Archive for March, 2012
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The Politics of Health Care
Posted on March 26, 2012
Democrats used to own the healthcare issue. As Chris Matthews put it, voters used to see the Republicans as the daddy party (particularly strong on national defense issues) and the...
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Not a Trivial Moment
Posted on March 24, 2012
The Trayvon Martin incident is no trivial moment in American history. Mr. Martin was gunned down by George Zimmerman in a Sanford, Florida gated community. Zimmerman says he was defending...
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Continuing Bush Policies
Posted on March 23, 2012
The front-page story in the New York Times about America’s progress on energy independence had this little nugget: “How the country made this turnabout is a story of industry-friendly...
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Etch-A-Sketch
Posted on March 22, 2012
Of course, Eric Fehrnstrom was exactly right when he said that the campaign would change completely after the primaries. My high school history teacher, Mr. Keller, taught me...
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To Everything, There is a Season
Posted on March 22, 2012
Turn, Turn, Turn It was the Byrds who transformed this Biblical passage into a top hit in the mid-1960’s: To everything – turn, turn, turn There is a season...
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