Archive for the ‘History’ Category
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Reasonable, Unreasonable
Posted on July 14, 2011
It is altogether reasonable to have grave concerns about our national debt. It is unreasonable to have grave concerns about our debt, and then refuse to do anything about it....
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The McConnell Gambit
Posted on July 13, 2011
So what exactly is Mitch McConnell up to? McConnell offered a solution to the debt limit imbroglio that has been described as cynical, stupid, worthless, traitorous and worse. It may...
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Class Warfare
Posted on July 13, 2011
It was Karl Marx who first wrote about class warfare in The Communist Manifesto. Marx believed that the exploited proletariat would eventually rise up against bourgeoisie, overthrow them and then...
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Shared Sacrifice
Posted on July 11, 2011
In the context of the debt limit, Democrats have been pushing for tax increases because they want to punish the rich. They believe that because the so-called rich pay only...
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Reductio Ad Absurdem
Posted on July 7, 2011
Reduced to the absurd. Ideologues on both sides of the philosophical divide fall dangerously into this trap. Conservatives who believe that government does not need to exist are every bit...
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