Archive for the ‘Government’ Category
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David Obey
Posted on May 6, 2010
David Obey plays a mean harmonica. I know that because we traveled to Ireland once as part of a CODEL, and one night, as we had a few pints in...
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The Rope
Posted on May 5, 2010
It was Lenin who said: “The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them.” A Washington corollary might be: “The Capitalists will give us the campaign...
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Assault on The Primary System
Posted on May 4, 2010
In the early 20th century, in an effort to return power to the people, progressive politicians like Robert La Follette pushed hard to reform the political system by insisting that...
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Prom Weekend
Posted on May 3, 2010
It was an interesting weekend in Washington D.C. As an oil slick approached oyster beds off of New Orleans, a car bomber missed in Times Square, the water shut off...
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Rising to the Challenge?
Posted on April 30, 2010
In 1893, Chicago hosted the World’s Fair, which celebrated the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival in America. Designed by Daniel Burnham, the man who said, “Make no little plans,...
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