Archive for the ‘Government’ Category
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Mr. Change and the Same-Old Same-Old
Posted on June 4, 2008
As I sat in the Bloomberg studio, listening to Barack Obama’s stem-winder of a speech, listening to his lilting promises of spending more money on education,...
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Bernanke Gets a Clue
Posted on June 3, 2008
According to the Wall Street Journal, “Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Tuesday put the U.S. dollar squarely on the Fed’s radar screen, saying its slide against other currencies has...
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Defending the Wife
Posted on May 27, 2008
Barack Obama played it pretty well yesterday when he went on “Good Morning America” to defend his wife from a video posted by the Tennessee Republican Party. Obama called the...
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Come Fly With Me (Not)
Posted on May 27, 2008
I just got back from Belfast, Northern Ireland. I spent four days there, going to a conference on the Irish Peace Process, meeting up with some friends in Dublin, and...
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