Romney Will Not Run for 2016 Mitt Romney has announced he will not seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. While an already crowded field loses a strong candidate, I think the party gains through new blood. Romney is a decent man and a gifted manager. I have little doubt Mitt Romney would have made an […]
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News. News. News. January 30th Edition
30 Jan 2015
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News. News. News. January 29th Edition
29 Jan 2015
A.G. Nominee Drawing Opposition Loretta Lynch, President Obama’s nominee for Attorney General, began her confirmation hearings yesterday. Republican Senators were particularly curious about Lynch’s perception of President Obama’s executive order on immigration. When pressed on the matter, Lynch said Obama’s actions were reasonable and a function of his prosecutorial discretion. Ted Cruz (R-TX) pushed Lynch […]
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News. News. News. January 28th Edition
28 Jan 2015
Mike Huckabee on Professional Civility Potential Republican presidential candidate and former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) is taking a fair bit of grief over his perception of work place standards. Huckabee bemoaned the constant use of profanity while he was at Fox News, even among women.The fact that Huckabee’s comments have garnered such attention largely reflects […]
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News. News. News. January 27th Edition
27 Jan 2015
Still Searching for the Holocaust’s Victims The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. has many staggering displays. One of its most powerful is a multi-floor walk through that shows hundreds of photos arranged all around four walls. They are pictures of people at play in the snow, in casual poses of love and […]
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News. News. News. January 26th Edition
26 Jan 2015
2016 Kicks Off in Iowa Like tweens to a Taylor Swift concert, Republican hopefuls flocked to Iowa this weekend, in search not of sugary pop lyrics, but corn-fed hope. U.S. Rep. Steve King’s (R-IA) Freedom Summit attracted what appears to be the heavy majority of the presidential field. Politico has a helpful summary. Highlights of […]
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First, I am a Colts fan. I grew up in Indianapolis and generally despise the Patriots, not because they are successful, but because their success has so often come at the Colts’ expense. More than any other team, New England has stood in the way of the Colts winning more Super Bowls. Second, the Patriots […]
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In his Farewell Address, George Washington warned against the noxious impact political parties might have on our government. Though he would have preferred a government without them, he recognized that the spirit of partisanship is “inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind.” History has proven him correct. […]
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News. News. News. January 23rd Edition
23 Jan 2015
House Republicans Pass Watered Down Abortion Bill Political parties, for those who fall in love with them, will always jilt you in the end. The Republicans have leaned on the right to life community for years, and though the party has maintained its fidelity on the issue, it has not delivered much in the way […]
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News. News. News. January 22nd Edition
22 Jan 2015
CNN to Launch Political Game Show? According to sources, CNN is preparing a possible Jeopardy-styled game show to air on the cable network. Contestants would be quizzed on presidential politics and Anderson Cooper is slated to host. I just have to say this. If a cable news channel (take your pick as to which one–CNN, […]
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News. News. News. January 21st Edition
21 Jan 2015
The State of the Union President Obama’s State of the Union address was typical in many ways. The speech has devolved into a fairly limp laundry list of presidential hopes and dreams. Never missing an opportunity to score political points, both parties either stand or sit, depending on their affiliations. It is theater more than […]
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