Americans say health system is expensive and broken
A West Health Gallup report finds 100 million Americans call health care expensive or broken, with cost burdens rising during COVID. Nearly 70 percent say they pay too much for the quality of care, and access concerns also climb, hitting Black Americans hardest amid a national enrollment surge for ACA marketplace plans reaching 13.6 million for 2022.
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Rescuing Socrates and the liberal arts defense
A 2021 meditation by Columbia scholar Montas on liberal education, the canon, and Western civilization. He contrasts canon defense with social justice critiques, recounts his own journey from Dominican Republic origins to a Columbia doctorate, and cites Farnsworth on the Socratic method as a cure for modern online polarization.
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University of Texas School of Law
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Washington Post
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Cheney's island leadership defends democracy and oath
Lynn Schmidt lauds Rep. Liz Cheney as a beacon of truth and duty. The columnist praises Cheney for voting to impeach Trump, speaking out on Jan. 6, and serving on the select committee while facing party backlash. Her stance is framed as a model for saving democracy amid rising partisanship.
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