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A highly ironic reason

Katharine Jenkins (Sheffield): Rape Myths and Domestic Abuse Myths as Hermeneutical Injustices. David Hasen (Colorado): Income Taxation and Risk-Taking. Peter Lee (UC-Davis): Social Innovation (“This Article provides the first legal examination of the immensely valuable but underappreciated phenomenon of social innovation”.) Sarah Kollmorgen on how a new study shows why Obamacare should have been single-payer. From New York, Jonathan Chait on why history will be very kind to Obama — and if it's not, it will be for a highly ironic reason; Christopher Caldwell on why history will eviscerate Obama: Obama will go down as America’s Gorbachev; and 53 historians weigh in on Barack Obama’s legacy. What would Republicans say if Mitt Romney was president right now? House Democrats on Monday unveiled a plan to cut taxes for middle-class families that would be paid for in part by a new tax on Wall Street trading. Antonio Weiss pulls out of 3rd-ranking Treasury slot; will instead serve as counselor. The thinking that IQ tests miss: Keith E. Stanovich on why smart people sometimes do dumb things. Sady Doyle on wealth and women on TV: On TV, male working class empowerment is financial, while female empowerment is more often sexual. Benjamin Wallace-Wells on how the NYPD came to see itself as different from those it protects. Guess who's getting rich(er) off the College Football Playoff? (Hint: It's not the players).