Archive for the ‘Government’ Category
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Catfish 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...
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Rules 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...
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The 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,...
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McConnell Wins
Posted on January 1, 2013
Mitch McConnell is the big winner in the fiscal cliff showdown. After Speaker John Boehner folded his cards last month, McConnell was left as the only deal-maker who could possibly...
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Here’s to Getting Out of Ruts in 2013
Posted on December 31, 2012
My brother, my nephew, my niece, my son and I were riding our bikes on the beach over the weekend. It was glorious if a bit windy on Siesta Key...
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