Archive for the ‘Government’ Category
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On Basketball
Posted on October 28, 2011
“Get your head out of your ass.” We were in the locker room of a high school gym in the South Side of Chicago, and the coach of my team,...
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The Rich Are Different
Posted on October 27, 2011
The rich are different than you and me. And it isn’t only that they have more money. The rich have come under attack recently, so I decided to take a...
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Campaign Theories
Posted on October 26, 2011
It is generally assumed that Herman Cain will not be the Republican nominee for President. Likewise, it is assumed that Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Michele Bachmann, Jon Huntsman...
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Viva Las Vegas
Posted on October 24, 2011
Politicians in Washington rushed Nevada into Statehood in 1864 to assure Abraham Lincoln a comfortable margin in his bid for reelection smack dab in the middle of the Civil War,...
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Rubio and the Hispanic Vote
Posted on October 21, 2011
Chris Matthews thought he would get me with his question on Marco Rubio. He asked me, breaking news style, what I thought about the revelations that Rubio’s family fled Cuba...
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