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		<title>Some election thoughts</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/11/04/some-election-thoughts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The revolution will be televised After a midterm election which featured the largest pick-up of seats by any one party since 1948, most mainstream pundits have focused on the purely political slicing and dicing: is the Tea Party ascendant?  What does it mean for 2012?  How crazy is Rand Paul? But elections are also moments [...]


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		<title>Has Stewart gone soft?</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/10/28/has-stewart-gone-soft/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Comedian interviews president&#8211;credentials revoked? After Jon Stewart&#8217;s interview of Barack Obama on last night&#8217;s Daily Show (the comedian&#8217;s first of a sitting president), New York Times blogger Alessandra Stanley asks, &#8220;whether a political satirist loses credibility when hobnobbing with a sitting president.&#8221; One of Stewart&#8217;s hallmarks is ability, even zeal, to skewer journalists who not [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/06/22/i-politician/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: I, politician'>I, politician</a></li>
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		<title>No cheers for austerity?</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/10/21/no-cheers-for-austerity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/10/21/no-cheers-for-austerity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy/Finance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to revolution Europe Ask any youngster&#8211;eating vegetables is no fun.  Or ask Europeans for that matter.  Major European economies have begun to make tough choices to rein in public benefits and curtail government programs in order to reduce their debt burden.  Much of the attention has been on Greece, partly because their austerity measures [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2009/05/26/linker-redux/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Linker redux'>Linker redux</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2009/07/14/assassination/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Assassination!'>Assassination!</a></li>
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		<title>Fat stamps?</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/10/07/fat-stamps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Free choice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can we tell food stamp recipients what to eat? Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City &#8211; noted for his interest in public health &#8211; has issued a request to the U.S. Department of Agriculture to allow the city to bar the use of food stamps to purchase sugared drinks as a way to combat [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/06/08/who-should-make-you-eat-your-brussels-sprouts/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Who should make you eat your brussels sprouts?'>Who should make you eat your brussels sprouts?</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/03/17/obesity-and-personal-responsibility/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Obesity and personal responsibility'>Obesity and personal responsibility</a></li>
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		<title>A pledge to (repeal) America</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/09/23/a-pledge-to-repeal-america/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/09/23/a-pledge-to-repeal-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Framers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is the Republican plan really a plan at all? The House Republican Caucus will unveil its &#8220;A Pledge to America&#8221; this morning, a governing plan that echoes the &#8220;Contract with America&#8221; Newt Gingrich (and current minority leader John Boehner) used in 1994 to help sweep Republicans into the House majority.  The final version of the [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2009/05/01/the-new-republican-brand/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The new Republican brand'>The new Republican brand</a></li>
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		<title>I know not for whom I vote</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/09/13/i-know-not-for-whom-i-vote/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/09/13/i-know-not-for-whom-i-vote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 12:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disavowing Democrats According to the New York Times, many vulnerable Democratic candidates have been conspicuously quiet about, well, their own party: Two years after arriving in Washington on a message of hope and change, Democratic candidates are not extolling their party’s accomplishments, but rather distancing themselves from their party’s agenda. The midterm elections may revolve [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/07/22/grahams-vote-for-kagan/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Graham&#8217;s vote for Kagan'>Graham&#8217;s vote for Kagan</a></li>
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		<title>Flexible fairness</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/08/30/flexible-fairness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/08/30/flexible-fairness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When good policies expire This is a perfect example of what you could call &#8220;freezing difference.&#8221;  MSNBC explains: Following an uproar over a policy it said was designed 30 years ago to achieve racial equality, a school district board in a Mississippi town on Friday scrapped a system of student elections where race determined whether [...]


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		<title>Obama: read this blog</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/08/23/obama-read-this-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Political consultants ask Obama to do more philosophizing A lengthy piece in today&#8217;s Politico quotes a wide range of political consultants, former high-level White House advisers, and pollsters who all reiterate the same shortcoming about President Obama: By declining to speak clearly and often about his larger philosophy — and insisting that his actions are [...]


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		<title>Americans are stupid</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/08/20/americans-are-stupid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:48:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may not know this, but, earlier this year, President Obama signed into law the most sweeping overhaul of health care since the 1965 creation of Medicare.  It&#8217;s the largest piece of social legislation in at least half a century. I know, I know, I shouldn&#8217;t be treating you as if you have your head [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/02/01/wipes-away-wrinkles/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Wipes away wrinkles . . .'>Wipes away wrinkles . . .</a></li>
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		<title>A fun tool</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/08/18/a-fun-tool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of social psychologists have built a fun platform to support their research.  Visit YourMorals.org to test your beliefs, values, aversions, and other things that play into your morals, choices, and preferences. Do you care more or less about fairness than the average person?  Are you punitive?  Do you fear death? There are a [...]


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