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Assessing FEMA’s Problems
David Strom writes for HotAir.com about one factor that likely affects FEMA’s struggles dealing with the impacts of Helene. I have long thought that one of the hallmarks of an…
Appalachia
region in the eastern of United States, consisting of parts of a number of states
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Threats to the Center Left
Michael Brendan Dougherty argues at National Review Online that successful left-leaning centrist politicians are harder to find these days in the U.S. and Europe. There was once a time when…
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Memoir that exposes the limits of public policy
Columbia University professor John McWhorter gleans interesting insights from a new memoir tackling “hillbilly” culture. For a book arguing that poor Americans have control over the trajectory of their lives…
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The Greens and the Dems
John Daniel Davidson of the Federalist website predicts a future convergence between the Green Party and the Democrats. Nothing will come of [Jill] Stein’s recount (she earned less than 1.5…
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Thank You for Your Purchase of Food Awareness
Foodshed. That is where all the little tributaries of food converge, reverse-deltalike into a single stream that leads right to my gut. Actually, they converge into a centralized feeder for…
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Hypothesis: Sales Techniques = Lies
Remember that picture of the man-moose mooning the camera? Well, he gets to stay on the Haywood County seal of approval, but the Goss Agency, hired by the county’s TDA,…
Elections & Public Integrity
The role of ‘forgotten’ Americans in midterm elections
Victor Davis Hanson‘s latest column at National Review Online attempts to help explain why Democrats fared so poorly nationally in the last election. In our vast nation of 320 million…
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National Review’s Williamson focuses on the left’s ‘trickle-down economics’
You’ve heard the criticism of supply-side economic ideas as “trickle-down” policies. Kevin Williamson of National Review takes aim at that criticism in his latest column, then explains why the “trickle-down”…
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Recovering ’til My Face Turns Purple
AP outlets are sharing the big story that 35.1% of Americans are now in collections. Furthermore, the average amount owed is $5178. Now, if we want to dork around with…
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Worried about inequality? Look at where it’s worst in the U.S.
Joel Kotkin examines for Forbes readers some interesting data about income inequality in the United States. Scholars of the geography of American inequality have different theses but on certain issues…
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While Politicians Vacate – Part I
Possum updates keep pages full to satisfy ad contracts. In the latest, Clay Logan, a self-described Appalachian-American, reportedly received death threats from people concerned he was not treating animals ethically.…
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Our American Way of Life
I shall repeat myself. It is good to associate with people who encourage you to stretch your talents. Those who wish to treat you like a little booboo and put…