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378 | Joshua Zeitz: What President Lincoln's Faith Means for a Secularizing America

The Realignment

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The Autodidact Trap

Dean Obeidallah: LBJ is interesting in this moment today because he's resonant with Joe Biden. He says the architecture that LBJ put into place were never meant to serve as many people as they do. Today, Medicaid, Medicare and Obamacare ensure the vast majority of Americans was not supposed to be on those programs but instead provide a safety net for more than just food security. "I think the notion of liberalism today may be inadequate to explain how liberals are grasping at how to make things better," writes Obeidah.

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