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Mississippi's loose campaign finance laws allow lawyers and companies to contribute heavily to the judges they appear before. That is terrible for justice, since the courts are teeming with perfectly legal conflicts of interest. Adam Cohen
Finance Justice Legal Before Teeming Laws Lawyers Allow Perfectly Since Mississippi Terrible Judges Loose Courts Campaign Campaign Finance Contribute Conflicts Interest Companies Appear
Conservative Justices have a history of not standing by their professed commitment to judicial restraint. Adam Cohen
History Commitment Conservative Restraint Judicial Justices Standing Professed
There is no way to undo what happened in the Zimmerman-Martin encounter, but some good can still come of it: it could lead states to repeal their misguided 'Stand your ground' laws. Adam Cohen
Good Way States Some Laws Could Lead Misguided Come Still Repeal Encounter Undo Happened Stand Your Ground
If the FBI gets the 'back doors' it wants, Internet services would be required to create a massive online infrastructure for law enforcement to spy on members of the public. Adam Cohen
Law Internet Doors Back Members Would Would-Be Law Enforcement Online Massive Spy Gets Wants Public Infrastructure Create Enforcement Required Services
It is not hard to see why the FBI wants wiretapping backdoors. It would certainly make its job easier. But rejiggering the Internet so government can conveniently monitor everything we say and do online is too high a price to pay for making law enforcement more efficient. Adam Cohen
Government Law Internet Job Pay Too Everything Say Easier High Would See Law Enforcement Online More Price Make Making Efficient Conveniently Wants Enforcement Hard Certainly Why Monitor
There is no room on the federal bench for a judge who does not treat all people as equal before the law. Adam Cohen
People Judge Treat Law Before Bench All People Federal Equal Does Room Who
If a company knows it may have to pay a large amount of money if it poses an unreasonable threat to others, it will have a strong incentive to act better. Adam Cohen
Money Strong Better Will Pay Others Threat Unreasonable Knows May Act Incentive Large Company Amount Poses
Lawsuits prod companies to make their products safer. Adam Cohen
Lawsuits Make Safer Prod Products Companies
Too often, animal-rights supporters seem to care about animals to the exclusion of people. Adam Cohen
People Care Animals Too About Seem Supporters Exclusion Often
If apes are given the right to humane treatment, it just might become harder to deny that same right to their human cousins. Adam Cohen
Become Humane Given Cousins Deny Same Human Just Ape Might Harder Right Treatment
The minimum wage can play a vital role in lifting hard-working families above the poverty line. Adam Cohen
Poverty Minimum Minimum Wage Vital Above Lifting Poverty Line Wage Line Families Role Hard-Working Play
Ballot formats should be standardized nationally rather than left to the often bad judgment of local officials. Adam Cohen
Judgment Local Bad Rather Ballot Left Than Officials Often Formats Should Standardized
It is one thing to say that there is a constitutional right to keep a gun at home for protection. It is quite another to say there is a constitutional right to bring a hidden gun into a daycare center. Adam Cohen
Home Protection Gun Say Hidden One Thing Constitutional Constitutional Right Another Quite Center Keep Right Thing Bring
If we are going to have self-driving cars, the technical specifications should be quite precise. Adam Cohen
Car Precise Going Quite Should Technical
When you see a merger between two giants in a declining industry, it can look like the financial version of a couple having a baby to save a marriage. Adam Davidson
You Marriage Financial Baby Giants See Having Having A Baby Merger Between Like Look Couple Industry Version Declining Two Save
Happiness statistics may be most valuable in smaller, local discussions. Understanding how different sorts of programs affect the well-being of citizens would be enormously helpful to a mayor choosing between building a new bridge or offering a tax cut. Adam Davidson
Happiness Valuable Building Understanding Programs Local Statistics Citizens Would Would-Be Smaller Between New Most Sort Well-Being How Affect Offering Discussions May Mayor Tax Different Tax Cut Cut Choosing Helpful Bridge
Economics is not a discipline that comes to correct answers - economies are too complex. Adam Davidson
Discipline Economics Too Complex Correct Economies Answers
A majority of Americans support Social Security and Medicare, a progressive tax system and a government that regulates business in the public interest, but most share deep skepticism about the government's ability to do all this well. Adam Davidson
Government Business Progressive System Security Ability About Share Support Most Majority Well American Tax Interest Public Skepticism Social Tax System Public Interest Deep Social Security Medicare
In poor countries, the rich and powerful crush the poor and powerless. Adam Davidson
Rich Powerful Countries Crush Powerless Poor Poor Countries
Perhaps concentrated wealth will inspire a nation of innovative problem-solvers. But if the view of many economists is right - that it sometimes discourages innovation - then we should worry. Adam Davidson
Innovation Wealth Sometimes Inspire Will Nation Innovative Worry Economists Concentrated Perhaps Then Should View Many Right
When you cover the economy as a reporter, there's one part of the job that is always easy: finding economists who disagree. Adam Davidson
You Disagree Job Easy Finding Part Economists Economy Always Cover Reporter Who
What there is no dispute about is whether or not China is a currency manipulator. They are a currency manipulator. They actively intervene every single day to keep the value of their currency less than it would be against the dollar than if it floated freely. We think. Even China barely disputes that. Adam Davidson
Day Value Single Every Think Intervene Would Would-Be About Freely Single Day Dollar Than Currency Whether China Against Barely Less Even Actively Keep Dispute Disputes Every Single Day
Hating Wall Street is an American tradition that dates back even to the days when Thomas Jefferson cursed that money lover Alexander Hamilton. And for centuries, the complaints about it have largely stayed the same: 'It does nothing! It creates chaos! It's a parasite that sucks hardworking Americans dry!' Adam Davidson
Money Lover Nothing Alexander Thomas Complaints Thomas Jefferson Back Chaos Hating Stayed Parasite About Dates Days Dry Does Tradition Hamilton Wall Wall Street American Same Cursed Centuries Creates American Tradition Jefferson Sucks Even Largely Street Hardworking
Holiday binge-buying has deep roots in American culture: department stores have been associating turkey gluttony with its spending equivalent since they began sponsoring Thanksgiving Day parades in the early 20th century. Adam Davidson
Day Thanksgiving Culture Spending Parades Since Sponsor Equivalent Gluttony Been Began American Department Department Stores American Culture Stores Holiday Turkey Century Roots Deep Early
Much of what we consider the American way of life is rooted in the period of remarkably broad, shared economic growth, from around 1900 to about 1978. Adam Davidson
Life Consider Broad Way About Economic Economic Growth Remarkably Shared Period Around American Much Rooted American Way Growth
We can fight over what the taxation levels should be, but the tax system should be very, very simple and not distortionary. Adam Davidson
Fight Simple System Over Very Tax Tax System Taxation Should Levels
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