Archive for 2008
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Mr. Change and the Same-Old Same-Old
Posted on June 4, 2008
As I sat in the Bloomberg studio, listening to Barack Obama’s stem-winder of a speech, listening to his lilting promises of spending more money on education,...
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Bernanke Gets a Clue
Posted on June 3, 2008
According to the Wall Street Journal, “Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Tuesday put the U.S. dollar squarely on the Fed’s radar screen, saying its slide against other currencies has...
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Speech before the American Marketing Association Meeting at Villanova University
Posted on June 3, 2008
Great to be here today at this meeting of the American Marketing Association. My wife is a Villanova graduate and she is very jealous that I am...
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Mass Transit
Posted on June 3, 2008
The media breathlessly reports about the impending mass transit crisis. “Too many people are using it!” “Costs are skyrocketing!” “Trains are too crowded.” “The system is going...
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The Perils of the Tell-All Book
Posted on June 2, 2008
(This first appeared in The Politico) I don’t know Scott McClellan that well. I interacted with him every once in a while when he was President Bush’s press secretary and...
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