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Guest AuthorSeptember 12, 2013

Policy textbooks say that when considering alternatives, all equal, invest in the one that will have the greatest reach. But the political process has an appetite for eating good ideas, leaving just piecemeal chunks on the bone. No shock there, particularly for contentious issues. But what’s more confounding is when policies of uncontested merit fall […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 1, 2013

Say you notice that in City X there was a dramatic drop in speeding tickets issued year-over-year. You could assume that drivers just stopped speeding (yeah right), or that cops decided to turn a blind eye (unlikely). Or you could look back at the conditions and notice that prior to the ticketing decline, roads weren’t […]

Guest AuthorAugust 29, 2013

As a concept, Americans aren’t wholly displeased with the goals or intent of Obamacare. But it seems that the more you know about the law, the less pleased you are. This relationship between familiarity with the Affordable Care Act and approval of the law was published last week following a late-August Gallup poll, and the […]

Tag: Karen Cyphers

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Karen Cyphers: Will young people embrace Obamacare?