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    Josh Warburton - June 6, 2026
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    Howard Sierer

    Publishing On My Own Now

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    So Long…It’s Been A Good Ride

    Things used to be built to last. By the end of 2018, legislatures in 18 states were considering laws granting the right to repair your electronics.

    Do you deserve the right to repair your electronics?

    Danny Tyree - February 28, 2019
    The Cadillac Tax will make health insurance more expensive for the more than 181 million people who receive coverage through an employer.

    Recall the Cadillac Tax to protect American workers

    Guest Contributor - February 28, 2019
    Whatever the format for Democrats during debates, candidates should focus on information and insight, not ratings or the showcasing of network anchors.

    Democrats have much to debate

    Peter Funt - February 28, 2019
    Democrats applying to be their party's next presidential nominee constitute the second largest growth industry in America.

    A plague of Dems

    Guest Contributor - February 27, 2019
    President Trump is right to target prescription benefit managers, or PBM's, the mega-corporations that insurers employ to administer their drug benefits.

    The illusion and cost of drug rebates

    Guest Contributor - February 27, 2019
    IMO 2020 will take effect sooner or later. The only question is whether the administration disrupts a decade's worth of planning.

    Trump’s maritime fuel policy will sink energy markets

    Guest Contributor - February 27, 2019
    In this obscene opinion piece, Dick Polman outrageously equates questioning global warming with believing that the Earth is flat.

    Trump regime wants to believe the Earth is flat

    Dick Polman - February 27, 2019
    Robert Kraft has money, and he'll find a way to avoid being trapped in a room without any control over his future. The real victims don't have that luxury.

    In Robert Kraft case, don’t forget who the real victims are

    Christine Flowers - February 26, 2019
    America the melting pot? A new poll by the Public Religion Research Institute casts some unsettling doubt on that core myth.

    America the melting pot? Not so fast.

    John Micek - February 26, 2019
    Rather than actually paying down the U.S. debt, donations just reduce the amount of money our government will borrow as it continues massive deficits.

    Donations to pay down U.S. debt pointless

    Guest Contributor - February 26, 2019
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