SCOTUS Raisin Ruling
The Producerist Bias

The New Deal policies that stacked the deck for producers are increasingly outmoded. It’s time to re-think more than just the raisin reserve.

ACA Fail Fractal
The Grey Lady’s Brave Attempt to Defend Obamacare

Subsidies have given some people better access to the U.S. health care, but the long-term unsustainability of our health care system threatens even that.

ACA Fail Fractal
ACA Health Insurance Rates Set to Skyrocket

The Affordable Care Act at work: insurers applying for premium hikes as high as 51 percent. Regulators could deny the increase, but if they don’t, expect the debate over the ACA to come roaring back.

Blue Model Blues
Hillary Backs Obama’s Community College Scheme

Hillary Clinton has come out in support of President Obama’s community college proposal. The idea hasn’t gotten any better since the President announced it.

ACA Fail Fractal
Romneycare Fail is Bad News for ACA

A new study finds that Romneycare isn’t reducing unnecessary hospitalizations in Massachusetts—and the Obamacare apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

Church and State
The Money Factor in the Catholic Communion Battle

For the German Catholic church, there’s more at stake in the debate over communion for the remarried than theology. There’s also money.

Religious Freedom Rifts
Indiana and Arkansas Backpedal on RFRA

Indiana and Arkansas governors are poised to backtrack on religious freedom legislation in their states. Things might only get uglier from here.

Religious Freedom Rifts
The RFRA Boogeyman

The misguided furor over Indiana’s religious liberty bill has created more heat than light. The law’s effects would be very modest and far from “anti-gay.”

Arguing Abortion
Anti-Smoking Pro-Choicers Have a Problem

Concerns about how smoking or drinking affects children raise major problems for the pro-choice movement. As technology improves, expect to see more contradictions on display.

Hegemonic Hospitals
Hospitals Win Big from Medicaid Expansion

The Medicaid expansion has helped hospitals save $5 billion dollars. Hospitals are winning under the ACA even while they continue to charge exorbitant rates.

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