Archive for November, 2014
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May Flowers
Posted on November 27, 2014
April showers bring May flowers. The Epigaea repens is a delicate flowering plant that was prevalent at Plymouth Rock, especially in the early 1600’s. It was so prevalent that the...
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The Legacy of 1877
Posted on November 26, 2014
I am reading a book entitled 1877, America’s Year of Living Violently by Michael A. Bellesiles. It’s a book about, you guessed it, 1877. You think we have problems today? ...
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An Omni is Better Than A Short-Term CR
Posted on November 25, 2014
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) Should Congress pass an omnibus appropriations bill or a series of short-term continuing resolutions? An omnibus appropriations bill, or “omni,”...
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Executive Orders: A Short History
Posted on November 21, 2014
The President’s power to issue an executive order is not spelled out in the Constitution. And for the first 75 years or so of our Republic, an...
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Some Thoughts on Income Stagnation
Posted on November 20, 2014
There are currently two schools of thought on how to deal with America’s income disparity problem. One school of thought is a government program to raise the minimum wage paid...
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