Archive for October, 2014
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Innocence Lost
Posted on October 23, 2014
Like foreshadowing in a dark novel, three years before the attacks on September 11, 2001, a lone gunman walked into the document door of the United States Capitol, pulled out...
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Ted Cruz Should Be Straight With Voters
Posted on October 22, 2014
It started out strong and then got progressively weaker. I am talking about Ted Cruz’s op-ed in USA. He decided to tell Republicans what their priorities should be for next...
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Technical Analysis vs. The Fundamentals
Posted on October 21, 2014
When I worked at the Chicago Board of Trade (a long, long time ago), I met a guy who traded stocks, bonds and commodities, and based his investment decisions by...
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From Jeb Hensarling, Sensible Talk on Immigration Reform
Posted on October 20, 2014
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) I don’t agree with Jeb Hensarling on everything. (For example, I think his attack on the Export-Import Bank is a needless distraction.) But he...
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Prodding the Irish Peace Process
Posted on October 20, 2014
Late last month, a group of concerned Irish-Americans (me included) released a letter, urging all parties in Northern Ireland to move forward on implementing the Good Friday accords. I thought...
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