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While most of the punditocracy was chattering earlier this month about Mitt Romney’s “gifts” gaffe, another Republican... READ MORE

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The controversy surrounding President Barack Obama’s admonishment that “if you’ve got a business -- you didn’t build... READ MORE

For a century, incomes became increasingly equal across the U.S., as poor states such as Alabama caught up to rich... READ MORE

If you have been reading newspapers or websites, listening to the radio or watching TV over the past few weeks, you have... READ MORE