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The GOP Kaleidoscope Goes Into Overdrive
The GOP presidential primary, which I continue to compare to a colorful, shape-shifting kaleidoscope, is now in overdrive, revolving at…
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Right in Our Own Eyes
“In those days, there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes” — Judges 17:…
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China Dupes: Excusing the One-Child Policy
Vice President Joe Biden made the news again this week. Three weeks ago, Biden was in the news because of…
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Will There be Zombies? Part 2
I could go on with this analysis [see Part 1] through system after system, but I think you get the…
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Kaleidoscopic GOP Primary Still Turning
I have been flogging the kaleidoscope metaphor to describe the Republican presidential primary. Given all that is happening, or about…
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It’s the Spending, Stupid: A Crucial Historical Look at Federal Spending
We have failed to heed the lessons of economic history, with terrible consequences for our economy and country. And the…
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Values Voters Are Still In The Game
In these difficult economic times, both sides of the political aisle are desperate to convince the American people that they…
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Libya and the Doctrine of Justifiable Rebellion
Does an armed plebiscite constitute an ethical tool of democracy? The victory of the rebels in Libya (August 2011) calls…
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Obama: From Truman’s Whistle-Stop to Wilsonian Folly
President Obama’s tour through the Midwest in a coal-black Darth Vader-mobile begs comparison with past presidential excursions. I’m thinking of…
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One More Reason the Out Years are Too Late
Here’s a fact that was not lost on my teenage daughter: The infamous debt-ceiling deal doesn’t actually reduce much of…