Obamacare Tax Credits, Explained
Posted on April 3, 2014 in Political Cartoons
Unfortunately, the people who would benefit most from seeing this cartoon simply won’t.
Want To Rule The World? Talk To Millennials Like They’re Human
Posted on April 3, 2014 in Articles
The Article: The First Person To Talk To Millennials Like Human Beings Will Rule The World by in Esquire.
The Text: The results are in: Millennials are going to change the false two-party dichotomy that is currently destroying America.
But it’s not because they’ve seen the waste and corruption that a two-party system brought with it, ruining an economy that Millennials now have to inherit. According to The USA Today and the Third Way think tank, it’s because they love Netflix.
“Millennials have come of age in a period of expansive customization of goods and services,” the report concludes. “Their experiences have led them to an á la carte worldview, including in politics.”
This is not what’s happening.
Why You Should Stop Sending Your Shirts And Shoes To Africa
Posted on April 2, 2014 in Videos
Nigerian-American journalist Dayo Olopade discusses her new book, The Bright Continent: Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa, and why your material aid is the last thing African states need.
14 Photos Of The Sensational (And Stylish) Putin-Bush Bromance
Posted on April 2, 2014 in Images
In case you missed it, present relations between Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin–and more broadly, between the United States and Russia–are flimsier than balsa wood. This unpleasant reality is made that much more painful when we look back into the annals of the internet, and remind ourselves of an idyllic era when the heads of both countries not only got along well, but even dressed alike.
George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin’s friendship is the stuff of legend, beginning when Bush “gazed into [Vlad’s] eyes and saw his soul”. While we’re not sure when the movie will hit the Hallmark Channel, we do take comfort in knowing that current US-Russia relations are not set in stone. So Barack, why not order two mandarin collared suits and give peace a chance?
Obamacare Didn’t Fail. Let’s Move On Now.
Posted on April 2, 2014 in Articles
The Article: Obamacare fails to collapse. Time to move on, folks. by Paul Waldman in The Washington Post.
The Text: If you pick up any newspaper today, you’re likely to find a story about the fact that today is the (somewhat loose) deadline to sign up for insurance under the Affordable Care Act. The deadline will also be a major topic on cable news, and will probably lead all three network newscasts this evening. There will be some uncertainty and some arguments over what the numbers mean.
But we should mark this day, because barring some kind of unforeseen catastrophe, it’s the last time the ACA will be the lead story everywhere in the media.
Of course, there will be another open enrollment deadline every year, and new insurance policies taking effect every January 1. But today is the last of the law’s key dates, when everyone’s attention turns to it. We had the dreadful opening of healthcare.gov (and the state exchanges) on October 1st, then on January 1st the last round of key provisions took effect, and today open enrollment concludes. And that’s the end of major ACA news events.
