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Topics: NYPD murders Sony hack Cuba 2016 White House

December 29, 2014

WEX Magazine & Archives



  • New Year's resolutions for Congress

    New Year's resolutions for Congress

    By Jason Russell | 12/29/14 05:00 AM

    Here are four major issues Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Speaker Boehner should tackle in 2015.
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  • GOP 2016 poll dilemma: To include Mitt or not?

    By Byron York | 12/28/14 11:54 PM

    CNN breathlessly touted a new poll Sunday with the headline "Bush surges to 2016 GOP frontrunner." The network's Twitter feed was even more breathless: "BREAKING: Jeb zooms to top of GOP field."...
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  • Reviewing 2014's domestic policy debates

    Reviewing 2014's domestic policy debates

    By Jason Russell | 12/27/14 05:00 AM

    Poverty, economic inequality, government infrastructure and immigration were the topics of policy debates.
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  • Regressive cigarette tax hikes hardly improve health

    Regressive cigarette tax hikes hardly improve health

    By Jason Russell | 12/26/14 04:35 PM

    Public health claims that cigarette tax hikes are needed to discourage smoking are going up in flames.
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  • Claire McCaskill: Statistics? We don't need no stinkin' statistics!

    Claire McCaskill: Statistics? We don't need no stinkin' statistics!

    By Ashe Schow | 12/26/14 02:06 PM

    The senator indicated that she was not happy about those disputing statistics on campus sexual assault.
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  • Christmas gift fraud costs billions

    Christmas gift fraud costs billions

    By Jason Russell | 12/26/14 12:31 PM

    Many Christmas gifts being returned to stores today will be part of a multi-billion dollar fraud.
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  • The year of campus sexual assault that wasn't

    The year of campus sexual assault that wasn't

    By Ashe Schow | 12/26/14 05:00 AM

    2014 was supposed to be the year everyone joined to end campus sexual assault by any means necessary.
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  • 6 inspiring women in 2014

    6 inspiring women in 2014

    By Ashe Schow | 12/25/14 05:00 AM

    My own list of inspirational women from this year -- and I didn't limit it to women over 50.
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  • Florida, North Carolina up a peg; New York, Michigan down: 2014 Census estimates

    Florida, North Carolina up a peg; New York, Michigan down: 2014 Census estimates

    By Michael Barone | 12/24/14 05:01 PM

    The Census Bureau has sent out its Christmastime gift to its millions of fans.
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  • Problems with military sexual assault training -- but hope for the future

    Problems with military sexual assault training -- but hope for the future

    By Ashe Schow | 12/24/14 06:00 AM

    An Army staff sergeant speaks about how the military addresses the problem.
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  • States with the highest percentage of residents on food stamps

    States with the highest percentage of residents on food stamps

    By Jason Russell | 12/24/14 05:00 AM

    Nearly 23 million U.S. homes are enrolled in food stamps.
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  • Why the 'Big Ideas' of Democrats' Warren Wing are flawed

    Why the 'Big Ideas' of Democrats' Warren Wing are flawed

    By Jason Russell | 12/23/14 12:51 PM

    Liberals are turning out in droves to vote for their favorite policies on the "Big Ideas Project."
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  • Huffington Post suddenly doesn't care about sexual assault statistics

    Huffington Post suddenly doesn't care about sexual assault statistics

    By Ashe Schow | 12/23/14 12:09 PM

    The claim that one in five women will be raped during their time in college became indefensible.
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  • Study: Piketty mischaracterizes inequality, economic laws

    Study: Piketty mischaracterizes inequality, economic laws

    By Jason Russell | 12/22/14 05:25 PM

    "[Piketty's] quests for general laws ignore both institutions and politics."
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  • Free-market populism opportunity: Resist over-regulation of child care

    Free-market populism opportunity: Resist over-regulation of child care

    By Timothy P. Carney | 12/22/14 03:23 PM

    Excessive regulation curbs employment options -- and daycare options -- for lower-income folks.
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  • Corporate tax hikes kill jobs

    Corporate tax hikes kill jobs

    By Jason Russell | 12/22/14 01:13 PM

    However, corporate tax cuts do not spur income or employment gains unless the cuts occur during a recession.
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  • U.Va. board chair blasts Rolling Stone for damage to university's reputation

    U.Va. board chair blasts Rolling Stone for damage to university's reputation

    By Ashe Schow | 12/22/14 10:39 AM

    Rector George K. Martin called Rolling Stone's treatment of the university "drive-by journalism."
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  • Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand removes debunked sexual assault statistic from website

    Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand removes debunked sexual assault statistic from website

    By Ashe Schow | 12/22/14 09:56 AM

    Gillibrand spokesman Glen Caplin wouldn't tell Politico why the statistic had been removed.
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  • In Cuba deal, why did Obama back down on political prisoners?

    In Cuba deal, why did Obama back down on political prisoners?

    By Byron York | 12/21/14 08:21 AM

    Obama has long believed U.S. Cuba policy should change; he said so when he first ran for president in 2008.
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  • Obama takes questions only from female reporters

    Obama takes questions only from female reporters

    By Ashe Schow | 12/19/14 04:35 PM

    During Obama's press conference Friday, he took eight questions -- all from women.
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