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Tags: boston attack, boston marathon, boston marathon bombing, E pluribus unum, Zac bears
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De-privatize public education
Zac Bears finds the privatization of UMass disturbing and detrimental to the future of higher education and Massachusetts.
Tags: Coca Cola, public education, The Boston Globe, University of New Mexico
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Ed Markey for US Senate
Zac Bears reminds UMass students that there is an election this month and implores them to go to the polls for Rep. Ed Markey.
Tags: Ed Markey, republican, Zac bears
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Health care vs. wealth care
Zac Bears wants Congress to preserve social guarantees and not corporate welfare.
Tags: Congress, health care, taxes, Wealth
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Stop the sequester
Zac Bears implores Congress to stop budget cuts set to take place Friday.
Tags: Congress, GDP, recession, Sequester
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Drones defeat America’s foreign enemies
Zac Bears provides evidence to support the U.S. drone program.
Tags: drone stikes, foreign enemies, u.s. drone program, Zac bears
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What’s next for the Republican Party?
Zac Bears uses polling numbers to show that the GOP is in dire straits.
Tags: GOP, Paul Ryan, republican, Romney
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Bill O’Reilly, commentary and the nature of news
Zac Bears discusses the difference between news and commentary in modern mass media.
Tags: Al-Jazerra, Bernie Goldman, Bill O'Reilly
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Ending the stopgap budget
Zac Bears reflects on the inability of Congress to come together for real budget reform, instead relying upon temporary “stopgap” measures.
Tags: budget reform, Congress, stopgap budget, Zac bears
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