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Go Jets

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On April 26, 2013
If there's one thing the Jets needed, it was another high-profile, questionable-talent quarterback like Geno Smith to go along with Mark Sanchez and Tim Tebow. Since both of the latter are miraculously still on the team, that's going to be a great locker room.

Choices

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On April 26, 2013

Turns out that Bangladeshi workers do make choices for themselves outside of theoretical "choices" about working dangerous jobs. In fact, they choose to engage in massive protests after over 250.

Mining and Water in Chile

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On April 25, 2013
Mining companies have played an outsized role in Chile for a long time. Bitterness at foreign mining corporations helped bring Salvador Allende to power in 1970. Defending mining interests helped spur CIA support for Augusto Pinochet's coup in 1973. Little has changed. Today, mining corporations...

AP

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On April 25, 2013
I have one thought about this study questioning the value of Advanced Placement testing. I graded AP U.S. History exams for 3 years. The pass rate was about 55% (assuming a 3 is a pass). I would argue the number of students who wrote a...

Equality

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On April 24, 2013
The Rhode Island Senate has passed a marriage equality bill by a 26-12 vote. Governor Lincoln Chaffee has already come out in support of it. After a long battle played out within the bizarre entity known as the Democratic Party (all 12 no votes were...
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