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Hindsight
Posted on March 20, 2013
Ten years. It has been a decade since America invaded Iraq. Historians will have a field day analyzing every aspect of this war, from beginning to end, and at every...
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Populism Run Amok
Posted on March 19, 2013
First published in The Hill. Andrew Jackson was our nation’s first populist president. He ran against the moneyed Eastern Establishment and abolished the Second Bank of the United States. Jackson...
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C-SAD
Posted on March 15, 2013
This should give a sense of how politically far afield the conservative movement has gone. The CPAC convention has invited Richard Fisher, the head of the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank...
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The New Pope
Posted on March 13, 2013
I was hoping for an American Pope. I got a South American Pope. I guess I should have been more specific. But the South American Pope is a Jesuit, which...
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How About a Mini-Bargain Strategy?
Posted on March 13, 2013
The Grand Bargain seems to be back in the news. The President is addressing House Republicans today, after he kibitzed with Senate Democrats yesterday. He dined with some select Senate...
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