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Column: In need of a few ground rules
It is no secret that, three years since the official end of the recession, many of the world’s economies are still in terrible shape. Here in the United States, unemployment has been above 8 percent for three years.
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Column: Rodney King riots still resonate in Los Angeles
Almost 20 years ago, when most of us were in our early infancies, Los Angeles was burning. The acquittal of the four Los Angeles Police Department officers involved in the beating of Rodney King sparked one of the most incendiary events in L.A. history. Violence riddled the landscape.
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Column: Holy alliances
During an election, it can sometimes seem as if nothing is more important than the victory of one’s preferred candidate.
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Column: Facebook users should be wary of company’s data mining
Some people are surprised that Facebook and most other popular social media services are provided for absolutely no cost to any of its 800,000,000 users. Facebook is quite satisfied with the current arrangement.
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Column: Affordable change
In recent months, President Obama and administration officials have dashed across the nation trumpeting the two-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare — a title the administration has embraced as of late.
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Column: Some math about the Russian protests
While it is true that the 2011-2012 Russian street protests have been unprecedented in recent years in their scale — with a participation unseen since the 1990s — one may well want to take a closer look at the figures being trumpeted by Western and Russian pro-democracy observers and media ...
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Column: Does Facebook make us lonely?
I find myself living in a world of constant communication, but because this communication, especially on Facebook, is so instant and short, sometimes it feels more superficial and less meaningful.
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Column: The politics of student debt forgiveness
Last month, the Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012 (HR 4170) was introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives by Congressman Hansen Clarke, a Democrat from Michigan. The discussion of student loan forgiveness has reached a point where politicians are finally taking notice.
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Column: Death, taxes and the math behind class warfare
Mitt Romney pays a much lower tax rate than people who earn about as much as he does in one hour, without even having a job.