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Ezra Klein

Ezra Klein

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    Latest articles by Ezra Klein

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    Ruth Bader Ginsburg gets a lot of things right, but this isn’t one of themRuth Bader Ginsburg gets a lot of things right, but this isn’t one of them
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    Ruth Bader Ginsburg isn’t as polarizing as she thinks she is.

    By Ezra Klein
    Health Care
    In conservative media, Obamacare is a disaster. In the real world, it’s working.In conservative media, Obamacare is a disaster. In the real world, it’s working.
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    The Affordable Care Act is going pretty well. But a lot of its critics will never know that, because the voices they trust will never tell them.

    By Ezra Klein
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    Jerry Seinfeld explains how to write a jokeJerry Seinfeld explains how to write a joke
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    Think being funny is easy? Jerry Seinfeld will set you straight.

    By Ezra Klein
    Health Care
    Doctors wanted to extend life. Instead they extended death.Doctors wanted to extend life. Instead they extended death.
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    Why one doctor thinks old age is a fate worse than death.

    By Ezra Klein
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    Governing has a liberal biasGoverning has a liberal bias
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    Two political scientists looked at every major policy change since 1945, and this is what they found.

    By Ezra Klein
    Joe Biden
    13 pictures of Joe Biden looking like VPOTUS13 pictures of Joe Biden looking like VPOTUS
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    Secret photos revealed of Joe Biden just doing his job.

    By Ezra Klein
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    Area pundit angry at political science for proving him wrongArea pundit angry at political science for proving him wrong
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    What’s the matter with Thomas Frank?

    By Ezra Klein
    Immigration
    Immigrants aren’t stealing your jobsImmigrants aren’t stealing your jobs
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    It’s almost as if the core concern around immigration isn’t really wages for low-skill native-born workers at all.

    By Ezra Klein
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    Why Democrats and Republicans don’t understand each otherWhy Democrats and Republicans don’t understand each other
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    Democrats are about policy, Republicans are about philosophy.

    By Ezra Klein
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    Republicans back off on killing the Export-Import BankRepublicans back off on killing the Export-Import Bank
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    The Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers lobbied hard for the Bank, and it looks like Republicans have listened.

    By Ezra Klein