Archive for the ‘History’ Category
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Focus on the Underclass, Not the Upper Class
Posted on January 23, 2013
Reflecting his political upbringing, Barack Obama spends an inordinate amount of his time worrying about how the rich are getting richer. He practices envy politics. The poor are poor not...
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Obama The Great?
Posted on January 21, 2013
Historians will rate President Barack Obama as one our nation’s greatest Presidents. The question is: Was he any good? That the history profession is dominated by a liberal elite comes...
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More on the Majority of the Majority
Posted on January 19, 2013
I have been thinking a bit more about Denny’s Hastert’s famous dictum on the majority of the majority. It is still a very good guideline for how to keep the...
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Catfish Nation
Posted on January 18, 2013
We live in a catfish nation. “Catfish” is a television show on MTV about people who lie about themselves. According to the New York Times, “a so-called catfish is the...
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Rules Are Made to Be Broken
Posted on January 16, 2013
My cousin Barry once said to me, with a mischievous grin, before he got in trouble with his parents, “rules are made to be broken.” That certainly is the case...
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