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Income Disparity

Is it my hang-up, or society’s, that we are so tolerant of poverty?

January 16, 2018 Arthur Lieber Capitalism, Charity & Justice, Democracy, Republican Brain, Social Sec/Medicare One comment

As is self-evident, Republicans are gung-ho on cutting taxes because there is very little that government does that they truly value. The bigger the

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Black power can only do so much to solve our racial problems

June 16, 2015 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Activism, Congress, Courts, Economy, Ferguson, Good government, Human Rights, Justice, Police Leave a comment

One of the interesting differences between the discord following the deaths of unarmed black men in Ferguson, MO and Baltimore is to what extent

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