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Richard has worked on long-range health policy and forecasting. His predictions are included in the recently-released Rough Guide To the Future in it's review of "the hopes, fears, and best prediction of fifty of the world's leading futurologists."
Richard is also a freelance writer and occasional radio host. He's a regular columnist for the science and culture blog 3 Quarks Daily and a Contributing Editor for Tricycle magazine.
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Thursday, October 3, 2019
Bernie's Student Debt Plan Creates a Million More Jobs Than Warren's-She Should Embrace It Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have both offered proposals to cancel student debt, a nearly $1.6 trillion burden on borrowers and a major drag on the economy. While both are aggressive attempts to address the student debt crisis, there is a major difference between the two plans: the Sanders plan is likely to create at least one million more jobs than Warren's, since it
Thursday, October 3, 2019Bernie's Student Debt Plan Creates a Million More Jobs Than Warren's-She Should Embrace It Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have both offered proposals to cancel student debt, a nearly $1.6 trillion burden on borrowers and a major drag on the economy. While both are aggressive attempts to address the student debt crisis, there is a major difference between the two plans: the Sanders plan is likely to create at least one million more jobs than Warren's, since it
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Thursday, June 1, 2017
The Republican Party's Sickness of the Soul There's a sickness on the land. You know the facts: millions of Americans lives in poverty. The number of Americans in the workforce remains low. Wages are stagnating and inequality is growing. "Deaths of despair" from alcoholism, opioid overdose, and suicide are on the rise. But it's not just the inequality, or the poverty, or the despair, that wounds us. It's the fact that so many Republican leaders and voters find ways
Thursday, June 1, 2017The Republican Party's Sickness of the Soul There's a sickness on the land. You know the facts: millions of Americans lives in poverty. The number of Americans in the workforce remains low. Wages are stagnating and inequality is growing. "Deaths of despair" from alcoholism, opioid overdose, and suicide are on the rise. But it's not just the inequality, or the poverty, or the despair, that wounds us. It's the fact that so many Republican leaders and voters find ways
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Friday, May 26, 2017
Of Budgets and Beatitudes: The Pope Meets the Donald The Pope was polite enough to refrain from quoting Matthew 20:26 in today's meeting: "Whoever wants to be great among you must first be your servant "" But Francis did find ways to signal his dissatisfaction, starting with his facial expression.
Friday, May 26, 2017Of Budgets and Beatitudes: The Pope Meets the Donald The Pope was polite enough to refrain from quoting Matthew 20:26 in today's meeting: "Whoever wants to be great among you must first be your servant "" But Francis did find ways to signal his dissatisfaction, starting with his facial expression.
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Wednesday, May 17, 2017
What Progressives Should Demand From the FBI Many Americans are rightfully outraged at the firing of FBI Director James Comey, just as they were shocked at Comey's ability to influence political events. But what can we do about it? A political movement should do more than just react to the day's events with outrage, although that's important. It should also offer the vision of a better world.
Wednesday, May 17, 2017What Progressives Should Demand From the FBI Many Americans are rightfully outraged at the firing of FBI Director James Comey, just as they were shocked at Comey's ability to influence political events. But what can we do about it? A political movement should do more than just react to the day's events with outrage, although that's important. It should also offer the vision of a better world.
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Monday, May 1, 2017
Yes, Obama's $400,000 Speech is a Problem What's to be done? The solution is already visible to all those who care to see: Run candidates who have no interest in flattering the ultra-wealthy or becoming wealthy themselves. Bernie Sanders is the most conspicuous example
Monday, May 1, 2017Yes, Obama's $400,000 Speech is a Problem What's to be done? The solution is already visible to all those who care to see: Run candidates who have no interest in flattering the ultra-wealthy or becoming wealthy themselves. Bernie Sanders is the most conspicuous example
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Thursday, February 9, 2017
Americans like the resistance a lot more than they like Trump For Donald Trump, this has got to hurt: Less than two weeks after his inauguration, the people who took to the streets to protest his policies have outstripped him in popularity.
Thursday, February 9, 2017Americans like the resistance a lot more than they like Trump For Donald Trump, this has got to hurt: Less than two weeks after his inauguration, the people who took to the streets to protest his policies have outstripped him in popularity.
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Sunday, March 18, 2012
Romney Makes A Stealth Attack On Elderly Americans While His Money Spies On The Chinese Question: What are the connecting threads between these two recent Mitt Romney news items -- the announcement that he's not enrolling in Medicare, and the revelation that Bain Capital helped him make money helping the Chinese government spy on its people? Answer: They're both covert attacks on innocent civilians, and they're both based on Romney's own deceptions.
Sunday, March 18, 2012Romney Makes A Stealth Attack On Elderly Americans While His Money Spies On The Chinese Question: What are the connecting threads between these two recent Mitt Romney news items -- the announcement that he's not enrolling in Medicare, and the revelation that Bain Capital helped him make money helping the Chinese government spy on its people? Answer: They're both covert attacks on innocent civilians, and they're both based on Romney's own deceptions.
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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Bankers Shouldn't Worry About Drum Circles -- But Some Of 'Em Should Worry About Subpoenas The scariest thing on a banker's mind, no matter what his bank's rap sheet looks like, is that someday he might look out the window and see a drum circle. And we understand that Mr. Dimon felt safer in Lebanon than he did when Occupy came to visit. But the real question about Mr. Dimon's visit to Beirut is this: Did Lebanon feel safer?
Thursday, March 1, 2012Bankers Shouldn't Worry About Drum Circles -- But Some Of 'Em Should Worry About Subpoenas The scariest thing on a banker's mind, no matter what his bank's rap sheet looks like, is that someday he might look out the window and see a drum circle. And we understand that Mr. Dimon felt safer in Lebanon than he did when Occupy came to visit. But the real question about Mr. Dimon's visit to Beirut is this: Did Lebanon feel safer?
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Social Security: A Tale Of Two Mitties Contradictions be damned. Mitt soldiers on, his jaw firmly set and his head held high, marching resolutely in two directions at once. But the orders have been given and the stage has been set. We know where he'll really lead us if the two Mitts are elected President: He -- or they -- will cut Social Security and Medicare.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012Social Security: A Tale Of Two Mitties Contradictions be damned. Mitt soldiers on, his jaw firmly set and his head held high, marching resolutely in two directions at once. But the orders have been given and the stage has been set. We know where he'll really lead us if the two Mitts are elected President: He -- or they -- will cut Social Security and Medicare.
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Tuesday, January 3, 2012
For a Sane Economy in 2012, How About a Little Shame? Shame isn't always a wasted or negative emotion. On the contrary, it can perform an important and socially useful function. Shame enforces our moral values even when legal and political institutions are too broken or corrupt to do so. Our society must learn to develop a "moral economics," and morality is often enforced through shame.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012For a Sane Economy in 2012, How About a Little Shame? Shame isn't always a wasted or negative emotion. On the contrary, it can perform an important and socially useful function. Shame enforces our moral values even when legal and political institutions are too broken or corrupt to do so. Our society must learn to develop a "moral economics," and morality is often enforced through shame.
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Will Public Outrage Finally Force the President and the States to Prosecute Outlaw Bankers? The president's OWS rhetoric about inequality rings hollow when that nest of vipers in the justice department have made it so clear they have no intention of prosecuting criminal bankers.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011Will Public Outrage Finally Force the President and the States to Prosecute Outlaw Bankers? The president's OWS rhetoric about inequality rings hollow when that nest of vipers in the justice department have made it so clear they have no intention of prosecuting criminal bankers.
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Friday, November 18, 2011
Privatizing Liberty Privatized police. Privatized fire departments. Privatized prisons. Privatized armies of Halliburton and Blackwater soldiers. When for-profit companies perform government functions, they'll do it in a way that makes them money. Why? Because they've privatized their consciences, too.
Friday, November 18, 2011Privatizing Liberty Privatized police. Privatized fire departments. Privatized prisons. Privatized armies of Halliburton and Blackwater soldiers. When for-profit companies perform government functions, they'll do it in a way that makes them money. Why? Because they've privatized their consciences, too.
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Saturday, November 12, 2011
Super Collusion: Will Obama and Capitol Dems Betray the Middle Class, Seniors and the Poor? The President and Congressional Democrats are about to betray everything Democrats once stood for. It's a terrible mistake to ask the Americans who were wounded most by deficit-causing behavior to carry so much of the cost of fixing it. And to propose cuts to Medicare and Medicaid simply to preserve low tax rates for the wealthy is nothing less than a moral obscenity.
Saturday, November 12, 2011Super Collusion: Will Obama and Capitol Dems Betray the Middle Class, Seniors and the Poor? The President and Congressional Democrats are about to betray everything Democrats once stood for. It's a terrible mistake to ask the Americans who were wounded most by deficit-causing behavior to carry so much of the cost of fixing it. And to propose cuts to Medicare and Medicaid simply to preserve low tax rates for the wealthy is nothing less than a moral obscenity.
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
Sorry, GOP: It Looks Like America's Bullsh*t Detector Just Went Off America's political bulls**t detector just went off.
Thursday, November 10, 2011Sorry, GOP: It Looks Like America's Bullsh*t Detector Just Went Off America's political bulls**t detector just went off.
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Tuesday, September 6, 2011
"Helpless President Lit" - The Latest Trend in Political Tragedy President Obama's accomplishments are signifiant if not impressive, so why is he seen as a "helpless" prresident?
Tuesday, September 6, 2011"Helpless President Lit" - The Latest Trend in Political Tragedy President Obama's accomplishments are signifiant if not impressive, so why is he seen as a "helpless" prresident?
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Why Not Hire the Young to Build Their Own Future? The unemployment situation seems unrelentingly grim for young Americans.It's time to treat young Americans decently. And when we do, the money they receive will be pumped back into the economy to benefit the rest of us, too. We'll be building a better future for our kids, giving them a country worth living in, and improving today's economy.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011Why Not Hire the Young to Build Their Own Future? The unemployment situation seems unrelentingly grim for young Americans.It's time to treat young Americans decently. And when we do, the money they receive will be pumped back into the economy to benefit the rest of us, too. We'll be building a better future for our kids, giving them a country worth living in, and improving today's economy.
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Saturday, August 13, 2011
Shiny Happy Corporate People Mitt Romney recently received a lot of press for saying that corporations are people.
Saturday, August 13, 2011Shiny Happy Corporate People Mitt Romney recently received a lot of press for saying that corporations are people.
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Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Poor Standards: 4 Steps to Ending the Rating "Agency" Racket What is the rating racket really all about? Profits, profits & did I mention profits? Can they be fixed?
Tuesday, August 9, 2011Poor Standards: 4 Steps to Ending the Rating "Agency" Racket What is the rating racket really all about? Profits, profits & did I mention profits? Can they be fixed?
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Four Myths About the "Deal" -- and Four Ways It Can Hurt You This deal is good for right wingers in both parties & the Ãœber-rich, the rest of us will continue to be screwed big time.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011Four Myths About the "Deal" -- and Four Ways It Can Hurt You This deal is good for right wingers in both parties & the Ãœber-rich, the rest of us will continue to be screwed big time.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
When a Socialist Speaks for Most Republicans, Who Speaks for You? The vast majority of Americans, including a majority of Republicans, are going unheard in this debate. This may be one of those moments when a reminder from a constituent... or a flood of them... is the only thing that can make our representative democracy act a little more representative.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011When a Socialist Speaks for Most Republicans, Who Speaks for You? The vast majority of Americans, including a majority of Republicans, are going unheard in this debate. This may be one of those moments when a reminder from a constituent... or a flood of them... is the only thing that can make our representative democracy act a little more representative.
