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Millions of Tea Party loyalists flee the United States, seeking “the American dream of liberty from health care.”

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'This is an issue of human survival.'

The market-based approach raises questions about who “owns” the forests in the first place.

Listen. That sound you hear is the shredding of the social contract.

Progressives cannot retreat into enclaves as long as millions of Americans are abused in zones under pro-corporate Republican rule.

Flawed though it may turn out to be, Obamacare, as the Affordable Care Act is popularly known, could fundamentally change the relationship between working Americans and their government. This could pose an existential threat to the small-government credo that has defined the G.O.P. for four decades.

"MAP testing for five year olds does not test math and reading competency. At best it tests patience and computer literacy, which is more likely an indication of computer access at home. At worst it creates a culture of stress and frustration around standardized testing that may scar some of these children for the rest of their school careers.”