Archive for January, 2014
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Team Christie: Afflicting Itself
Posted on January 9, 2014
It was Mr. Dooley who first said, “politics ain’t beanbag.” Finley Peter Dunne, the 19th century humorist/journalist, who hailed from the Irish part of the Chicago, found Mr. Dooley at an...
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Poverty War
Posted on January 8, 2014
50 years ago, President Lyndon Johnson declared a “War on Poverty,” in the Chamber of the United States of Representatives. Johnson had only been in the Oval Office for three...
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Dangers of Prevent Defense
Posted on January 7, 2014
Originally Published on The Hill Congress is coming back into session as the Super Bowl season begins, so I am going to rely heavily on a football metaphor in this...
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A Middle Course on Drugs
Posted on January 6, 2014
I guess if I had taken up pot smoking when I was in high school, I would have ended up as a New York Times columnist. If I did cocaine,...
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Startling Wisdom from 16-Year-Old Artist/Song Writer
Posted on January 3, 2014
Song of the Year The song of the year came from a sixteen year-old Kiwi who calls herself Lorde....
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