Archive for February, 2017
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Trump’s Presidential Address
Posted on February 28, 2017
It was a helluva speech. It started well with a nod to black history month and a condemnation of the racist idiots among us who do dumb, dangerous and criminal...
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“Tell Trump to Shut Up”
Posted on February 28, 2017
That was the most common line I heard as I went home to Illinois this weekend for the funeral of my former boss and mentor, Bob Michel. Michel, an Illinois...
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Trump’s Address to Congress
Posted on February 27, 2017
(Also published on Political Storm) Technically, when Donald Trump addresses a Joint Session of Congress later this week, it won’t be a State of the Union. Presidents don’t give those...
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Michel and Milo
Posted on February 23, 2017
The same week that former House Republican Leader Bob Michel died, Milo Yiannopoulos got himself disinvited from the CPAC, the pre-eminent gathering of conservative thought leaders in the country. I...
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A Visit to Montpelier
Posted on February 21, 2017
“A Republic if you can keep it.” We were touring Montpelier and the tour guide quoted Ben Franklin to conclude his excellent presentation on the life and times of James...
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