Friday, August 1, 2014

In Spite of Medicare's Latest Trustees Report, Medicare Is Still In Trouble

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As a policy wonk, I find that certain things simply want to make me nerd out because that's how much I'm attuned to public policy. O...
Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Pirke Avot 6:3: Judaism and How to "Keep it Simple, Stupid!"

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K.I.S.S. "Keep it simple, stupid!"  For someone who is a public policy wonk such as myself, trust me when I say I have an apprecia...
Monday, July 28, 2014

The Idea of a Greek Economic Recovery Is a Greek Myth

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Ever since the Great Recession, the European Union has dealt with much pessimism and economic stagnation. One country that has received more...
Friday, July 25, 2014

Can Social Security Be Saved By Payroll Tax Reform? Maybe, Maybe Not.

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A few days ago, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released their annual long-term budget outlook report . In this report, there was some...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014

What Moral Equivocation Between Israel and Hamas? It Doesn't Exist!

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The latest conflict in Gaza between Hamas and Israel only reminds me how little has changed since Hamas' inception in 1987. Unfortunat...
Monday, July 21, 2014

Pirke Avot 5:26: I'd Rather Be a Mensch Than a Tzaddik

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For most religions, it would seem to make sense that the most righteous individual (in Judaism, that individual is called a tzaddik; צדיק) ...
Friday, July 18, 2014

Should We Be Targeting Wal-Mart?

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Wal-Mart is one of those topics that breed a special form of contempt in American politics. Wal-Mart is symbolic the kind of evil corporatis...