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Beware of political hushpuppies
Phil D’Agostino writes for the American Thinker about politicians who live by the rule: Good for thee, not for me. If you’re from the Southeastern United States, you are very…
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person who holds or seeks positions in government
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Public-Choice Problems, and Why Special Interests Love Them So
Sometimes, when trying to explain how a political issue is a thorny mess, I’ve used the phrase “public-choice problem.” Recent examples include such issues as occupational licensing, film incentives, government…
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Another Bannon in the White House
Tevi Troy argues in a Politico column that the Trump administration needs someone to replace recently ousted adviser Steve Bannon. Steve Bannon was a unique administration figure in many ways,…
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Trump and the conservative split
Upcoming JLF speaker Tevi Troy explains in a Politico column how President Trump has influenced a split among American conservatives. Recent events have revealed that the conservative divide over Trump…
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Walter Williams on black politicians
Mostly, they dupe ordinary black people into supporting them even though the statist policies the politicians favor are harmful to those people. Read his piece here. The same could be…
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Cut, Then Add
Maybe the real reason I don’t run for office is I can’t figure out how to make the tough decisions and maintain approval ratings high enough for re-election.
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There are no adults in the room
One of the tropes we hear these days is that the “adults in the room” — that is, politicians who want the government’s debt ceiling raised and the borrowing and…
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The presidency and pop culture
Tevi Troy shares with Politico some themes from his new book about the links between the White House and the world of popular culture. President Barack Obama has taken the…
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Beer politics in N.C.; or, why I prefer refreshing Reg Lite to stale Old Cronyism
View in your browser. Patrick Gleason of Americans for Tax Reform writes in Forbes in praise of North Carolina for, in the words of the article’s title, its Politicians Foster[ing]…
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Voters Don’t Care How Much You Know until . . .
If people die from carbon monoxide poisoning in the same hotel room two months apart, a normal person would probably not rent the room until the source could be identified…
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‘It’s good to be the king’ … but what about the president?
As President Obama embarks on a second term, Tevi Troy reminds us in a Politico column that few Americans have the financial resources to fill the role as the nation’s…
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Until We Learn Math
I was irked this morning as I listened to the radio on the way in to work. A man was criticizing one of the vice presidential candidates, calling him “Mr.…