Archive for 2008
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The Final Phase Of Nanny State Completed
Posted on July 30, 2008
(Washington DC, 2020) It started with the mandatory use of seat-belts. Congress today completed its final chapter of the nanny state by mandating that each American sleep eight...
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Doha
Posted on July 30, 2008
The global trade talks, know as the Doha Round, collapsed yesterday, eliciting yawns from most Americans, and cheers from a few. In Mexico, drug cartels...
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My Kind of Town
Posted on July 29, 2008
My Kind of Town Although I have lived in Washington D.C. for eighteen years, I will always consider Chicago to be my hometown. I was born on the south...
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No Little Plans
Posted on July 29, 2008
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is quoted in the morning newspapers saying, “I am trying to save the planet.” In other word,...
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Tom Coburn
Posted on July 28, 2008
When I worked in the House Republican leadership and Tom Coburn was a member of the House, I didn’t like his style of politics. He seemed unreasonable. He...
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