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Aetna the Blackmailer
ON WHY WE NEED A SINGLE PAYER SYSTEM In case you were looking for yet another reason to create a single payer health system I give you Aetna. According to Forbes Magazine, Aetna is the third largest health insurance provider in the nation, with a net worth of over $50 billion in 2015. As such, Read more
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My Last Word on Trump
I have resolved that, after this post, I will not spend one more minute on this walking scam. That is unless, by some profound misfortune, he actually becomes president. Then all bet’s are off. Fortunately, that’s not likely. Read more
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Political Obstructionism and the Rise of Executive Power
HOW THE CAUCUS ROOM CONSPIRACY CREATED A CRISIS IN DEMOCRACY On January 20, 2009, Republican Party leaders, having been soundly humiliated in the 2008 election, met at the Caucus Room in Washington DC. They sat around, no doubt slicing into $50 steaks, and brainstormed how they might rebuild the dusty pile of rubble that was all Read more
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The Myth of Media Neutrality
WHEN THE POLITICS IS SO DISTORTED I have a problem. You see, since I started this blog eight years ago, during an historic election year no less, it has always been the policy that the Mad Sociologist Blog was not a platform for endorsing candidates. For eight years I’ve been faithful to this policy. Yes, Read more
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The Left’s “Hillary Conundrum”
VOTE WITH YOUR HEAD OR VOTE WITH YOUR HEART Robert Reich and Chris Hedges, two men I have a great deal of respect for, give voice to debate that all left liberals are struggling with. Do we vote, yet again, for disappointing nominee, relegating left wing positions to secondary status in the Democratic Party, or Read more
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