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Perfection Is Unnecessary; It's the Constitution That Counts

Tom Cox wrote 2 months ago: Forgive me if I’ve restated the obvious, or RE-restated the obvious that has already been stat … more →

Tags: Politics, Economics, public education, government health care, Constitution, Congressional Races, analytical thinking, Executive Orders, Bill of Rights

Safeguards of Liberty

Andy Madonio wrote 8 months ago: It’s the home stretch for the 2012 presidential race and the mud is flying.  The sharp sword of divi … more →

Tags: Politics, 2012 election, Congress, Speaker of the house, old hickory, 1828 election, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams

Ghastly Jargon: Why I learned to quit caring about who is or isn't "left"6 comments

El Mono Liso wrote 9 months ago: I have, increasingly, stopped writing about “the left.”  This hypostatization is almost … more →

Tags: Politics, Current Events

Blame the Republicans, Or At Least Some of Them

Alan wrote 1 year ago: Ah, in a little more than a month Medicare kicks in, freeing up almost eight hundred dollars a month … more →

Tags: Fair and Balanced, political polarization, Obama the Pragmatist, Republican Denial of Reality, Political deadlock, compromise, Grover Norquist, political gridlock, Newt Gingrich

Suddenly Gone

Alan wrote 1 year ago: A lot of politics is inside baseball – in a few years no one will know what you’re talking abo … more →

Tags: rick santorum, Political Junkies, Inside Baseball, Santorum Drops Out, Santorum Suspends Campaign, The Damage Santorum Did, Santorum Moved Romney Right, Moving the Party Right, dodgers opening day

The Adventures of Donald Duckabee or The Decline and Fall of Trumpty Dumpty

snikpohderfla wrote 1 year ago: Trumpty Dumpty sat on a wall, a wall too small for Trumpty’s sprawl. So often he’d sit on a sturdy s … more →

Tags: Humpty Trumpty (Donald Trump), William Randolph Hearst, Barack Hussein Obama, coughs and colds, sex fiends, Donald Trump, Republicans

Selling Abstract Theories in a Time of Personal Terror

Alan wrote 1 year ago: The Republicans want to return to power. The party out of power, at the moment, always wants to retu … more →

Tags: Republican Idealistic Theory, Republican Framing Devices, Paul Ryan Budget, Political Underdogs, Medicare and Medicaid, Deficit hawks, Ryan Budget Plan, Joblessness and Votes, Ryan's Medicare Proposal

When Political Purity Reaches Its Natural Limit

Alan wrote 2 years ago: We all know the political dynamic. It’s been in place for decades. People vote for politicians … more →

Tags: Republican Idealistic Theory, Paul Ryan Budget, Republican implosion, repeal of healthcare reform, Medicare and Medicaid, Medicare vouchers, GM Saved, Saving Detroit, political pragmatism

A Pesky Matter of Perspective

Alan wrote 2 years ago: The trick is to figure out how the other guy thinks. That’s how you get things done – coaches … more →

Tags: Complexity, Diplomacy, Obama the Pragmatist, compromise, Tactics versus Strategy, Art of the Possible, Perspective, obama's compromise, Compromise on Extending Tax Cuts

No Point in Apologizing When You've Won

Alan wrote 2 years ago: On the first Monday in December things came to a head. The Jets and the Patriots were tied for first … more →

Tags: Tax Policy, Obama the Pragmatist, compromise, Tactics versus Strategy, Obama's Long Game, obama's compromise, Compromise on Extending Tax Cuts, Obama Caves, Obama a Wimp


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