Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
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“Zest”
Posted on March 11, 2010
I always liked David Bonior. Sure, he was a left-wing, pro-labor, hard-core Democrat, who opposed much of what my personal world-view may be. But he had integrity. He was pro-life...
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America’s Mid-Life Crisis
Posted on March 10, 2010
I have a theory. America is going through its version of a mid-life crisis. According to Wikipedia, the term midlife crisis was first coined “in 1965 by Elliott Jaques and...
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The Iraq Elections
Posted on March 8, 2010
It wasn’t as exciting as the first time that Iraq held democratic elections, but it was probably more significant. I asked my friend Alex Mistri, who spent a year in...
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The March 18th Deadline
Posted on March 8, 2010
Most people looked at the President’s March 18th health care deadline and saw a totally unrealistic, pie-in-the-sky, hail Mary pass from a guy who has set down several totally unrealistic,...
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Life is Complicated For Speaker Pelosi
Posted on March 6, 2010
The resignation of Congressman Eric Massa complicates the life of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. And her life is already pretty complicated. Of course, it means one less vote for a...
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