Archive for the ‘American Values’ Category
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7 lessons from 2016
Posted on February 2, 2016
(Originally published on The Hill.) I should have listened to my mother. Mom has been warning me about this election for a year now. People are fed up, she says....
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Sarah Palin, Donald Trump, and Political Instability
Posted on January 20, 2016
(Published in the WSJ) Political instability leads to economic instability. And nothing says political instability more than Sarah Palin. Mrs. Palin’s endorsement of Donald Trump has been described as performance...
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Economic Determinism and the War on Poverty
Posted on January 13, 2016
According to Wikipedia: “Economic determinism is a theory that economic relationships (such as being an owner or capitalist, or being a worker or proletarian) are the foundation on which all...
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State of the Union, 2016 Edition
Posted on January 12, 2016
Donald Trump is leading the Republican polls in Iowa and New Hampshire. Bernie Sanders is leading in the Republican polls in the same states. You tell me if the State...
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The Super Rich Should Pay Their Damn Taxes
Posted on December 29, 2015
(“80 foot motor yacht Alchemist photo D Ramey Logan” by WPPilot – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Commons.) In a properly functioning democracy, politicians would work extra...
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