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Paul F. Campos / New York Times:
The Real Reason College Tuition Costs So Much — BOULDER, Colo. — ONCE upon a time in America, baby boomers paid for college with the money they made from their summer jobs. Then, over the course of the next few decades, public funding for higher education was slashed.
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International Liberty, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times
BREITBART.COM:
The Humbling of Tor — The epicenter of the clique's influence is Tor books and its domineering editors, Patrick and Teresa Nielsen-Hayden. It also encompasses the ultra-progressive John Scalzi and his fans, who began the trend of nomination slates and bloc voting.
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Monster Hunter Nation:
Sad Puppies Update: The Nominees Announced and Why I Refused My Nomination — The Hugo nominees have been announced. As you've probably already heard Sad Puppies suggested candidates showed up everywhere. We got nominations for dozens of talented, deserving people who would normally have been ignored or shunned.
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Brad R. Torgersen, Jason Sanford, According To Hoyt and Vox Popoli
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Good Riddance, Carrie Mathison — WASHINGTON — THE co-creator of “Homeland” on Showtime revealed recently that when the new season starts, Claire Danes's Carrie Mathison will no longer work at the C.I.A. — Her real-life counterparts can't wait for her to clean out her desk.
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Liberal Values and Mediaite
Arthur Delaney / The Huffington Post:
Kansas Bans Poor People From Spending Welfare On Cruise Ships — Kansas welfare recipients will be unable to get more than $25 per day in benefits under a new law sent this week to Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's desk by the state legislature. — The bill also prohibits welfare recipients …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Warren calls Iran deal ‘our best promise in the region’ — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Friday called this week's tentative pact over Iran's nuclear weapons research the best chance for lasting peace in the Middle East. — “Finding a negotiated solution, something that works …
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Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Outline of Iran Nuclear Deal Sounds Different From Each Side
Outline of Iran Nuclear Deal Sounds Different From Each Side
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Los Angeles Times:
California's wealthy lagging in water conservation — There are few signs of California's epic drought along a stretch of Maple Drive in Beverly Hills. — Deep green front lawns stretch out, dotted with healthy trees and sculpted foliage. The only brown lawn in sight was at a home under construction.
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Interview With a Christian — AFTER watching the debate about religious freedom unfold over the past week, I decided to subject myself to an interview by an imaginary — but representative — member of the press. Here is our conversation: — Happy Easter! — Thank you.
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ABC News:
California Gov. Jerry Brown Defends Farms' Water Use, Warns Changes May Come … Days after taking the unprecedented step of ordering mandatory water-use reductions throughout his state, California Gov. Jerry Brown defended his executive order's treatment of the state's agriculture industry …
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Brandon Rittiman / KUSA-TV:
State: Shop not wrong for refusing anti-gay cake — KUSA - The Department of Regulatory Agencies determined that a Denver bakery did nothing wrong when it refused to write anti-gay words on a cake. — In the ruling released Friday, the Colorado Civil Rights Division rejected the argument …
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Edith Honan / Reuters:
Kenya says government official's son was among gunmen in Garissa attack — (Reuters) - The son of a Kenyan government official was one of the masked gunmen who killed nearly 150 people at a university last week, the interior ministry said on Sunday, as Kenyan churches hired armed guards to protect their Easter congregations.
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Harold Pollack / The Reality-Based Community:
Hey Weekly Standard: Could you correct that Obamacare tax thing? — Kimberly Pinter is a tax attorney in northern Virginia. So her April 3 article in the Weekly Standard, “Obamacare Pinches the Poor,” on ACA's tax requirements will understandably concern many low-income citizens. She writes:
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New York Times:
Jeb Bush as Inevitable Choice? Republicans Say Not So Fast — Three months into what allies once confidently described as a “shock and awe” drive to overcome his rivals and dominate the Republican presidential field, Jeb Bush's early campaigning looks like the juggernaut that wasn't.
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