Latest articles by Joel Dodge
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2020 Democrats haven't been asked the hardest question on Medicare-for-all
opinion Forget taxes. Someone needs to ask them about job losses.
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Trump 2020 is Bush-Cheney '04 on steroids
opinion George W. Bush won re-election with 4 strategic plays. Donald Trump is revamping all of them.
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Trump's bogus attack on Medicare-for-all
opinion His stunningly disingenuous op-ed in USA Today reveals the true nature of conservatism
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How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beat one of Congress' most powerful Democrats
The Explainer What the Democratic left can learn from the young socialist's stunning victory
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Trump's America: Smaller, meaner, and increasingly unexceptional
opinion How Trump put kids into cages and shattered the country's self-image
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Paul Ryan's final surrender
opinion It's Trump's party now
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Trump's defense of white supremacists is really a defense of himself
opinion Why the president needs to believe "fine people" can ally with neo-Nazis
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Republicans have a new welfare queen: The sick glutton
opinion The GOP only wants Americans of good moral fiber to get health care
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There is no dealmaker on Earth crafty enough to save TrumpCare
opinion The GOP is simply stuck — and no amount of negotiating can save it
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Why the GOP's latest split over ObamaCare was entirely predictable
The Explainer As Republicans finally begin sweating the details of a replacement plan, old philosophical fissures are reappearing
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Don't listen to Paul Ryan: The GOP is still the party of makers and takers
opinion Ryan has disavowed his previous rhetoric. But the GOP's policy proposals haven't changed.
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Why Hillary Clinton's perfect running mate is... Joe Biden
opinion Four more years!
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What this new experiment in Chicago can teach us about combating poverty
opinion A tweak to a powerful anti-poverty tool is yielding encouraging results
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The conservative case for the Supreme Court to uphold ObamaCare
opinion It's all about protecting the rights of states
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How Hillary Clinton can be a populist without scaring off Big Business
opinion When it comes to fighting income inequality, what's good for workers is often good for corporations, too
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Why Halbig and the conservative war on ObamaCare will fail
opinion Look no further than Chief Justice John Roberts for an explanation of why Halbig is legally absurd
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Why liberals want to fix the welfare state — and conservatives don't
opinion While liberals seek to reform a decrepit employer-based system, conservatives look to preserve it
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The American middle class is no longer safe from poverty — and that might be a good thing
opinion More Americans than ever are vulnerable to economic insecurity. The silver lining is that this means we might actually do something about it.
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It's not (always) the teacher's fault: What 'no excuses' reformers get wrong about education
opinion Dana Goldstein's excellent The Teacher Wars offers some useful lessons for those who want to transcend an age-old policy dispute
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The tough politics of Medicaid for Republicans
opinion As the midterms approach, GOP governors are grappling with their shortsighted rejection of one of ObamaCare's central pillars
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Why a hedge fund manager will tell you big government is great for capitalism
opinion It's the insurance, stupid
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Sorry, GOP, tax cuts don't pay for themselves
opinion But it wouldn't hurt the Democrats to claim that their priorities do
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Why the Republican freak-out over Obama's immigration order is both dumb and inhumane
opinion Critics have labeled his impending executive action "domestic Caesarism." But the conservative backlash is out of touch with reality.
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Marco Rubio's proposal to fight income inequality is pretty good — but it could be better
opinion Reform-minded conservatives want to strengthen the Earned Income Tax Credit. We should be reforming the Child Tax Credit on similar lines.
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