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Tea Party Wrap Up
It has been fun watching the teabaggers babbling incoherently about the commiefascist slave-master Obama. But let’s get back to the facts. From economist Robert Reich: The tax rates in the U.S. are...
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Who are the Tea Partiers?
The allegedly grass roots “tea party” movement has gotten lots of attention recently. Is it something new? A populist uprising against the establishment? A political force to be reckoned with? It may...
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If You Want Good Government You Have to Trust Government
Regarding how we get out of the fiscal mess created by the Bush Administration, Tyler Cowen makes an important point: Most relevant, perhaps, is Canada, which cut federal government spending by about...
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The Same Old Game
It has been said before but it is worth a reminder—if you want to know what is going on in politics follow the money. The press has focused on the tea party crowd and portrays opposition to Obama as a...
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It’s Not Funny
I must confess that I watch the goings-on in the political world with nothing but chagrin these days. When allegedly legitimate candidates for office advocate violence and threaten to repeal civil...
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Also Sprach Tea Partiers
Berkeley economist Brad Delong laments Somehow I Am Now Wishing I Had Read More Nietszche When I Was Younger… I’m not sure if Delong wishes he had read Nietzsche’s discussion of “ressentiment” in the...
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