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Tag: Washington Post

Roy Moore

Conservatives and the Old Confederacy have Credibility Gap

November 14, 2017 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Civil liberties, Civil Rights, Constitution, Democracy, Human Rights, Politics, Religion in Politics, Republican Brain Leave a comment

It should not surprise us that Judge Roy Moore supporters and others on the extreme right have taken to lambasting the Washington Post. When

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Republicans have trouble understanding luck

May 13, 2013 Arthur Lieber Crime/Violence, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Privacy/surveillance, Republican Brain, Republicans, Terrorism Leave a comment

Republicans often like to see issues in black and white with no room for shades of gray. This means that they cannot accommodate luck

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Monthly numbers aren’t everything in economics

June 15, 2011 Arthur Lieber Economy, Employment, Government Leave a comment

Fully understanding economics is definitely above my pay grade, but I have plenty of company with that, including the best of our economists, the

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