Would people mind to just take it easy on all of the overblown rhetoric? Critics of healthcare reform call Barack Obama a Nazi. Critics of the Patriot Act called George W. Bush a Nazi. There are people who are complaining at town hall meetings on healthcare reform. They don’t like what they’re hearing, and they […]
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The “Cash for Clunkers” program is an interesting one for me because I heard an editorial on how terrible it was, and then the next day I read a testament to its greatness, so I thought it warranted a closer look. In a nutshell, the plan works like this: people turn in their old cars
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One thing I sometimes tell my history students is that generally when a country/kingdom has a conflict with another power, the citizens rally around their leader (at least over the short term). That’s why sometimes in history leaders have started trouble. If they are feeling the heat from their people, a little war here or
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There were several reasons why people voted for Barack Obama last November. These reasons include his charisma, his agenda, and the fact that he isn’t George W. Bush/John McCain/Hillary Clinton. But our newest President is facing some pretty big tests at this point, and relying on the things that got him elected might not be
It’s interesting how the media covers all of these adultery scandals involving our politicians. When a situation arises, like when Republican governor Mark Sanford admits to adultery, the political gamesmanship goes into high gear. Conservatives in the media downplay it, or they complain that liberals are drawing too much attention to it in comparison to,
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