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Friday, November 29, 2013

11-29-13 teacherken at Daily Kos

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In light of the SCOTUS consideration of employer religious beliefs
I think it appropriate for me to repost words offered here in February 2012, when this issue first bubbled to the surface, in part because of advocating for such an employer religious exemption on the part of Mitch McConnell.  It was titled Consider a few religious beliefs that could result in denial of health care coverage if the likes of Mitch McConnell got his way If you got sick from pork -  M

Krugman explains an ACA success
in Obamacare’s Secret Success he tells us that despite the problems and complaints it is working in one key regard, holding down the growth of medical spending, or as it has been described, bending the curve of the expansion of spending. In one sense this should not have been a surprise, despite the conventional wisdom in Washington, in which the thinking is skewed:   The prevalent attitude in Was

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Eugene Robinson responds to Pope Francis
in a powerful op-ed for Friday's Washington Post titled A pope’s pointed message I am going to urge you to read it and pass it on.  There are some key quotations from the Apostolic Exhortation released on Tuesday. Robinson reminds us  that in the statements about economic inequity Francis is not covering new ground -  as Robinson notes, The basic positions Francis takes on economic and social just
11-28-13 teacherken at Daily Kos
teacherken at Daily Kos: Linda Greenhouse has a fascinating piece re ACAfor those who do not know, Greenhouse was the long-time Supreme Court reporter for the New York Times who won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for her beat reporting.  Since taking an early buyout she has been a senior fellow and journalist in residence at Yale Law, from which she got her legal training after graduating from Radcliffe