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The World Series and America’s Mainstream
Tweet Share on Facebook October 29, 2010 Comment (7)Boy, there is nothing more American than a World Series.
Kids toting mitts, hoping to catch a fly ball. Dads with their daughters. Hot dogs. Chilly weather. Star spangled bunting. The autumn classic.
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Gulf Oil Spill: There's Something About Halliburton
Tweet Share on Facebook October 29, 2010 Comment (4)What is it about Halliburton? Are there corporate rewards for behaving badly?
Not just badly. Badly with self-destructive, short-sighted enthusiasm.
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Why the National Debt Doesn't Matter--Right Now
Tweet Share on Facebook October 28, 2010 Comment (8)Both American presidents governed during harsh economic times and suffered big losses in the midterm elections for Congress. One went on to be vilified as one of the worst to hold the office; the other is hailed as one of the best.
Both were Republicans. Both faced concerns about government debt. Herbert Hoover decided that deficits mattered. Ronald Reagan did not. You know the rest of the story.
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Tea Party Republicans Should Drop Their Andy Griffith Fantasies
Tweet Share on Facebook October 27, 2010 Comment (13)Conservative scholar Charles Murray’s article in the Sunday newspaper, about how “the new elite” is out of touch with “mainstream” America, was silly and ultimately rather sad. But it illustrates the fix that the Republican Party is in.
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There's Water on the Moon, Believe It or Not
Tweet Share on Facebook October 22, 2010 Comment (22)The morning papers tell a nifty tale about American science and ingenuity which, though it fails to impress the Tea Party Republicans, continues to set a standard for the world.
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5 Reasons Why Branding Muslims as America’s Enemies Is Dumb
Tweet Share on Facebook October 22, 2010 Comment (15)Here is a short list of reasons why it is dumb, despite what Fox News will tell you, for Americans of other faiths to brand Muslims, and especially Muslim-Americans, as fearsome potential enemies.
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Maybe NPR Shouldn't Have Fired Juan Williams
Tweet Share on Facebook October 21, 2010 Comment (41)I'm not sure that Juan Williams deserves to be fired for what he said to Bill O'Reilly. Williams slurred Muslims, I guess, but only by revealing his own sissiness and stupidity.
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The Chamber of Commerce is Playing Tea Party GOPers for Fools
Tweet Share on Facebook October 21, 2010 Comment (13)The Tea Party Republicans have won the off-year election. The House and the Senate are in Republican hands. Well, okay, it’s true that the voters have not spoken yet, but that has not stopped Republicans, pollsters, and the Washington elites from hailing the new era.
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Will Tea Party Republicans Blame Dems for No Social Security COLA?
Tweet Share on Facebook October 15, 2010 Comment (18)Today's news that seniors will not get a cost-of-living raise in their Social Security payments in 2011 will pose an interesting challenge for the Tea Party Republicans.
It is a test of sincerity vs. greed that I suspect the Right will fail.
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An Improving Stock Market Signals a Recovery
Tweet Share on Facebook October 14, 2010 Comment (11)Anybody look at the stock market lately? Here on Thomas Jefferson Street we tend to focus on politics and polls, whereas, as the late great congressman from South Boston--Joe Moakley--used to say, most folks view life through their kitchen window. Or, in the last few years, through the prism of their battered 401(k)’s.
