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By Osden Coolidge
In one of the biggest political upsets in history, the most liberal state in the USA has voted a republican as US Senator for the office formerly held by Ted Kennedy.
My good friends who are democrats, especially those in Massachusetts and even more so, those who worked on the campaign for Martha Coakley- [...]
“How’s business?”, the question is asked in coffee shops and law firms, factories and fishing boats. “How’s business?” Massachusetts needs a win. Record lost jobs and homes and uncertainty loom. Our economic crisis calls for leaders who understand
By Osden Coolidge
Congress just cut Federal funding for ACORN. Great move, but not for reasons most think. Cutting the funding is a good decision, but not over controversy about ACORN tactics and the recent fiasco where an undercover reporter caught ACORN employees giving tax advice to people posing as an illegal prostitute and pimp. Cutting [...]
The Kennedy Clan: Camelot’s Promise & Peril
What some are calling “the end of Camelot,” calls for added reflections not just on the person of Edward Kennedy, but on the Kennedy Clan’s dynastic run, and implications for the future of American life & politics.
French novelist Honore de Balzac is quoted, perhaps apocryphally, as having said that [...]
HEALTH CARE: OBAMA, DEMOCRATS VERSUS THE FEDERALISTS 57 & 63
In Federalist 57, James Madison discussed safeguards that would prevent the House of Representatives from oppressing the people who elected them. One was that laws passed by the House would apply in full to Members of that body:
“I will add as a fifth circumstance in the [...]
How much is the $100 million dollars in budget cuts compared to the federal budget as a whole? This video imagines the budget as $100 in pennies to provide the answer.
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Do these scenarios sound familiar?
§ A severe financial crisis resulted in the failure of thousands of savings institutions at a cost of hundreds of billion of dollars to the American taxpayer.
§ The domestic budget deficit ballooned as a bailout plan was enacted and the government was forced to repay insured depositors at the failed institutions.
§ A government asset [...]