Posts Tagged ‘Obama’
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The Legacy of 1877
Posted on November 26, 2014
I am reading a book entitled 1877, America’s Year of Living Violently by Michael A. Bellesiles. It’s a book about, you guessed it, 1877. You think we have problems today? ...
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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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Some Thoughts on Income Stagnation
Posted on November 20, 2014
There are currently two schools of thought on how to deal with America’s income disparity problem. One school of thought is a government program to raise the minimum wage paid...
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5 Lessons from the Obamacare Fight
Posted on November 19, 2014
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) We appear to be heading toward a crisis over the president’s expected action on immigration. Luckily, the recent showdown over Obamacare...
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A Long Two Years
Posted on November 17, 2014
(This originally appeared in The Hill). It’s going to be a long two years. We all knew that the new Republican majority and the president had vastly different opinions on...
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