Certainties in Life: State of the Union Addresses & Taxes President Obama delivers his sixth State of the Union Address this evening. The Constitution requires the President to present to Congress, from time to time, a message on the State of the Union. This has degenerated, like most things in American politics, into a media […]
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News. News. News. January 20th Edition
20 Jan 2015
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News. News. News. January 19th Edition
19 Jan 2015
US Supreme Court to Settle Gay Marriage Bans at State Level The United States Supreme Court announced on Friday that it would hear a challenge of the Sixth Circuit’s recent decision that upheld gay marriage bans in Ohio, Michigan, Tennessee, and Kentucky. In 2013, the Court decided that federal laws that defined marriage as between […]
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News. News. News. January 16th Edition
16 Jan 2015
Are the Oscars Racist? Al Sharpton has activated his National Action Network in an effort to protest what he sees as the obvious racism involved with the Academy Awards nominations. The acting nominees are all white and Selma, which depicts struggles of the civil rights era, was thought to be a heavy contender for nominations, […]
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The New York Times recently editorialized on the decline and fall of Atlanta Fire Department Chief Kelvin Cochran. Cochran, deeply religious, lost his job primarily for publishing, and distributing to some of his staff, a book in which his adamant opposition to homosexuality was clearly articulated. The Times‘ editorial sees no free speech or religious freedom […]
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News. News. News. January 15th Edition
15 Jan 2015
Paul Ryan Wants to Shape Policy, Not Be President Vox has a slight commentary on Paul Ryan’s decision not to pursue the GOP presidential nomination. Ezra Klein argues that Ryan is making a straightforward choice to use his post as Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee to shape the nation’s fiscal policy, preferably […]
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News. News. News. January 14th Edition
14 Jan 2015
Some Companies Reducing Hours Due to A.C.A. One of the common Republican arguments against the Affordable Care Act was that it would harm employees. How? The law will eventually require employers (of more than 50 employees) to either provide health benefits to full-time workers (defined as working at least 30 hours/week) or pay a fine […]
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News. News. News. January 13th Edition.
13 Jan 2015
Hebdo Fallout Continues The White House’s decision not to send a high-level representative to the Paris rallies continues to nag the President. National Review Online has video of White House spokesman Joshua Earnest admitting that the Obama Administration did not pay appropriate respect to the victims in the Hebdo attack last week. Meanwhile, France is […]
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News. News. News. January 12th Edition
12 Jan 2015
Obama a No-Show in Paris Neither President Obama nor his inner-circle attended the Hebdo inspired rallies in France. The Myth of Big Money Republicanism One of the persistent myths of American politics is that big money in America tilts to the right. After all, the argument goes, the wealthy favor lower taxes and smaller government because […]
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News. News. News. January 9th Edition
09 Jan 2015
‘Je Suis Charlie’ In light of the murders of much of the staff of Charlie Hebdo, the magazine that published cartoons of Mohammed, and paid for it, an interesting movement has developed. ‘Je Suis Charlie‘ is growing into a popular hashtag, sign, and symbol, as people from around the world are unifying around the idea […]
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News. News. News. January 8th Edition
08 Jan 2015
Your news links for January 8th are… Terrorism in Paris Islamic terrorists invaded a magazine’s offices in Paris and killed cartoonists, visitors, and two police officers, ostensibly because the magazine, Charlie Hedbo, had previously published cartoons depicting Mohammed in less than flattering positions. Here is the BBC’s description. Also, I wrote a post on the […]
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