Archive for April, 2016
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Turning Its Back on the Age of Jackson
Posted on April 20, 2016
A day after Donald Trump swept most of New York State’s delegates, trouncing his two remaining opponents by wide margins, the Treasury Department announced that it was kicking Andrew Jackson...
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Regular Order and the Spending Bills
Posted on April 19, 2016
(This originally appeared in The Hill) Alexander Hamilton, newly a star on Broadway, didn’t care much for specific spending requests from Congress. He urged the House and the Senate to...
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No Sovereign Immunity for the Saudi Sovereign
Posted on April 19, 2016
On September 18th, 1965, Kathleen Byrne was walking down the road in Dublin, Ireland, when she fell down and hurt herself because of the shoddy construction job done by workers...
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Love That Boy
Posted on April 18, 2016
Twice over the last 5 years, I have sported a nice black eye, both caused by my rambunctious son Jack. One time, he head-butted me accidentally when we were wrestling....
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Make Americans Great Again
Posted on April 14, 2016
It’s not a new trend. Statistics coming out of the heartland of America have been depressing for a while. But the Washington Post and the New York Times have both...
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