Archive for May, 2012
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Wealth Attack
Posted on May 24, 2012
It is a familiar attack. At the turn of the 18th Century, the bourgeoisie, disgusted by the opulent wealth of Marie Antoinette and her husband, rose up in...
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The Hammurabi Approach to the PTC
Posted on May 23, 2012
That Hammurabi built the first windmills to help power the irrigation of the Babylonian gardens would be entirely appropriate, because it was Hammurabi who was one of the first...
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Worlds Collide
Posted on May 22, 2012
This originally appeared in The Hill Barack Obama and Mitt Romney offer us a contrast not only in economic philosophy, political experience and religious upbringing. They also offer the voter...
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Stop the Speed Traps!
Posted on May 22, 2012
Congress, especially when Republicans run it, has a way to injecting itself into the internal affairs of the Washington DC government. For those who don’t know, the residents...
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Protest In Chicago
Posted on May 21, 2012
I wonder what Bill Ayers was doing this weekend. I was a little younger than my son (who is 6) in 1968 when the Democratic Convention came to...
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