Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
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Old Hickory and the GOP
Posted on June 9, 2015
Andrew Jackson has long been credited with starting the Democratic Party. He brought the Western frontier to Thomas Jefferson’s anti-federalist (and anti-Wall Street) sect and created the party of the...
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51-0
Posted on June 4, 2015
Unless you are naming a post office, it’s not easy getting a House Committee to vote unanimously for any single piece of legislation. Sure it happens from time to time,...
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How the Church Lost Ireland
Posted on May 27, 2015
More than three centuries after Christ died, St. Patrick came to Ireland and converted the pagans to Christianity. The Erin Island is the furthest Western outpost of Europe (not counting...
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Go Big Or Go Home
Posted on May 21, 2015
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) When it comes to trade legislation, policy makers can see the light at the end of the tunnel. The Senate...
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Amtrak: Status Quo is Not Acceptable
Posted on May 14, 2015
Mike Simpson was right, of course. The Idaho Republican told the Appropriations Committee Democrats that their efforts to politicize the Amtrak train crash were inappropriate and out of order. We...
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