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The Week: Opinion- Ryan Cooper: ‘The Case For Paying Congress A Lot More’: Because Government Doesn’t Waste Enough Money?

Source:The New Democrat  “A common populist attitude in American politics is the idea that public service should not pay well. By this view, being a politician shouldn’t be about grubby paycheck comparisons, but instead high-minded public virtue. State legislators in … Continue reading

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The Week: Opinion- Ryan Cooper- ‘Democrats Should Embrace The Freedom Not To Choose’

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat I’m not trying to sound insulting here (but don’t mind if I do) but what Ryan Cooper wrote in The Week this week (ha, ha get it) could’ve been written … Continue reading

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The Week: Ryan Cooper- ‘The Beginning of The End of The War on Drugs’

Source:The Week– illegal narcotic in America. “One of the many depressing aspects of the 2004 election was the crushing defeat of pro-gay marriage forces. Republican operatives, cynically stoking turnout with outright lies, put gay marriage bans on the ballot in … Continue reading

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The Week: Opinion- Ryan Cooper: Why Self-Respecting Atheists Should Ditch The New Atheists

  Source: The Week: Opinion- Ryan Cooper: Why Self-Respecting Atheists Should Ditch The New Atheists There two groups of people in people in lets say American political culture that probably annoy me the most. Even though I would die to defend … Continue reading

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The Week: Opinion: Ryan Cooper: Conservatives Vastly Exaggerate the Unity of the Left

Makes Sense to Me The Week: Opinion: Ryan Cooper: Conservatives Vastly Exaggerate the Unity of the Left I agree that there isn’t a liberal version of the Tea Party as much as I wish there was as a Liberal myself. … Continue reading

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