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Medicaid: A two-act morality play for Missouri voters

May 19, 2015 Barbara Finch Corruption, Health care, Missouri region, Politics, Republicans One comment

Millions of words have been written about Medicaid, and the failure to expand it, in Missouri. The words have fallen on deaf ears. Maybe

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No excuses: Expand Medicaid

May 14, 2015 Mary Clemons ACA/Obamacare, Missouri region, Republicans, Social Sec/Medicare, States Leave a comment

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch correctly identifies problems with the Missouri Medicaid program (“Medicaid missteps,” May 10). But citing the system as “broken” as a

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He didn’t buy Obamacare. Now he’s sick, and mad at…Obamacare.

May 13, 2015 Steve Sorkin ACA/Obamacare, Republicans Leave a comment

Luis Lang, of Fort Mill, South Carolina, was making quite a comfortable living, and chose not to buy health insurance, because he had always

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The end of classical conservatism (and why that’s bad for progressives)

April 27, 2015 Adam Levin Republicans One comment

Recently, I heard an interview with David Brooks on NPR, in which he promoted his new book The Road to Character. I haven’t read

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Rand Paul: Just another Republican tightwad

April 16, 2015 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Economy, Politics, Republicans Leave a comment

There are some outside the Republican camp who want to believe that Rand Paul may be a little bit of fresh air from a

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As MO Governor, what would Eric Greitens value?

March 18, 2015 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Good government, Missouri region, Republicans 7 comments

Eric Greitens may run for Governor of Missouri on the Republican ticket: But which kind of Republican would he be? Greitens is one of

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Republicans’ letter to Iran: Indefensible

March 10, 2015 Steve Sorkin Foreign Policy, Republicans Leave a comment

Are there no Republican leaders with a sense of decency anymore? Any of them who respect the office of the President, even if they

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MO State Auditor’s suicide: the anti-Semitism connection

February 27, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Crime/Violence, Missouri region, Republicans, States, Uncategorized Leave a comment

In the aftermath of the tragic suicide of Missouri State Auditor Tom Schweich, we all are wondering what could have caused him to do

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Republicans haven’t beheaded anyone yet…but

February 25, 2015 Susan Cunningham Missouri region, Republicans, Uncategorized Leave a comment

I recently watched a segment on Rachel Maddow’s show about how the US State Department is seriously trying to combat the propaganda ISIS puts

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Giuliani: When you say something dumb, be sure to have Republican friends

February 22, 2015 Arthur Lieber Politics, Republicans Leave a comment

I don’t know why Rudy Giuliani said what he did about President Obama, but it was just plain dumb. Speaking at a fund-raiser for

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