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Denali: the kind of symbolic gesture we’ve needed so that maybe now we can stop being dicks
When I read the news that the White House would change the name of North America’s highest peak, I was elated. And thankful. Mt. McKinley will now be Denali. Outstanding! The article was posted under the headline on Yahoo!’s frontpage: Obama renames North America’s highest peak The president’s action is a symbolic gesture to Alaska Natives on the…
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For Newt Gingrich It’s the Labor in Child Labor
The headline should read: Presidential Candidate Eager for Gilded Age‘s Return Instead it reads: Newt Gingrich: Child Labor Laws Are ‘Stupid’ Gingrich’s position is, of course, more nuanced than it sounds. And you have to give him credit for this characteristic bit of brainstorming on his part. But, as is always the case with this…