So what’s the difference between dreamers and doers? It’s an important question. I guess it’s on my mind because of that “Secret Life of Walter Mitty” movie. It’s based on a short story about a guy who leads a very ordinary life but dreams of doing extraordinary things. Does that describe a lot of people? […]
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So I was in the mall on the day after Christmas, and a couple of merchants wished me a “Happy New Year.” Both times I thought about saying, “That’s offensive: I don’t celebrate the new year. You should just say, “Happy Holiday.” Like I just said, I thought about saying that, and I wondered if
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Osama (or suddenly for some reason “Usama” if you prefer) bin Laden was killed just a few days ago, and I was surprised and amused (at first) by the suggestion that George W. Bush actually deserves credit for this. It was Bush’s plan to go after bin Laden, the argument goes, Obama was just the
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In a speech on foreign policy recently, specifically the situations in Iraq and Afghanistan, President Barack Obama said that, really, our priority needs to be the American economy. I was struck with how much the President’s priorities were just the opposite of Richard Nixon’s, which certainly doesn’t sound like a bad thing, but let me
A few Democrats in Congress are floating the idea that if we want to escalate the war in Afghanistan–and rumors suggest that is what President Barack Obama wants to do–then we need to pay for it with a new tax. Some are suggesting that this tax should hit both the wealthy and the middle class.
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