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		<title>Surprise, surprise.</title>
		<link>http://phrasemongers.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/supercommittee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Andersen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Supercommittee&#8217;s failure is the least surprising news in a long time. Don&#8217;t believe me? Check the Treasury bond yields. Interest rates on government debt actually went down a little, which means nobody buying bonds thought this was a big &#8230; <a href="http://phrasemongers.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/supercommittee/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=phrasemongers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9710454&amp;post=196&amp;subd=phrasemongers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Move on over, Movember.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Andersen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Should I do the #Movember thing? I gave up on mustaches back in 1999, after I&#8217;d laid the groundwork to bring them back into style. Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: engagement, healthcare, Movember, prostate cancer<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=phrasemongers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9710454&amp;post=193&amp;subd=phrasemongers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My personal federal income tax: a true, short story</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Andersen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does everybody know how progressive federal income taxes work? Married couples filing jointly pay 10% on the first $17,000, and then 15% on the next $52,000, then 25% on the next $70,000, etc&#8230; Wherever you stop, that&#8217;s your &#8220;marginal tax rate,&#8221; or &#8230; <a href="http://phrasemongers.wordpress.com/2011/04/12/persfedinctax/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=phrasemongers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9710454&amp;post=181&amp;subd=phrasemongers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rocco, we love you, but you&#8217;re bringing us down.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 05:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Andersen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally posted at Createquity.com. If you’ve followed theater blogs even casually over the past several weeks, you will have heard about NEA Chair Rocco Landesman’s comments on oversupply of performing arts in his address to the #newplay convening at Arena Stage &#8230; <a href="http://phrasemongers.wordpress.com/2011/02/20/rocco/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=phrasemongers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9710454&amp;post=168&amp;subd=phrasemongers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Advocacy is not a zero-sum game</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 21:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Andersen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["We had fallen into cultural role-playing that wasn’t getting either side the outcomes we were looking for." <a href="http://phrasemongers.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/not-a-zero-sum-game/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=phrasemongers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9710454&amp;post=154&amp;subd=phrasemongers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The enemy is&#8230; human?</title>
		<link>http://phrasemongers.wordpress.com/2010/05/15/the-enemy-is-human/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 21:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Andersen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is not much I can add to this very useful post by conservative blogger, Caleb Howe, entitled &#8220;I don&#8217;t like Roger Ebert.&#8221; Personally, I do like Roger Ebert, most of the time, but I can see why conservatives find &#8230; <a href="http://phrasemongers.wordpress.com/2010/05/15/the-enemy-is-human/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=phrasemongers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9710454&amp;post=151&amp;subd=phrasemongers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Hearty Boys: competing with a big ol&#8217; phrasemonger</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 06:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Andersen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If I gave awards for competing with phrasemongers, the inaugural winners would be Chicago caterers and gay fathers Dan Smith and Steve McDonagh, the Hearty Boys. <a href="http://phrasemongers.wordpress.com/2010/04/17/hearty-boy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=phrasemongers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9710454&amp;post=144&amp;subd=phrasemongers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Robert M. Solow&#8217;s review of How Markets Fail, by John Cassidy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Andersen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don't know if How Markets Fail is going to make my reading list very soon; Cassidy is a smart journalist, and I've recommended his work before, but I'm pretty time-constrained. However, Solow is a legend, and his review is extremely cogent, balanced, and educating. You should read it. <a href="http://phrasemongers.wordpress.com/2010/04/16/robert-solow/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=phrasemongers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9710454&amp;post=122&amp;subd=phrasemongers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis of the 47 percenters</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Andersen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a very useful analytical article, unpacking the statistic that says 47% of Americans pay no federal income tax. Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: economics, taxes<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=phrasemongers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9710454&amp;post=129&amp;subd=phrasemongers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A simple resource for understanding the new healthcare law</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Andersen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The media has left most of us to rely on our chosen political camps for extremely biased "messaging" (that's a phrasemonger of a word if ever there was one) about the actual contents of the healthcare law. <a href="http://phrasemongers.wordpress.com/2010/04/01/simple-resource/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=phrasemongers.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9710454&amp;post=120&amp;subd=phrasemongers&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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