Archive for October, 2015
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Tea Party Down; Donald Trump Up
Posted on October 26, 2015
This, from The Hill: Americans’ support of the Tea Party is at its lowest point since the movement’s inception, according to a new poll. Support for the Tea Party is...
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The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy
Posted on October 23, 2015
The vast right-wing conspiracy is conspiring again. This time, it seems that they are conspiring to put Hillary Clinton into the White House. Conservatives seem to be doing everything in...
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Fighting Crime on Capitol Hill
Posted on October 22, 2015
Like many of my neighbors, I like to check the crime blogs. I’m not a budding novelist. I just like to know where the knuckleheads are doing their worst. I...
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White Smoke and Paul Ryan
Posted on October 21, 2015
(Published in the Christian Science Monitor) I had just returned from my son’s baseball practice when a friend texted me with a link to the Wikipedia page about Papal White...
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Socialism with a smile
Posted on October 20, 2015
(Orignally published in The Hill.) Bernie Sanders has become a cultural icon. Some 650,000 Americans have been so enamored with the Vermont senator’s message of income redistribution and the promise...
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