Posts Tagged ‘Bill Clinton’
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Executive Orders: A Short History
Posted on November 21, 2014
The President’s power to issue an executive order is not spelled out in the Constitution. And for the first 75 years or so of our Republic, an...
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Panetta’s Pivot
Posted on October 7, 2014
The biggest danger to Hillary Clinton’s run for the White House in 2016 is not a challenge from the left in the primaries or a challenge from the right in...
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A New Contract With America
Posted on September 30, 2014
(This originally appeared in The Hill.) I had flown in from Chicago to attend the ceremony, but I wasn’t in on all of the details. I had moved from Washington back...
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The Breakdown of Brotherhood
Posted on September 25, 2014
It started with Cain and Abel. The Spartans never got along with the Athenians. The Christians split off from the Jews, despite the fact that Christ was a Jew. During...
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When the Republicans Take Over
Posted on September 16, 2014
(This originally appeared in The Hill.) Let’s assume that Republicans take the Senate and keep the House in this year’s midterms. What happens then? Here are seven thoughts about how...
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