t find it on the net. The thrust of it was that the Republican candidates, other than Trump, came in three basic flavors. Here’s how I described one of those flavors: The second group are the grifters. These are […]

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