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Why Reward GM? Here's Why ...

By Ernest Dumas

Arkansas Times | November 20, 2008

Lee Iacocca isn't running GM, Ford or Chrysler, and the most inept administration in history has made conditions far more daunting, but the stakes are far greater. We should take a deep breath and help the bums.

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Tags: Bush administration, business & labor, economic issues, bailouts, automotive industry, union jobs

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Are Liberals Smarter? Ask Some Recent Studiesnew

A widely debated study published in the current issue of the scientific journal Social Psychology Quarterly tries to explain why most of us attach ourselves to broad political concepts like liberalism and conservatism and embrace different social and religious values.

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Tags: IQ, conservatives, liberals

Why Jerusalem Mattersnew

It is not a stretch to say that much, perhaps most, of the vague distemper that arose and exploded around health care this summer can be traced pretty directly to the failure to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Arkansas Times | Ernest Dumas | 09-24-2009 | Commentary

Tags: Health Care Reform, Middle East, Israel, Palestine, war & peace, economic issues

It Looks Like Big Pharma and the Health Insurers Will Win on Health Care ... Againnew

For the past 35 years, whenever Congress has ventured into health-care reform in response to public demand the big winners have almost always been the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries, and it will almost certainly be that way again. The massive spending against health reform legislation in every media market the past month, on top of the relentless tide of lobbying and campaign expenditures over the decade, guaranteed it.

Arkansas Times | Ernest Dumas | 08-20-2009 | Commentary

Tags: Health Care Reform, Congress, health care, health insurance, lobbyists

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