Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
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The Confederate Battle Flag Belongs In a Museum
Posted on June 23, 2015
It’s easy for me to say it. I am from Illinois. I was taught, growing up, that Abe Lincoln was America’s greatest President and that the Civil War was a...
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On the Coming Encyclical of Pope Francis on Climate Change
Posted on June 17, 2015
I like Jeb Bush and I want him to be President. But when he says about the Pope’s coming encyclical on climate change, “ I think religion ought to be...
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Trumping Trump?
Posted on June 16, 2015
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) Donald Trump is a brilliant marketer, a peerless self-promoter, a smart businessman–and a political disaster. His presidential campaign might be...
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Nobody is Playing it Straight On Trade
Posted on June 12, 2015
The President asked Congressional Democrats to play it straight on trade. But in this debate, it’s hard to find anybody who is playing it straight. Mr. Obama was asking Democrats...
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Why Trade Promotion Bill Is So Hard to Pass Through Congress
Posted on June 11, 2015
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) The Drudge Report calls it Obamatrade. That’s the right-leaning website’s way to attack and belittle congressional efforts to give President...
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