Economist Dean Baker takes on the idea of “small government conservatives” with his free book The Conservative Nanny State. I just finished this and it’s great. Does a great job of explaining that conservatives love big government if it’s redistributing wealth to the rich.
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The Uniqueness of Humans: Find 40 minutes to watch this. It's great.
Interesting new theory on the speedup of the expansion of the universe.
What's driving up healthcare costs? Big Surprise here: greedy doctors.
Forum post by republican toughguy who tried out waterboarding. Turns out it's torture!
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