Posts Tagged ‘Paul Ryan’
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A party divided
Posted on May 9, 2016
(Also published in The Hill) In 1912, when Theodore Roosevelt bolted the Republican Party in opposition to incumbent William Howard Taft and ran as a third-party candidate, it put Nicholas...
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4 Reasons Paul Ryan Is Smart to Take Himself Out of the 2016 Running
Posted on April 13, 2016
(Originally published in the WSJ) I don’t want to belong to any club that would have me as a member, Groucho Marx said. Similarly, House Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday...
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My Notes from a Recent Speech
Posted on April 12, 2016
I gave a talk to a group and thought I would share my notes with you: Thank you so much for having me here today. Did anybody watch Jordan Spieth...
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Paul Ryan is right. Will anyone listen?
Posted on March 23, 2016
(Originally published in USA Today) “Trump is the symptom but not the root of the incivility that threatens our political process.” Of course, House Speaker Paul Ryan is correct. Incivility is...
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Economic Determinism and the War on Poverty
Posted on January 13, 2016
According to Wikipedia: “Economic determinism is a theory that economic relationships (such as being an owner or capitalist, or being a worker or proletarian) are the foundation on which all...
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