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		<title>It&#8217;s like Congress is being tested</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2010/05/its-like-congress-is-being-tested/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 16:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick observation prompted by events in recent weeks. These events are unrelated, yet they form a pattern. Together, they put Washington on the hot seat and shine a spotlight on its (questionable) ability to act in the public interest.
Specifically, if&#8230;
&#8230;despite an offshore oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico so devastating that it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Economic inequality increases social problems: who&#8217;da thunkit?</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2010/02/economic-inequality-increases-social-problems-whoda-thunkit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And now, a brief interlude from all the Sherlockiana for a bit of politics and economics. After hearing a radio interview today about a fascinating new book, I&#8217;ve done a bit of digging and realized I may have come a bit late to the game, for—at least in England—this book has been gathering serious attention [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I find ten years have got behind me</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And no one told me when to run&#8230; that&#8217;s for damn sure.
New Year&#8217;s came and went without me writing a blog post. I was preoccupied with other things at the time, as detailed to some extent in my last couple of entries bookending my computer headaches. But I did make some observations that I think [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health care and disinformation</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/12/health-care-and-disinformation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday&#8217;s inbox contained a political e-mail message forwarded by my girlfriend&#8217;s parents. They&#8217;re not especially political people; their sensibilities (to the extent they&#8217;ll even discuss them) tend toward a somewhat mushy moderate conservatism, the kind of folks who instinctively vote Republican, even though the party&#8217;s center of gravity has moved far away from them. Indeed, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s speech and the &#8220;reset button&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/09/obamas-speech-and-the-reset-button/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, where did I leave off?
&#8230;That&#8217;s right, there was a speech Wednesday night. A pretty significant one, in fact, for reasons I described at some length.
What of it, then?
I can&#8217;t deny that it was a very, very good speech. Rhetorically powerful. And yet, what it says about the direction of health care policy, and thus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The best-ever response to anti-government zealots</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/08/the-best-ever-response-to-anti-government-zealots/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/08/the-best-ever-response-to-anti-government-zealots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have no idea who the original author of this piece is. It&#8217;s flying all over the internet, though, so presumably I&#8217;m not the only one who thinks it&#8217;s a thing of beauty that deserves to be shared. Next time you run across some halfwit opposing health insurance reform (or anything else) because he insists [...]]]></description>
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