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Dr. Oz and the Stealth Destruction of Medicare

Robert Kuttner The American Prospect
The TV doctor’s scams and fake cures are the least of what makes him so dangerous as Trump’s appointee to head Medicare and Medicaid.

‘The Piano Lesson’ Review: Ghosts in the Instrument

Alissa Wilkinson The New York Times
In 1990, “The Piano Lesson” won the eminent playwright August Wilson his second of two Pulitzers for drama. It’s part of his Pittsburgh Cycle (sometimes called his Century Cycle), a set of 10 decade-spanning plays about Black American life.

This Week in People’s History, Nov 27-Dec 3

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A painted caricature of Japan's 1959 Prime Minister, Kishi Nobusuke
What Can You Expect from a War Criminal? (1959), The Battle of Seattle’s Unexpected Outcome (1999), We’re Not Raw Material, We’re Human Beings! (1964), A Brave Doctor Helps Lead the Way (1969)

Tulsi Gabbard, Bashar al-Assad and Me

Michael Isikoff SpyTalk
Trump’s DNI pick and I were both in Damascus in the winter of 2017 to meet with the dictator of Syria. We came away with very different takes

Democratic Socialist Post-Election Musings

Tom Gallagher Medium.com
Much of the post-election Democratic Party fretting has appropriately centered on the degree to which it has lost the presumption of being the party of the working class. One solution: "Maybe Democrats have to embrace a Sanders-style disruption."

This Cheese Is Your Cheese

Hannah Walhout Ambrook Research
There’s a literal wide world of cheeses out there. As U.S. dairies struggle, should we be making more of them? Sometimes, this can make all the difference in keeping a farm in business.