Archive for January, 2013
More on the Majority of the Majority
Posted on January 19, 2013
I have been thinking a bit more about Denny’s Hastert’s famous dictum on the majority of the majority. It is still a very good guideline for how to keep the...
Read StoryCatfish Nation
Posted on January 18, 2013
We live in a catfish nation. “Catfish” is a television show on MTV about people who lie about themselves. According to the New York Times, “a so-called catfish is the...
Read StoryRules Are Made to Be Broken
Posted on January 16, 2013
My cousin Barry once said to me, with a mischievous grin, before he got in trouble with his parents, “rules are made to be broken.” That certainly is the case...
Read StoryThe Business of Business
Posted on January 16, 2013
“The chief business of the American people is business.” Calvin Coolidge said that to a group of newspaper editors in 1925, smack dab in the middle of the Roaring 20’s,...
Read StorySlow Down on Guns
Posted on January 15, 2013
The Obama Administration is making a huge mistake if it wants to pass significant gun legislation in this Congress. I understand the impulse. They want to strike while the iron...
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