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The Missing Class book coverThoughts on politics and prose from Victor Tan Chen, founding editor of INTHEFRAY Magazine and co-author of The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America. View Victor's profile.

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The race war in Darfur PDF Print Email
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Here's one of the most concise pieces I've seen detailing the genocide in Darfur.

By Victor Tan Chen
Monday, 21 July 2008

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Breaking our addiction to oil, cold turkey PDF Print Email
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Everyone (even the president) talks about America's "addiction to oil," and this recent debate over offshore drilling has made me think that the addiction analogy is a useful way to think through the issues.

By Victor Tan Chen
Sunday, 20 July 2008

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Study: Mice who stop drinking booze swim less PDF Print Email
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Actually, the study claims to show a relationship between abstinence from alcohol drinking and depression, but what about those poor mice?

By Victor Tan Chen
Thursday, 10 July 2008

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Onward, Christian soldiers PDF Print Email
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I was disturbed by this report that a former Baptist, now atheist, soldier is alleging discrimination in the Army because of his beliefs. He served two tours of duty in Iraq, but he claims he was ostracized and even threatened after he refused to pray with other soldiers.

By Victor Tan Chen
Wednesday, 09 July 2008

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The politics of Pringles PDF Print Email
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I was hungry the other day at the pharmacy (never a good idea), and so I bought a can — okay, two cans — of Pringles. Then I read today that the makers of Pringles successfully argued before a British tax court that the Pringle is not a potato chip.

By Victor Tan Chen
Monday, 07 July 2008

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Movie analysis: Spielberg's A.I., a fable about life's loss PDF Print Email
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Watching Artificial Intelligence A.I. recently made me think about what this flawed, profound film has to say about the meaning of loss and our own future as a species.

By Victor Tan Chen
Sunday, 06 July 2008

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Uniting a house divided PDF Print Email
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Now Obama needs to choose his running mate, and there's a good chance that it will be a woman — though not necessarily Clinton.
By Victor Tan Chen
Tuesday, 03 June 2008

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Life on an aircraft carrier is surprisingly mundane — except for the explosives.
By Victor Tan Chen
Sunday, 27 April 2008

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A middle way to solve America's healthcare mess PDF Print Email
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This week's edition of Frontline covered a topic that you'd think we'd be hearing more about, in this election year: what the United States could learn from other countries that are able to provide health coverage for all while respecting the power of markets.
By Victor Tan Chen
Wednesday, 16 April 2008

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