Year: 2016

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“The Democrats have to stop attacking Republicans for running federal budget deficits. I know it’s political fun and that the Republicans are hypocritical about budget deficits. Deficits are going to be...

Donald Trump has only the dimmest idea of how our government is supposed to work, and he cares very little about learning. He probably thought he was being magnanimous and fair when he sent Kellyanne Conway out to announce that...

And whatever we do, let us never forget what has happened not only during the last eight or so years, but the organizations (media and otherwise) who cultivated the very fear and loathing that is now clearly ascendant:I listened...

I was just looking into a few things and came across this, which turns out to be kind of fascinating if you want to understand Indiana politics in the 1920’s. Of course, you probably couldn’t care less about Indiana...