Temporary Delusions, Societal Dysfunction, and Public Policy

Every so often, a politician says something that reveals much more than he intends. There are several states in which the rational legislators (usually the Republicans) are trying to reintroduce common sense, in subject areas where the irrational legislators (usually the Democrats) have banned or even forbidden it. Wisconsin is the site of such a …

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George Washington – Legislator

The great George Washington was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia on February 22, 1732, and served about seventeen years as a delegate in the Virginia colony’s House of Burgesses. He is remembered for many other things as well. The Father of his Country was known as a successful merchant, farmer, and horticulturalist, a prominent frontier …

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OPINION: An Evening Crash and a Valuable Lesson

https://www.loc.gov/resource/highsm.16232/

Last Wednesday evening, January 29, a terrible mid-air collision occurred at Reagan National Airport, as a small regional jet and a military helicopter collided upon approach, presumably killing all passengers and crew aboard both. It is, of course, a horrific tragedy for all involved, and for their friends and relatives, now devastated by this unexpected …

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Tax Dollars Chasing a Fantasy

In an attempt to shame and insult the people who were revealing unsavory stories about Bill Clinton a generation ago, Democrat campaign consultant James Carville famously said “Drag a hundred dollar bill through a trailer park, you never know what you’ll find.” Charming, isn’t it, learning how the Democrats really feel about the American public. …

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