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Taxing the Rich Won’t Help
Posted on October 11, 2011
President Obama has made taxing the rich the centerpiece of his reelection campaign. He talks incessantly about it. It is a key part of his jobs package. So far, an...
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Columbus Day
Posted on October 10, 2011
In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. That was a long time ago. It used to be that Christopher Columbus was a big deal in America. In 1892, the worlds...
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Dilatory Motions
Posted on October 7, 2011
The Senate majority leader moved last night to cut off republican amendments to a Chinese currency bill, calling the amendments dilatory. In doing so, he changed Senate rules and caused...
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Applying the Steve Jobs Lesson to Politics
Posted on October 6, 2011
We are all going to hear a lot of stories about Steve Jobs and his impact on our daily lives. How are kids can figure out the iPad before we...
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Washington Ideas
Posted on October 6, 2011
I had a chance lunch with the founder of Crate and Barrel yesterday at the Washington Ideas Forum. Gordon Segal asked if the empty seat at my small table was...
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