America is indeed an idea. Or at least it was. Once upon a time…
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Let's begin with what exactly the "historic" memorandum is — and is not.
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Don't become overdue, or else a jackbooted IRS thug — or a reasonable facsimile — will persecute you.
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Proudhon Sightings™ are any utterances, typically but not exclusively by politicians, that celebrate (or lament) the ability of government to indirectly control people's lives.
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While hardly irrelevant, the question of "paying off the debt" is not the truly urgent issue.
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A secondary gay rights group in New England is triggering the tripwire and challenging DOMA in federal court.
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Looking back at the Bush Social Security reform plan — and forward to the (oddly similar) Obama version.
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The Vice President visits a window factory.
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"I can't take advantage of it now which I think is totally unfair…"
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One result of the recession is a desperate scramble for new ways to raise taxes without raising taxes on everyone.
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