Archive for the ‘American Values’ Category
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Science Matters to All of Us
Posted on May 6, 2016
It’s always slightly intimidating to be amidst a group of really smart scientists. That was especially true when the scientists just came from the White House where they were honored...
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A ‘Caddyshack’ candidate
Posted on April 25, 2016
(Originally published in The Hill) Al Czervik is poised to take over the Republican Party, and the Judge Smails faction of the GOP just can’t accept that truth. Czervik, of...
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Earth Day
Posted on April 22, 2016
The nation’s first environmentalist President was Teddy Roosevelt. In case you don’t remember, he was a Republican. The legislation that created the Environmental Protection Agency was signed into law by...
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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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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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