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November/December 2013

Scribimus Indocti Doctique Poemata Passim*

Guerrillas in the Midst

Campaign 2012: How We Dodged a Bullet

Dark Sidekick

Talk of the Toons

Our All-Purpose Fill-in-the-Blanks Senate Eulogy

How “Race Neutrality” Can Save Affirmative Action

Connecting Kids to College and Careers

Not Your Father’s Shop Class

How to Build a Better Launch Pad for Young Americans

The Red Undertow in the Midterms

Why Won’t the Clean Energy Industry Play Dirty?

This Is the Biggest Reason Why a Blue Wave Is Probably Coming

Many Health Care Grad Students Can’t Get the Loans They Need

The Unitary Executive Theory in All of Its Historical Perversity

The Secret Monopoly Making Everything More Expensive

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