Lawrence Solomon: Bring back the rental market

(November 23, 2012) Halve the rate of home ownership.

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Lawrence Solomon: Informed democracy

(November 5, 2012) In the U.S., too many people’s votes just don’t count.

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Lawrence Solomon: Red media, blue media

(October 15, 2012) Republicans and Democrats rely on different media sources for their news. How this shapes the views of both political cultures can be seen in news coverage last week that trumpeted a surprising drop of 30,000 in U.S. jobless claims.

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Smart tolls the best solution to our traffic woes

(July 11, 2012) It’s always hard to get people to pay for things they are used to getting for free. But the roads aren’t free. We’re paying more and more to use them every year.

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Lawrence Solomon: The obesity paradox

(June 15, 2012) Despite the immense advances made in medicine, much less is known than not about the myriad influences on our health. The counterintuitive results of a new heart study suggest the human body is far too complex for the one-size-fits-all prescriptions so many are recommended to follow.

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