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David Brooks, His "Higher Pleasures" and the Kids in Jail

Carl Bloice Black Commentator
I always find it amazing that whether it be in the bedroom or the den, “conservatives” like Brooks so often want to use the law to enforce their own perception of what is morally correct, what are “satisfying pleasures” and what they deem “lesser pleasures.”

Labor Unions vs. Political Unions: Critiquing the 'Unbundled Union'

Douglas Williams Facing South
Sachs' solution to this problem, and the larger issue of representational inequality, is to decouple the political and economic functions of a labor union, and change labor law to allow employees at a particular workplace to form "political unions."

Labor Unions vs. Political Unions: Critiquing the 'Unbundled Union'

Douglas Williams Facing South
Sachs' solution to this problem, and the larger issue of representational inequality, is to decouple the political and economic functions of a labor union, and change labor law to allow employees at a particular workplace to form "political unions."

About that consensus on global warming: 9136 to 1

Ashutosh Jogalekar Scientific American
Those who think scientists keep silent on global warming presumably because they fear the barbs of the world demonstrate a peculiar kind of paranoia, especially since what they fear largely does not exist.

Big Data + Big Pharma = Big Money

Charles Ornstein ProPublica
Drug company sales representatives, using data from companies that sweep up information from pharmacies, can know before entering a doctor’s office if he or she favors their products or those of a competitor.